We are proud to provide our training and consultancy services to public, private and third sector organisations in the United Kingdom and across the globe. Both training and consultancy support are fully bespoke. Our expert team benefit from decades of practical experience and will gladly work with you to tailor an offer that meets your specific needs and budget.
Training
Our training is fully active and does not rely solely on class-based listening.
We will develop fully bespoke training packages to suit your needs and budget. All Training can be delivered in person or online and over full or part days depending upon your requirements. Please complete the contact form below and a member of our team will get in touch to answer any queries that you have and to see how we can best fulfil any requirements that you have.
Participants will benefit from a variety of exercises designed to apply learning to practice. Our core training offer includes;
Naloxone Administration
Course Duration: 3 Hours
Naloxone is a simple to use and effective emergency medication given to counteract the effects of opioid overdose. In community settings it is available as a nasal spray or an intramuscular injection. This course teaches the signs of opioid overdose, how naloxone works and how to administer it.
Enhanced Overdose Response
Course Duration: 1 Day
Almost half of all fatal overdoses in the UK involve one or more opioids and naloxone can temporarily prevent their effects, restoring normal breathing until emergency help arrives. This course builds on our Naloxone Administration training and includes relevant aspects of Basic Life Support e.g. CPR and airway management. It also includes management of the scene of the overdose and how to give ‘postvention’ support to the casualty.
Harm Reduction Practice
Course Duration: 2 Days
We provide this entire training course as a set of practical exercises, for example ‘cooking up’ fake drugs to prepare them for injection. We find that this is the most effective way for people learn the intricacies of drug use. It leads to an understanding of the rituals and priorities of people who use drugs. This course enhances the ability of participants to understand the thinking of people who use drugs and identifies ways to collaboratively reduce risk behaviours.
Substance Use Awareness
Course Duration: Half Day
This course will explore the range and types of substances commonly used in the UK, from alcohol and cannabis to cocaine, ketamine and heroin. It will also explain the patterns of use, routes of administration and potential consequences of the most commonly used substances. Participants will learn how to recognise problematic use of these substances, how to respond effectively, and how and why people might change their use of them.
Safer Injecting
Course Duration: 1 Day
People will learn about the history of Needle & Syringe Programmes, why people inject drugs, which equipment is best and how to use it, as well as other safer practices to alleviate injecting complications. This training is interactive with real life scenarios, simulating drug preparation and hands on exercises
Crack Cocaine
Course Duration: 1 Day
People will learn about the history of crack cocaine, its manufacturing, why people use crack and how it works on the brain. People will also learn how to minimise risks associated with crack smoking and injecting. People will learn about “good” and “bad” crack pipes, as well as Harm Reduction techniques, alongside “food and mood” dietary advice
Cannabis
Course Duration: 1 Day
People will learn about the history of cannabis use as a medicine, religious and recreational substance. Various preparations, medical cannabis, cannabis legislation around the world, as well as the potential complications associated with daily use will be covered. Safer cannabis use will also be discussed
Chemsex
Course Duration: Half Day
People will learn what Chemsex is, how and why people take part. People will learn the history of the drugs they use, how they are using them and their associated complications, as well as harm reduction and route transition advice
Nitazenes and Xylazine
Course Duration: Half Day
People will learn the history of these drugs, their use and prevalence in the UK and worldwide, as well as complications and how to alleviate associative risks
Hepatitis C Awareness
Course Duration: Half Day
People will learn about the history of the virus, its impact on the liver, transmission routes, various testing tools and treatment options. The session will also briefly cover hepatitis B and HIV
Synthetic Cannabinoids Receptor Agonists
Course Duration: Half Day
People will learn about the history of SCRAs, their prevalence and why people use them, as well as harm reduction advice
How to Recognise and Respond to instances of suspected abuse
This includes an introduction to domestic abuse, covering prevalence, theoretical models interventions and practice.
Effective domestic abuse perpetrator interventions
This course provides participants with a deeper understanding of how to work with perpetrators. It will upskill frontline practitioners and give them the confidence to hold perpetrators to account.
Supporting adult victims and survivors
Understanding the experience of the victim, knowing what support is needed and where to access.
Impacts and effects on children and young people
Develops a greater understanding of effects and impacts of domestic abuse on children and young people, including the development and consequences of adverse childhood experiences for both primary victims and those using harmful behaviours.
DASH Masterclass and risk assessment
Developing the ability of participants to apply comprehensive and informed risk assessment in its entirety. Includes how to assess risk and vulnerabilities for both victim/survivor and perpetrator.
Stalking
Builds understanding stalking typologies and the differences between those stalking within intimate partner relationship and those who stalk strangers.