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PhD funding application submitted. Phew. Got to be in it to win it. Patience, hope, patience and more patience.

Anyone know of any studies or evaluations on the use of TOP forms?

Any advice on how to fund conference attendance? Are they only for people attached to big orgs or with fat salaries because jeeeeeeeez.

The government has published its 2025-26 #drug, #alcohol & #recovery grant funding for local authorities. The allocations will see £310m go to councils to ‘build on their vital work of improving outcomes for people who need treatment and recovery support’: bit.ly/3XFWj6m

What does ‘lived experience’ really mean, ask Julian Buchanan and Oscar Graham: bit.ly/3G0PSVf

Of course they don't mean the drugs THEY enjoy using, they are only referring to the drugs OTHERS use. #hypocrisy #doublespeak #smokeandmirrors #scam

I have been a community-based #drug and #alcohol worker since the late ’90s. Skip forward to 2025 and we are faced with the ‘corporatisation’ of the third sector – behemoth charities vying for funding in a race to the bottom: bit.ly/42TX79s

Declined speaking at a conference due to the combined cost of attendance, accommodation & travel. Big believer in taking opportunities but not at the cost of a family holiday or just, you know, not eating for a month. 🙄🤔

The widespread availability of #crack #cocaine is ‘driving #addiction, #mentalhealth struggles and #homelessness’ in England’s deprived communities, says a new report from Birkbeck, University of London and the University of York: bit.ly/4jeW8Xo

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New report on Co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (CoSUM) from Royal College of Psychiatrists, direct link here if you want some bedtime reading... lnkd.in/e7hwCM3i

Oh bloody hell no 😢What sad news.

Ready for my Masters graduation 👩🏻‍🎓 #TeamMDX

University Partnership Launches Innovative Ketamine Clinic to Treat Severe Depression birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/univ…

If someone on substitution is the first person in the chemist, then after 5 minutes 4 other people arrive and get served first, then there is a problem...it's not a triage system, if it was they'd still be first, so why the wait. Apparently, "everyone came at once" they didn't

Leaving voicemails 😫

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Looking forward to seeing everyone at the #DDNConf tomorrow!

Fab day at the DDN Magazine conference with Better Together - Solihull Recovery Community and Foundation 2 Change and catching up with all the great and the good. Chats with the LEROs from near and far and services with innovative ideas.💡#DDNConf

Last week I began a new role as LERO Capacity Building Project Manager supporting the development and sustainability of lived experience recovery organisations (LEROs) across England. linkedin.com/in/staceyebann…