Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction should be at the beating heart of everything drug and alcohol services deliver.

On this page you can access a wealth of resources and information from experts and leaders in harm reduction from across the drug and alcohol treatment sector.

Harm Reduction Training, Education and Resources

KFx

KFx, run by Kevin Flemen, offer a comprehensive and wide range of training and education on subjects such as drugs awareness, harm reduction and substance specific courses, and are mapped across DANOS competencies.  The website also offers a wealth of information and resources for people working in the drug and alcohol treatment sector: KFx training is varied, flexible, and a key aspect of the KFx work plan

Exchange Supplies

Exchange Supplies are an organisation with an extensive history of providing organisations and individuals with needle and syringe provision.  Their website also has a wealth of harm reduction information.  These training modules, which include needle and syringe programme practitioner training are free and can be completed in your own time: Exchange Training

Harm Reduction International

Harm Reduction International have a host of resources on their website, including the latest publication of the Global State of Harm Reduction: The Global State of Harm Reduction – Harm Reduction International

The Loop

The Loop are an organisation that is well known for their drug checking services also provide a range of substance use training and resources: Training — The Loop

The Hepatitis C Trust

The hepatitis C trust are a peer lead organisation working country-wide supporting people who are in need of hepatitis C testing and treatment.  Their website also has a range of training resources: Training and education – The Hepatitis C Trust

HIT

HIT is a leading organisation in the field of harm reduction and substance use and provides training on subjects such as safer injecting, harm reduction and women, and chemsex: HIT – HIT

Substance Use and Harm Reduction Guidance

The following is a list of harm reduction related guidance.

• UK Government Website – “Information and resources to support commissioners, service providers and others to reduce harm and prevent deaths related to substance use”: Preventing and reducing drug-related harm – GOV.UK
• Release – Some excellent harm reduction guidance and useful information can be found on Release website: Basic Harm Reduction | Release
• Nice Guidance on substance use and interventions: Overview | Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions | Guidance | NICE
• The latest government guidance on take-home Naloxone in response to the synthetic opioid threat: New local guidance to tackle synthetic opioid threat – GOV.UK