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"In Cumbria right now there are around 1,000 people accessing treatment for their drug problems."
Source: Cumbria Safer Communities Audit.


DRUG SERVICE USERS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!

The Cumbria Users’ Project (CUP) encourages and supports drug users to speak up and have a say about the delivery of drug services.

The knowledge and skills of service users and their families can help influence and improve the way that future services are planned and provided, & the CUP has had real success in helping make this possible.

We have meetings every six weeks in Penrith, plus local mini-forum meetings every month. Lunch is provided and service users attending these meetings will each receive a High Street voucher for their time.

We arrange for service users to attend conferences and training around the country. Four service users attended a two-day conference on safer injecting at Lords cricket ground in October. More recently Gareth, from Clear Choice attended the annual conference on Drug Related Deaths in Manchester.
For information about forthcoming training and conference events please contact your local development worker.

Click to download the User Project NewsletterClick here to download the April 2008 Newsletter
(417kb - requires Adobe Acrobat and a cup of tea)

PLEASE GET IN TOUCH AND GET INVOLVED!

ULVERSTON
Martin Roberts
User Development Worker for South Cumbria
ULVERSTON CAB

Phone 01229 585585
email: martin.roberts.1@hotmail.co.uk

WORKINGTON
Maggie Messenger
User Development Worker & Project Co-ordinator
WORKINGTON CAB
Phone 01900 604735
email: allerdale@cabnet.org.uk

PENRITH
Seth Gibson
User Development Worker for North Cumbria
EDEN CAB
Phone 01768 214855
email: cup@edencab.cabnet.org.uk
 

some useful links..

CUMBRIA DRUG & ALCOHOL ADVISORY SERVICE - CADAS
www.cadas.co.uk

ADDACTION
www.addaction.org.uk

CUMBRIA PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST
www.cas.nhs.uk/cumbriapartnership/serviceusers/home.aspx

CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL
www.cumbria.gov.uk/adultsocialcare/adults/drugs.aspx

CONNEXIONS
www.connexionscumbria.co.uk

RELEASE
www.release.org.uk

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