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November 2000: An overview of the development of peer support training in Ana Liffey Drug Project
August 18, 2021
“…ONE STEP AHEAD OF WHERE I WAS” – An overview of the development of peer support training in Ana Liffey Drug Project; is available here, online, for the first time.
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30th April 1990: Report from a Public Discussion Forum on Drug Treatment Policies organised by Ana Liffey Drug Project in Trinity College
August 15, 2021
“In April the Project organised a Public Discussion Forum on Drug Treatment Policies in Trinity College which was attended by over 150 persons from the social, medical and legal services. The guest speaker was Dr. Judy Greenwood, consultant psychiatrist at the Community Drug Problem Service, Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Greenwood’s contribution focused on the importance of harm minimisation techniques in responding to problem drug use and HIV in the community (her views had earlier that day been given a wider airing with an interview on the Pat Kenny Show). Two speakers responded to Dr. Greenwood- Shane Butler, Director of the Addiction Studies course in Trinity College, and Dr. Fergus O’Kelly, chairperson of the AIDS subcommittee of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Both speakers discussed Dr. Greenwood’s contribution in the context of what were very clear similarities between the drugs and HIV situation in Edinburgh and Dublin. The response of the audience at the meeting was very enthusiastic and encouraging and generally the view was that it was a very successful forum.”
Excerpt from a Special Report– published in June 1990 by Ana Liffey Drug Project and covering the period June 1989 to May 1990.
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Ana Liffey Drug Project publishes its Strategic Goals for 2021 & 2022
July 6, 2021
Eddie Matthews Chair of the Board of Ana Liffey Drug Project said:
“The challenge when writing a strategic plan is explaining something quite complicated in simple concise terms. We wanted people to be able to read this quickly and say to themselves – I understand who Ana Liffey are, what they do and what they are trying to achieve over the period of this strategic plan. Naturally, we consulted with our stakeholders with regard to the latter; and we hope you agree that we have kept this strategic plan simple and focused on what matters. We will be focusing on maintaining and developing our front-line services – as always, we plan to do this in collaboration with the people who use our services, the State and our NGO partners. We will work hard to support the State to deliver on the commitments within the National Drug Strategy ‘Reducing Harm – Supporting Recovery’. Finally, we will celebrate Ana Liffey’s 40th anniversary year, 2022, with the aim of not only being the first ‘Low Threshold – Harm Reduction’ service in Ireland, but the best we can possibly be.”
Please take the time to read our eight organisational strategic goals for 2021 & 2022 here.
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Statement from President Higgins following a meeting with Tony Duffin of Ana Liffey Drug Project.
May 26, 2021
President Higgins today welcomed Ana Liffey Drug Project CEO, Mr. Tony Duffin, to Áras an Uachtaráin.
President Higgins, as Patron of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, took the opportunity to pay tribute to the remarkable response by front line service providers to mitigate the threat posed by Covid-19 to homeless and the at-risk drug using populations.
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New report available to download ‘Decriminalisation Insights for Advocates’
March 16, 2021
“This short paper will give advocates for the decriminalisation of personal drug use – a greater insight into policy options; an understanding as to why advocates working together is important; insight into when to do the heavy lifting and who to do it for; there are many more insights within this document from the advocates we have worked with recently. The overall message is to persevere, work together and bring people along with you to achieve your advocacy position – we hope this paper helps advocates in this regard.” Tony Duffin, CEO of Ana Liffey Drug Project