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March 2009 – Southampton
October 2009 – Glasgow
March 2009 – Liverpool
October 2008 – London
April 2008 – Derby
July 2007 – Birmingham
October 2005 – London
February 2005 – London
April 2004 – London
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March 2010 – NNEF All Day Meeting (Southampton)
Friday 19th March 2010, 10am – 3pm
Central Hall, St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NF
This meeting will showcase examples of good practice from across the UK. For 2010, there will be a special focus on the practical, ‘bolt-on’ services that can easily be delivered alongside needle and syringe exchange to improve appeal, client contact numbers and service quality. A full agenda will be published in early 2010, and we plan to include:
- engaging peer exchangers
- encouraging route transitions
- providing a full range of paraphernalia
- providing auricular acupuncture
- proactively reducing drug-related litter
- supporting recovery and abstinence
This event is highly relevant to needle exchange workers, managers, commissioners, advocates and service users. As always, the NNEF meeting will enable those involved in needle exchange provision to share knowledge, good practice and experiences across the UK, with the ultimate outcome of improving services. The meeting is FREE for all NNEF members, and NNEF membership itself is FREE. Therefore, given the increasing financial restrictions that many workers face in terms of conferences and training, this is an excellent opportunity. Attendance certificates can also be provided to go towards your CPD portfolio.
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October 2009 – NNEF Open Session at NCIDU, Glasgow
The National Needle Exchange Forum hosted an ‘Open Session’ at the National Conference on Injecting Drug Use (NCIDU) in Glasgow on Monday 26th October 2009. The session was run by the Gold Standards Team and entitled ‘From Peer to Infinity: Engaging Peers as Partners in Needle Exchange Delivery’. It was completely full - with well over 150 participants - and recieved great feedback from those that attended.
To listen to an audio recording of the session - and view the presentations - please click here.
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March 2009 – NNEF All Day Meeting (Liverpool)
The NNEF’s 2009 All Day Meeting and AGM took place on March 9th at Liverpool John Moores University.
In the morning session, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) presented their major new reports on needle exchange, and the NNEF presented the findings of the recent Members Survey on aluminium foil distribution. In the afternoon, there were concurrent workshops on speedballing, young people’s services, and steroid use – and an exclusive screening of the new ‘Harm Reduction Works’ film on injecting and blood borne viruses. The meeting closed with a round-up discussion with Hugo Luck from the National Treatment Agency (NNEF), and the NNEF AGM.
- To download the meeting agenda, click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Annette Verster (WHO), click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Mike Kelly (NICE), click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Jamie Bridge (NNEF), click here.
- To download the PowerPoint workshop presentation from Dave Sibley and Helen Wilks (on young people’s services), click here.
- To download the PowerPoint workshop presentation from Danny Morris (on speedballing), click here.
- To download the PowerPoint workshop presentation from Martin Chandler and Jim McVeigh (on steroid use), click here.
- To view more information about the ‘Harm Reduction Works’ video, click here.
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October 2008 – NNEF Fringe Meeting at NCIDU, London
The National Needle Exchange Forum hosted a ‘Fringe Meeting’ at the National Conference on Injecting Drug Use (NCIDU) in London, and used the opportunity to launch a survey and consultation for NNEF members on the issue of foil provision in needle exchanges. The results of this survey would then be presented to the Technical Committee of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. The meeting also included training on how to use foil – in order to enable needle exchange staff to demonstrate the techniques to their clients.
- To view the PowerPoint presentations from Jamie Bridge and Nigel Brunsdon, click here.
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April 2008 – NNEF All Day Meeting (Derby)
An All Day Meeting for NNEF members was held on Friday 4th April 2008 at Enterprise Park Conference Centre, Derby. The programme included a presentation from the National Treatment Agency, and discussions on interventions for crack cocaine users, steroid use, and the Mental Capacity Act. The 2008 NNEF Annual General Meeting was also held.
- To download the programme, click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from the National Treatment Agency, click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Nigel Brunsdon, click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Martin Chandler, click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Pauline Rigby, click here
- Click here to view the minutes from the 2008 AGM.
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July 2007 – NNEF All Day Meeting (Birmingham)
An NNEF All Day Meeting was held on Friday 7th July 2007 at the Birmingham Centre for Voluntary Action, from 10.30am to 4pm.
- To download the ‘Introduction’ PowerPoint presentation from Pauline Rigby (NNEF Co-Chair), click here.
- To download the ‘NTA Overview’ PowerPoint presentation from Annette Dale-Perera, click here.
- To download the ‘Findings from the NTA Survey of Needle Exchanges in England’ PowerPoint presentation from Dima Abdulrahim, click here.
- To download the ‘Water for Injections’ PowerPoint presentation from Damian McLarens, click here.
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October 2005 – NNEF Meeting (London)
An NNEF meeting was held on October 13th 2005 at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel in London – the venue for the 2005 National Conference on Injecting Drug Use (which took place the following day). The agenda featured presentations from Monique Tomlinson and Neil Hunt (‘Feedback from the UKHRA Consultation on Harm Reduction in the UK’), Jonathan Edwards (‘NHS Logistics National Agreement for Needle Exchange Packs in England’), and Wendy Rayner (‘Needle Exchange Waste Disposal’), as well as a regional round-up and open forum.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Jonathan Edwards, click here.
- To download the PowerPoint presentation from Wendy Rayner, click here.
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February 2005 – NNEF Meeting (London)
An NNEF meeting was held at the ‘Friend's Meeting House’ in London – including the 2005 NNEF Annual General Meeting.
- To view the meeting report and presentations, click here
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April 2004 – NNEF Meeting (London)
An NNEF meeting was held at the Regents College London on April 1st 2004.
- To view the meeting report and presentations, click here
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