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Amazing opportunity to lead our harm reduction offer at START in Hartlepool working in close conjunction with Hartlepool Borough Council.

Are you harm reduction focused and want to support people to use drugs as safely as possible then get in touch.

Harm Reduction Lead Practitioner job in Hartlepool 37 hours per week Full time job in Hartlepool within Health apply today or view 1000s more jobs at Sector1.net

Join our team at START. A partnership of foundations and Hartlepool Borough Council.

A great opportunity to be involved in supporting family’s who are impacted by substance use issues.

Family Worker: Substance Use job in Hartlepool Fixed term until March 2025 Full time job in Hartlepool within START apply today or view 1000s more jobs at Sector1.net

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/call-axed-free-he**in-scheme-25407032

Call for axed free he**in scheme in Middlesbrough to be funded as closure looms The pioneering project expected to close its doors by the end of this month

http://www.bntmedia.uk/Sc67jp?fbclid=IwAR1ndb6tXdFB7XE6pQCIcBH9Foi_Roaz2BCEoieObFUekqsxTiUqpXcn5bU

MPs call for funding for axed Middlesbrough he**in addiction clinic The he**in assisted treatment programme was the first of its kind in England when it opened in 2019.

You are stronger than you think. 💪🏼

This week marks

Recovery isn’t always easy, but it’s always better than the alternative.

We are here to help💛

See Foundations featured in the article below regarding our Diamorphine Assisted Treatment programme 👇🏻

'It saved my life', former drug user rues closure of he**in addiction programme | ITV News The Middlesbrough Diamorphine Assisted Treatment (DAT) clinic, which has proved successful at improving health prospects of addicts, closes its doors. | ITV News Tyne Tees

We’ve updated our website with some more patient stories!

Check out the journeys some of our patients have experienced by clicking the link below.

https://foundationshealthcare.co.uk/stories/

This is James.

He**in Assisted Treatment changed his life, but the clinic has run out of funding and is going to close.

Listen to Adam Clarkson’s (BBC Journalist) conversation with James on :

Amy Oakden - He**in Assisted Treatment: James' story - BBC Sounds Adam Clarkson meets former HAT patient James Fowler in Middlesbrough.

Please take the time to check out the below article.

Commissioning Cracks: The Costs of Defunding He**in Assisted Treatment In Middlesbrough, citizens are statistically more likely to die from a Drug Related Death (DRD) than a car accident.

Amazing work guys! 👏🏼

Give a big 👏 to these two key members of the Middlesbrough recovery community. Adam and Peter have both officially graduated from Teesside University , upon completion of their degrees this month.

Three years of dedication, all achieved while supporting local people - and students - with their recovery 🎓

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The Serenity Prayer (Musical by Lee Vasey & Rick Vasey, starring Emma Hall) The Serenity Prayer, a musical written by Lee Vasey and Ricky Vasey, feat. Emma Hall in a dramatic tale about addiction & recovery.

August 31st marks International Overdose Awareness Day

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day! A topic very close to our hearts💜
Join us in wearing purple to raise awareness to overdose, recovery and harm reduction✊🏼🟣

Staff at Foundations are all honouring this important day by wearing purple ribbons to raise awareness and provoke a conversation that may help save a life💜🤝🏼

Various images and literature have been displayed around the building to inform and create a discussion around overdose and how it can be prevented📸 🗣

We strongly support and believe in the importance of harm reduction, and overdose awareness is an integral part of this.🙏🏼

An amazing case of the nasal Naloxone training with Cleveland Police coming in to practice to help save the life of a man overdosing.

Check out the article below for more information including a statement from Foundations very own Clinical Partner Danny Ahmed!

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/police-officers-save-mans-life-23598544

Police officers save man's life with ground breaking antidote treatment So far, 150 officers and PSCOs have been trained to use emergency nasal spray Naxolone

Great day with Cleveland Police discussing the implementation of officers carrying nasal Naloxone to help citizens they come across who are overdosing.

Officers are being trained to carry and administer nasal Naloxone which can reverse the effects of opioids.

We are extremely proud to be a part of this journey in getting Naloxone out in to the wider community and further promote our harm reduction ethos. 🙌🏻

Daniel Ahmed is representing foundations and the wider treatment sector in Middlesbrough today at this conference.

It’s always a tremendous conference, day 1 yesterday was energising.

We are privileged to have been asked to speak about diamorphine assisted treatment and how it can be used to reduce drug deaths and improve peoples lives.

https://anchor.fm/recovery-talks
Check out this pod featuring clinical partner Danny Ahmed.

"you have people telling me they are clean, and I have to tell them they were never dirty"

Changing Lives: Recovery Talks • A podcast on Anchor Recovery Talks is a podcast from Changing Lives where people get together to share their thoughts, ideas and stories of recovery and what this means to them.

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Have you seen anyone sleeping rough in Hartlepool on these freezing evenings? ❄️
If so, let Cornerstone Supported Housing and Counselling know and they can invite them to warm up and get a hot meal at their new sit-up service in the town.

If you've seen someone you think could benefit, please give them a call on 07593580172 and let them know where you've seen them and leave the rest to them.

Thank you 🙂

Tomorrow we will launch our first soup drive with Recovery Connections, where we will be giving our hot drinks, soup, bread, warm clothing and as always advice at hand 🙌🏼❤️

If you have any donations or want to come and see us for a chat, we will be in centre square Middlesbrough between 11-3pm ❤️🙌🏼

Ops save lives. We advocate for the introduction of these sites in the U.K.

NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites Have Averted 63 Overdoses in Three Weeks In the three weeks since the first authorized safe consumption sites (SCS) in the US began operating, the two New ...

How to look after your mental health with the uncertainty of Omicron Tips and advice on ways to look after your wellbeing with the uncertainty of Omicron.

I realised I wasn’t drinking to socialise, but to mask what was really going on As a mature student, the heavy drinking norms of freshers’ week have thankfully passed me by. However, growing up amidst the 90s rave scene normalised a lot of things for me that were, in reality, extremely damaging.

Our Near fatal overdose team covering Middlesbrough and Hartlepool highlighted here is hoping to make an impact on drug related deaths by intervening early.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-59694800

Middlesbrough and Hartlepool teams target overdose survivors A scheme on Teesside aims to support drug users who have survived a near-fatal overdose.

Starting very soon - from 10AM to 4PM, the vaccine and booster clinic at Newport Community Hub will be open for people who want to get their first, second, or booster. Check the poster for further details 👇

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/12/overdose-prevention-centres-will-save-lives-say-uk-senior-doctors

Overdose prevention centres will save lives, say UK senior doctors Experts have joined forces to call for clinics to be set up where drug users can inject in a supervised setting

About Online Meetings - UK SMART Recovery Online meetings are particularly helpful to those who cannot get to a local meeting for various reasons. Individuals also find this option favourable when attending a meeting for the first time and not sure what to expect.

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