You can always see the passion shining through when George Charlton talks about life-saving naloxone and harm reduction projects: "I’m sat with a smile on my face and a heart beaming with pride because this is what it means to us" 💛

If anyone has experienced mental health difficulties, and is willing to to have a conversation about them for my new page, then please do get in touch! Aiming to reduce stigma and show that a MH diagnosis doesn’t mean your life is ruined forever. instagram.com/strength_in_st…

NEW ARTICLE! "Complex and wicked problems are rarely solved, but instead rise and fall in prominence amongst a plethora of equally complex social problems, from mental health, to homelessness and obesity" January's article by Carl Binns on VRUs talksocialjustice.com/violence-reduc…

Check out my first blog for Talk Social Justice where I discuss the important role VRUs can play in championing and supporting local violence prevention activity.

#Naloxone saves lives.

4 new funds now open, worth £18 million, no closing date so time to work on ideas, help with applications, multi year funding, micro funds with touch application process also available - National drugs mission funds: guidance - gov.scot gov.scot/publications/n…

*BRAND NEW ARTICLE* We're back with Birmingham Pathfinder and Strategic Lead Rob McCabe on the importance of courage and vision in realising early help innovation #systemschange #earlyhelp #trauma #youngpeople #intervention talksocialjustice.com/the-importance…

Great to have the opportunity to write a blog for the fantastic talkjust - about the courage and vision shown by the agencies that have supported Birmingham Pathfinder on its continuing journey WestMidsPCC @Bhamchildtrust Lankelly Chase @WestMidsVRU Jenny Turnross Thanks Megan Jones (She/Her)

We welcome the release of the #DameCarolBlack Review (Part II) which has examined the harm that #drugs cause, the serious violence they fuel and the routes to #prevention, #treatment and #recovery. Read the report: ow.ly/s57450Frv0W

And info on the Release website here: release.org.uk/blog/drug-aler…

“For the first time, I heard about how people died because their friends couldn’t get help to them because they feared being prosecuted for their drug usage" bit.ly/3kaGGPw New by Matthew Bacon 'Why are police moving away from from criminalising people who use drugs?

Great read from Talk Social Justice and Matthew Bacon about why police are moving away from criminalising people who use drugs: "Interactions with people who use drugs sensitised officers to the causes, consequences and complexities of drug use" 👮‍♀️👏 talksocialjustice.com/why-are-police…

“The way we are approaching drugs is criminalising a generation of young people…who will never work for the police, who will never go on holiday to America…It just doesn’t make a great deal of sense.” Read the brilliant Matthew Bacon on policing drugs in Talk Social Justice 👇

Why are police moving away from criminalising people who use drugs? bit.ly/3kaGGPw Featuring WestMidsPCC @NorthWalesPCC Durham PCC AvonandSomersetPCC Thames Valley Police @TV_VRU West Midlands Police Durham Constabulary

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Ahead of the Govt’s new drug strategy launch tomorrow, sharing some of our favourite articles on drugs, diversion and role of Police and Crime Commissioners First up - Matthew Bacon Features WestMidsPCC Durham PCC @NorthWalesPCC Thames Valley Police Avon and Somerset Police bit.ly/3kaGGPw

“There’s nothing soft about preventing death” Ahead of Govt’s new drug strategy - @jqjasonkew on treatment, diversion and harm reduction bit.ly/3pmHOSY

Ahead of Govt’s new drugs strategy, Megan Jones (She/Her) “exploring the role of a Police and Crime Commissioner and how they become ‘drug policy actors’” Association of Police and Crime Commissioners @ApccChiefExec WestMidsPCC bit.ly/3djhCmJ