Freshers' Week is a time to celebrate, meet new friends and enjoy the start of the university journey. 

Partnerships across Tayside have developed tips for a safer Freshers' Week:

• Pace yourself - alternate with alcohol-free drinks.
• Don't drink on an empty stomach.
• Keep an eye on friends and get home safe.
• Remember: saying no is always okay.

These messages aim to help young people make safer choices, look out for one another and to create positive Freshers' Week memories. 

Every year Recovery Month provides communities the opportunity to come together to celebrate people’s recovery journeys, challenge stigma and raise awareness of what support is available for people in Dundee.

Dundee has a wonderful recovery community, with many services and organisations working hard to support those on their recovery journeys. Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action (DVVA) have pulled together a programme of events with the support of recovery services and organisations. 

Are you interested in learning more about Dundee’s Alcohol and Drug Prevention Framework?

You should be!

These learning sessions aim to:

Raise awareness of the Prevention Framework. 
Enhance knowledge and understanding of the Prevention Framework and its key purposes. 
Discuss how the Framework can be used and embedded within your service.
Share current primary prevention/early intervention work across Dundee. 
Help identify any potential gaps/opportunities for prevention work around substance use.

All workforce welcome to attend!

The ADP have been hard at work, updating the usability guide for the Dundee Alcohol and Drug Prevention Framework. 

This training aims to increase awareness, knowledge and provides an opportunity to explore current and emerging trends with psychostimulants. Harm reduction and support strategies will be explored.

Learning Outcomes By the end of the session participants will be able to: 

To see how the ADP plans to invest money in Dundee's local drug and alcohol services from 2023 to 2025, please click here.

Dundee City Council’s Protecting People team have identified the need to develop a robust trauma informed approach to ensure there are safe and meaningful processes in place for people with lived experience of trauma to contribute and influence decision making within local local multi-agency governance and strategic planning arrangements across Public Protection Partnerships. Stakeholders have sought to review the inclusion of people with lived experience of trauma in strategic forums, in partnership with the Authentic Voice project.

Strathmartine Community Empowerment Team (SCET) engaged with a range of city-wide practitioners to discuss possible need for support in the local community for people using drugs.  Discussions resulted in agreement that a free café in the heart of the community could provide an opportunity for local people with addictions to attend and share their thoughts on what services and activities would be of benefit to them and others in their local community.