James Armstrong asks whether AI is playing a role in encouraging stigmatising attitudes toward populations experiencing addiction.

The forum saw 8 organisations come together to share their practice as we explored questions such as how we ensure we create a non-judgemental culture for employee and clients.

We spoke to Chris De Bank, founder of the UK’s only sober not-for-profit record label Not Saints, about his recovery, the music business, his label and his experience of stigma.

2023’s Addiction Awareness Week had some fantastic media coverage and a total combined reach of 51,317,525. Here’s a roundup of the highlights.

Andy Bourne, Volunteer and Service User Involvement Lead – Change Grow Live St Helens talks to us about CGL, St Helens Film Group’s anti-stigma campaign, Sticks and Stones.

A recovery city is a place that visibly promotes recovery, challenges stigma, and champions pathways to recovery. Here David Best describes how they are created.

We spoke to Michael Waters a group worker from 5 Ways Recovery Academy in Leeds about bringing the anti-stigma message to Woodhouse Moor’s parkrun.

“As a charity, every block we experience trying to support people ultimately has its roots in stigma, prejudiced views, discriminatory beliefs and shaming practices and approaches.”

In 1986 a record was released on behalf of Phoenix House called ‘It’s a Live-in World by the Anti-Heroin Project’. Here’s the story of what happen to it.