If you are interested in working at Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility pilot, we're hosting a recruitment event in May to provide more information and the opportunity to chat with the service leads! Details for how to book below:

Are you able to recognise skin problems in people who inject drugs?

Sign up for our newly refreshed wound awareness e-Learning course 'How Are Your Sites?' to update your knowledge on common injection site issues.

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Great podcast on drug user organising with me & Wez from Scottish Drugs Forum. We explore harm reduction and recovery, look at practical issues like payments for peers, and I get to celebrate drug user activism from Afghanistan to Philippines to Nigeria. #PeerWorks

Last week marked 20 years of Scottish Drugs Forum National Traineeship programme, as it welcomed a new cohort of graduates in addiction & recovery work.

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Big thanks to Mariebeth Kilbride from Scottish Drugs Forum for coming along and delivering a naloxone masterclass at our GCU Research Centre for Health (ReaCH) partnership session today 👍

The latest episode of Drugs Uncut with Mat Southwell is out now!

Mat & Wez talk about the key role peers have in the development of policy, practice & the effective delivery of services, looking at both UK & international examples.

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Well chaired #TodayAtSDF Emir welcoming HMP Grampian, the newest Scottish Prison Service project to join the National Peer Naloxone Network. Thanks to Vic and Samantha Stewart for presenting.
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There's still spaces on our upcoming free online training courses for people working in Glasgow!

25th - Multiple Risk and young people
30th - Alcohol Awareness

Sign up below!

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Happy 20th anniversary to Scottish Drugs Forum! 🎉 Very proud to support 🧡 & to see our colleague and SDF Graduate David here - he is a brilliant Relational Mentor and all-round role model for looking after mental and physical well-being. Christina McKelvie #Wellbeing #Mentorship #socialimpact

The drug supply in Scotland is changing.

What is actually happening? How can we develop an adequate response in terms of service provision? How can we ‘get ahead of the curve’?

Join us at our upcoming Trends in Drug Use and Harms in Scotland event.

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Drugs and Alcohol Policy Minister Christina McKelvie congratulated graduates at Scottish Drugs Forum’s award-winning National Traineeship ceremony - Scottish Government has provided an extra £480,000 a year until 2026 to support up to 20 additional trainees annually.

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It's great to hear Carey Lunan #TodayAtSDF speak at #rcpeSubstanceUse24
I am grateful to have an opportunity to speak about the impact of stigma I experienced as a person who used drugs.
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Our very own Patrick graduated the Scottish Drugs Forum AWTP programme yesterday. He completed his 9 month placement with us, and has since been offered a role as a Peer Support Worker. (1/2)

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Yesterday, was the Scottish Drugs Forum AWTP Graduation at Glasgow City Chambers. A truly inspiring group of people completed their 9 month placements and have now secured roles within the #recovery sector.

Congratulations to all, and to the team at Scottish Drugs Forum, yesterday was superb.

Yesterday we celebrated 30 people graduating from SDF's National Traineeship, formerly known as the Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP).

Now in it's 20th year, the traineeship was delivered in 11 local authorities across Scotland this year!

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It was an absolute privilege to attend Scottish Drugs Forum National Traineeship graduation 🧑‍🎓& listen to truly inspiring individuals talk about their recovery, what the programme has meant to them, their development & opportunities for the future, every single graduate should be so proud❤️

Wow! What an emotional & inspirational afternoon watching this year’s trainees graduate. Not many dry eyes in the place listening to their journey. Very well done to all ❤️ lovely to meet my wee pals mum & partner too #NationalTraineeship #TodayAtSDF

My husband Davy, speaking at the 20th anniversary and graduation Scottish Drugs Forum #TodayAtSDF

Fantastic and emotional day today Scottish Drugs Forum graduation celebrating 20 years of the programme, looking forward to working alongside people who are so passionate.

Always such a powerful #TodayAtSDF listening to the graduates speak about being a part of this project. Enhancing services and supporting people.