Lydia Shrimpton

Our latest paper looking at women and mother's experiences of navigating drug and alcohol recovery

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The Women's Treatment Working Group launches its Womanifesto - Collective Voice Through dedicated spaces, support for mothers, and co-designed pathways, we can build a system that is safe, inclusive, and effective for all women. Read the full Womanifesto (pdf) The Women’s Treatme...

The Women's (Drug & Alcohol) Treatment Working Group launches its Womanifesto - collective voice www.collectivevoice.org.uk/news/the-wom...

Since 2021, researchers from Northumbria have been collaborating with @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @leedsbeckett.bsky.social,
UK organisations and police forces to measure the impact of CARA.

📣Research findings from the national evaluation of Project CARA, or Cautioning and Relationship Abuse, were presented at a conference held at Northumbria which explored ways to improve outcomes for families involved with the justice system.

Huge thanks to Dame @verabaird.bsky.social for joining us.

Anti-stigma training programme supports public health professionals A new training course designed to support health and social professionals working with people with experience of substance use has been rolled out across Northern Ireland following a successful pilot ...

An anti-stigma training course designed to support health and social care professionals working with people who have lived experience of substance use has now been rolled out across Northern Ireland, following a successful pilot in Newcastle.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Pregnant women and new mothers offered more flexible sentencing options in today’s Sentencing Review

We are delighted to see explicit recognition of the harms of prison for pregnant women and new mothers in today's Sentencing Review, with clear alternatives inc. suspended and deferred sentencing and increased community support set out.
Our full response: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/articles/res...

Today's Sentencing Review suggests a radical shift away from the use of prison and into an expanded use of community justice.

Phil Bowen, Director of the Centre, reflects on what this means and what must come next to shift the system in our new blog:

justiceinnovation.org/articles/sen...

Our new research explores women's perspectives of effective substance use treatment & support.

It identifies six key characteristics of effective treatment & provides recommendations for central government, local authorities & service providers.

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