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Recovery Month 2025

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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. 

Dundee Alcohol and Drug Prevention Framework Online Learning Sessions March 2025

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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!

Authentic Voice Dundee Report 2023

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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.

St Mary’s Recovery Café

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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.