On Thursday, June 22nd 2023, 'Let's Talk About Recovery!' - an action planning event for mobilising addiction recovery in Dublin North Inner City was held in Trinity College Dublin.
Recovery from addiction is a key component of the social and economic regeneration of the Dublin North East Inner City and is an objective of the national drugs strategy.
The event engaged with international experts and local stakeholders, including people in recovery, to explore the establishment of a recovery community in the NEIC. This event was funded by the NEIC initiative, and organised in association with Trinity College Dublin.
Speakers:
Jo-Hanna Ivers
Associate Professor in Addiction & Associate Dean of Civic Engagement and Social Innovation at Trinity College Dublin
Keith Humphries
Professor and the Section Director for Mental Health Policy in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University
Dawn Russell
Head of services with Ana Liffey Drug Project
Ed Day
Clinical Reader at the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham and a Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust
Jim Walsh
Chair of Subgroup 5, Substance Use, Misuse & Inclusion Health, NEIC Programme Implementation Board