Bracknell Forest New Hope – Progress one year in
In April 2025, we were delighted to welcome the Bracknell Forest New Hope service to the ILLY Community. About Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority and borough in Berkshire, South East England, centred around the towns of Bracknell and Sandhurst. It is home to over 130,000 people and rising. Challenges Despite relatively low overall … Read more “Bracknell Forest New Hope – Progress one year in”
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FocusOn Gambling Harms: Integrating Gambling Support within the UK Healthcare Landscape
“Gambling is a public health emergency. We are seeing children as young as seven developing addictions, and families being destroyed by gambling-related suicide. Without decisive action … we risk a generational slip into gambling addiction that will cost the NHS for decades” Kevin McKenna MP – 15 January 2026 Background The UK has one of … Read more “FocusOn Gambling Harms: Integrating Gambling Support within the UK Healthcare Landscape”
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FocusOn LEROs: The Rising Influence of Lived Experience in Recovery
“Treatment services can help people stop using substances, but staying in recovery and rebuilding networks, skills, and purpose is much harder”. (Prof. Ed Day – DDN December 2025) Background LEROs – or Lived Experience Recovery Organisations – are independent, peer-led organisations that support people in recovery from substance misuse. The core concept of LEROs is … Read more “FocusOn LEROs: The Rising Influence of Lived Experience in Recovery”
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ILLY Systems: 2025 Year in Review & Securing the Future for 2026
Collaboration, Data, and Difference: A Look Back at the ILLY Community’s 2025 As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a year defined by purposeful collaboration and a collective commitment to supporting society’s most vulnerable. The pace of change across the public health and criminal justice sectors remains relentless, making the effective use of … Read more “ILLY Systems: 2025 Year in Review & Securing the Future for 2026”
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ILLY National User Group 2025 – Our 19th Year!
We’re really pleased to have hosted our 19th National User Group! It was a great day that brought us together to catch up, share ideas, and talk about what matters most to them. It was fantastic to see such a good mix of familiar faces and new ones. This year’s National User Group, themed … Read more “ILLY National User Group 2025 – Our 19th Year!”
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ILLY Commissioners Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups
On November 10th 2025, ILLY hosted their Annual Commissioner’s Forum, with over 100 participants from across the Substance Misuse and public health sector, and we are delighted to share some of the highlights with you! The topic for this year was “Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups” – and we were extremely … Read more “ILLY Commissioners Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups”
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