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ILLY Commissioner’s Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups

  Since our last Commissioner’s Forum in November 2025, we have seen services across the sector continue to face ever growing challenges. Drug related deaths are still on the rise, synthetic opioids such as nitazenes remain a big concern, and the needs of the client group are becoming increasingly complex. In this environment, there is a … Read more “ILLY Commissioner’s Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups”

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October 10, 2025

FocusOn: Confronting the Growing Threat of Ketamine Misuse

“We’ve noticed lots of young patients with severe bladder problems that we would not expect to see until patients are much older. Ketamine destroys the lining of the bladder, and that can have very serious consequences”  Dr Mohammed Belal –  British Association of Urological Surgeons 2024 Background Ketamine was developed in the early 1960s as … Read more “FocusOn: Confronting the Growing Threat of Ketamine Misuse”

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September 25, 2025

Case Study: Catch22’s Frontline Work Against Child Exploitation

Catch22 – a leading national charity dedicated to building a better society by empowering individuals to overcome challenging circumstances – welcomes three new, high impact services into our community. The onboarding of these new services marks a significant step in their bid to combat child exploitation and support the most vulnerable people across the UK. … Read more “Case Study: Catch22’s Frontline Work Against Child Exploitation”

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August 14, 2025

Webinar: Understanding and addressing Co-occurring conditions – Mental Health and Substance misuse

At ILLY, we’re very proud to be able to support the many services that are working hard to help vulnerable individuals across our communities. On Tuesday 17th June, we hosted our “Understanding and Addressing Co-occurring Conditions” webinar. We were delighted to welcome nearly 150 attendees from the fields of mental health, substance misuse and public … Read more “Webinar: Understanding and addressing Co-occurring conditions – Mental Health and Substance misuse”

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June 18, 2025

Webinar: “Understanding and Addressing Co-Occurring conditions (COMHAD)”

  “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”  Albert Einstein   ILLY Webinar  Invitation (Free-to-attend): Title :    “Understanding and Addressing Co-occurring conditions – mental health dual diagnosis and a substance misuse disorder” Date:     Tuesday 17th June at 11am – 12pm.  (Free-to-attend via MS Teams) If … Read more “Webinar: “Understanding and Addressing Co-Occurring conditions (COMHAD)””

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May 27, 2025

Focus On: Addressing the Challenge of Knife Crime in the UK

  “The correlation between rising exclusions and rising knife crime isn’t coincidence … if you’re excluded from school, you’re 200 times more likely to get caught up in a gang”.  Dame Louise Casey (King’s College London). The UK is facing a deeply concerning trend: a sustained rise in knife crime. This complex issue, impacting communities … Read more “Focus On: Addressing the Challenge of Knife Crime in the UK”

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April 1, 2025

Focus On: Generation Vape – From smoking cessation necessity to fashion accessory

Background: There has been a significant rise in e-cigarette use among children and young people (CYPs) in the UK over the past five years. According to a recent Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) survey, the number of children (11-17) using e-cigarettes – or vapes – has tripled in the past 3 years, with 18% … Read more “Focus On: Generation Vape – From smoking cessation necessity to fashion accessory”

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January 14, 2025