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Added on
20/03/2009
Updated on
08/07/2010
Housing LIN
The Housing Learning & Improvement Network (LIN) is the national network for promoting new ideas and supporting change in the delivery of housing, care and support services for older and vulnerable adults, including people with disabilities and long term conditions.
JSNA and Homeless Event June 2010
- All event presentations
- Alcohol and Homelessness
Presentation overview given at the JSNA and Homelessness event in London in June 2010.
Housing and drinking in the home: 3rd London practitioners forum 2010
The Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum was held on Thursday 20th May at City Hall with the theme of alcohol related housing problems and drinking in the home. The Alcohol Practitioners' Forum is an information sharing and networking group that provides a pool of knowledge, skills and expertise to support the Joint Action Group (JAG) on Alcohol - established to deliver the Regional Statement of Priorities on Alcohol. Presentations from the day were:
Session 1: Homelessness/Access to housing
- Alcohol floating support/homeless prevention, Brian Watts, Equinox
- Community Alcohol Detox with homeless people, Dr Merlin Wilcox
Session 2: Support within housing/Drinking in the home
- Working with Older Drinkers- Greg Scott, Foundation66 Community Alcohol Support Service
- Domestic violence and Alcohol Use - Embrace Project, Don Shenker, Alcohol Concern
Session 3: Unacknowledged Drinking in the Home
- Harmful drinking in the home- James Morris, Alcohol Academy
Royal Geographic Society Alcohol Research, Dr Steven Toole - Specialist floating support for BME groups-Foziha Raja, EACH
Session 4: The London Drink Debate
- Introduction the LDD and its aims and feedback from the LDD initial report, Matthew Andrews, RPHG
- Alcohol floating support/homeless prevention
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Community Alcohol Detox with homeless people
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Working with Older Drinkers
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Domestic violence and Alcohol Use - Embrace Project
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Harmful drinking in the home
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Royal Geographic Society Alcohol Research
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Specialist floating support for BME groups
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010. - Introduction the LDD and its aims and feedback from the LDD initial report
Presentation from the Third London Alcohol Practitioners' Forum on 20th May 2010.
Event Presentations
National Alcohol and Housing Conference Presentations
The Alcohol Improvement Programme sponsored a National Alcohol and Housing Conference at Pride Park Derby on the 16th March 2009 to bring together those working in the alcohol harm reduction field in England.
View the conference podcasts which accompany the presentations
- Specialist Services for People with Alcohol Related Problems
A Presentation given by Sally Scriminger from Rugby House-ARP on alcohol and support services for the homeless. - Specialist Homeless and Primary Care Perspective
- A Treatment Service Approach to the Delivery of Floating Support
Specialist Support Provision in the West Midlands presented by Chris Robinson Swanswell Trust - Alcohol and Housing
Presentation given by Mike Murray Head of Service - Drugs Strategy, Alcohol Strategy, Priority Prolific Offending and Housing Community Safety Partnership/NHS Derby City. - An Overview of Alcohol and Housing Policy from the Government Perspective
A strategic Government policy view on how alcohol and housing relate to other complex issues by Yvonne Maxwell, Department of Health.