What We Do
We combine technical knowledge and lived experience to support communication, learning, co-production, organisational development and participative research
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Lived and professional experience
Combining lived experience of drug use with technical expertise in harm reduction and drug treatment
Community-led collaboration
Bringing people who use drugs, service providers, researchers and policymakers together to develop meaningful co-productions
Technical expertise with global reach
Supporting programmes, policies and resources with evidence-informed practice and experience across international and multilateral settings
Communication & Advocacy
Client Materials
We produce client materials explaining different pharmacotherapies or harm reduction materials that are technically accurate, community-friendly and accessible
Technical & Advocacy Resources
We research and write technical guides that highlight and describe areas of good practice with illustrative case studies
Social Marketing Campaigns
We develop campaigns that respond to the needs of people who use drugs drawing on our amazing creative partners to develop postcards, posters, flyers, newsletters, and animations that support social media surges to amplify learning online
Video Making
We produce 90-second video shorts or 4–8-minute information videos using smartphone clips to create affordable and impactful video messaging for campaigns and training products
Learning Events
Training
We develop and deliver training on technical aspects of harm reduction, drug treatment and community mobilisation with people who use drugs
Train-the-Trainers
We develop training packages and disseminate them through online train-the-trainer courses and toolkits to that allow high quality, technically accurate training courses to be developed for use by the customer and their partners
Virtual Training Sessions
We deliver 1–2-hour online training sessions with your team focused on different technical skill sets that support the use of practice and/or peer education resources
Webinars
We organise, promote and run technical webinars that champion technical resources, emerging good practice or advocacy campa
Co-Production Support
Peer Education Programmes
We research, design and support the delivery of peer education programmes with a target population of people who use drugs, working with experienced creative consultants
Community Co-Productions
We work with different populations of people who use drugs to develop community responses with people who use drugs. We are happy to facilitate co-products that leave behind working relationships with service providers
Values & Preferences Community Consultation
We consult people who use drugs about their preferred use of low dead space syringes and needles (LDSS/N) and other harm reduction materials based on local drugs practices, types of drugs used, injecting sites, non-injecting drug use preferences
Organisational Development
Employment Policies
We support the employment of people who use drugs in harm reduction, helping organisations create welcoming employment environments for people who use drugs that also help employers manage issues if they arise
Strategic Planning
We support community organisations to run strategic planning exercises and to produce strategic plans in dialogue with agreed stakeholders in an organisation
Policies & Procedures
We develop policies and procedures for community-led organisations or those supporting peer work, community organising and lived/living experience staff and volunteers
Facilitation of Planning Events
We design, deliver and facilitate planning and development events with local planning areas or provider groups
Development of Low-Threshold Drop-In Services
We develop accessible drop-in services that deploy community mobilisation and peer work to create a dynamic dialogue with people who use drugs
Design & Delivery of Outreach Services
From hotspot mapping to planning and implementing community harm reduction in partnership with people who use drugs
Proposal Design & Writing
Designing, costing and writing proposals in partnership with customers and working as part of funding consortiums with a special interest in community participation
Participative Research
Participative Research
We join research studies to support peer research and the practical application of participative methods that involve people who use drugs in the development, delivery and analysis of studies
Community Consultations
We consult people who use drugs and other key populations affected by HIV using a mixed methods approach negotiated with country partners to fit the local context – security, community-led systems, policy environment, and severity of criminalisation, stigma, and discrimination against target communities
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