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Last year, Phoenix Futures opened an important new residential service, Ophelia House. Six months into the journey, the charity shares its insights, learning, and...

AI tools are increasingly being used to generate publicly available media content producing everything from facebook posts to first drafts of books and film...

As Adfam celebrates its 40th year in 2024, the charity will be releasing a series of articles reflecting on its history, where things have...

The concept of inclusive recovery cities is providing a network of inspiration, say David Best, Steven Brown, Sue Northcott, Eleanor Youdell, Dot Smith, Mark...

There were just over 10,000 deaths from alcohol specific causes registered in the UK in 2022, according to new figures from the Office for...

Children’s online spaces ‘can feel saturated’ with gambling adverts and content, according to a report from GambleAware. The ‘blurred lines’ between gambling and gambling-like...

At Change Grow Live’s south west prisons service, we see first-hand the impact that neurodivergent conditions can have on engagement with substance support. People...

The Scottish Parliament has approved plans to continue with minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol, and to increase the rate by 15p.   When the MUP...

The government’s plan to introduce legislation that would create a ‘smoke-free generation’ (https://www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/government-plans-smoke-free-generation/) moved a step closer to reality after MPs voted 383 to...

Meet Harry, who will be running the 2024 London Marathon in aid of WithYou. The WithYou marathon team, made up of fourteen people, has been...

'I can't change anything that happened but it's not what defines me - today is what defines me.” From spending £300 a day on...

Steven shares the story of his journey to recovery with support from WithYou. 'Recovery isn’t just about stopping, it’s also about what comes after stopping.' Raised...