12th March 2021 Police Scotland officers have administered naloxone for the first time, within two hours of receiving training in
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28 Jan
Free mindfulness and creative writing classes available through new lockdown
Scottish Drugs Forum are delivering free online sessions of mindfulness practice and creative writing for people to provide support and
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Fantastic opportunity to join our Addiction Worker Training Project in Dumfries and Galloway
25th January 2021 Do you have history of a drug or alcohol problems? If you are interested in developing a
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Mindfulness and creative writing as a support in these challenging times – SDF offers new support to frontline service providers
Updated 21 December 2020 Scottish Drugs Forum is to deliver sessions of mindfulness practice and creative writing to support workers.
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New ‘bite-size’ courses on motivational interviewing available to book
18th December 2020 Scottish Drugs Forum have launched five new ‘bite size’ courses on motivational interviewing. Motivational interviewing (MI) is
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1,264 people lost their lives to a preventable fatal drug overdose in 2019
15th December 2020 1,264 people tragically lost their lives to a preventable drug overdose in Scotland last year. The statistics,
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Registrations open for the launch of consultation on the implementation of MAT Standards for Scotland
Registration is now open for the launch event of the Consultation on the Implementation of the Ten Medication Assisted Treatment
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SDF commits to continuing work on stigma and launches resource to broaden consensus
Today, Scottish Drugs Forum contextualises our work around stigma and commits to ensuring anti-stigma activity remains a key cross-cutting theme
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New guide published highlighting good practice for employability and recovery
A new guide has been launched to support the design, development and management of employability programmes with people who have
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Importance of peers in naloxone supply highlighted at national practitioner forum
The vital contribution of peers in the naloxone supply chain was recently explored at a development day held by the
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