This campaign aims to tackle stigma towards ex-offenders and people in recovery from addiction.

Produced by Forward Trust, the campaign shows that ex-offenders and people in recovery change and succeed. The campaign shares stories of people from all walks of life and has created a podcast presented by film star Jason Flemyng and Forward Director of Recovery, Julie Muir.

CLERO was started in 2020. The aim is to develop a Recovery Strategy that is signed up to by key leadership figures and organisations from the (addiction) recovery sector in the UK.

Focused on Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (LEROs), and has the idea of active citizenship at its core. They aim to build coherence, trust, credibility and consensus for recovery groups and communities based on a model that promotes an evidence-based approach predicated on Lived Experience.

With a long history in Anti-Stigma activities Phoenix have created a range of anti-stigma activities ranging from podcasting, documentary, story sharing, social media campaigns, music and film festivals, theatre projects and community-based activities.

The Phoenix website features a language guide and you can download and play Babble Box, an anti-stigma card game designed to encourage meaningful conversations.

A group of NHS Providers from across the UK that work together to support and develop the addictions treatment and support sector.

They work collaboratively with service users, carers and other organisations who are committed to making a positive difference to the ongoing development of the addictions field, including within drug, alcohol, gambling and gaming treatment and support.

Every year Action on Addiction host Addiction Awareness Week to shine a light on the complex causes of addiction and challenge the stigma surrounding it.

The UK Drug Policy Commission has now finished its work. It ran between 2007 and 2012 as an independent body that provided objective analysis of the evidence concerning drug policy and practice. They produced ground-breaking work looking at the impact of stigma on delivering Government policy.

Stitch Away the Stigma is a creative art programme to support anyone who loves or cares for someone with an alcohol/drug use disorder or gambling addiction.

The hand stitched pieces of art are sown together into a wall hanging for your voice to be heard when you may often feel forgotten.

Drug & alcohol use can threaten and ultimately destroy family relationships and wellbeing. Adfam empowers family members and carers, supports frontline workers and influences decision-makers to stop this happening.

A national campaign highlighting the damage caused by the stigmatisation of problem drug and alcohol use.

The FrameWorks Institute is a nonprofit research organisation that helps mission-driven organisations build public will for progressive change.

The FrameWorks Institute website carries a number of reports looking at how people think about addiction and different ways of talking about addiction.

Change Your Mind is Northern Ireland’s regional campaign to tackle stigma and discrimination around mental health. It is a joint programme run by Inspire and the Public Health Agency. They are a grassroots campaign shaped by the collaboration of communities, organisations and individuals who are championing the message against mental health stigma across society – a campaign for people, driven by people.

The first national campaign to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems in Wales. The campaign is delivered by a partnership of two leading Welsh mental health charities, Mind Cymru and Adferiad Recovery.

Established in 1986, the Scottish Drugs Forum is a membership-based charity striving for a Scotland free from drug-related health and social harm. They aim to improve Scotland’s approach to drug-related issues through their work and strive for compassionate, inclusive, evidence-informed policy and practice.

Harm Reduction International use data and advocacy to promote harm reduction and drug policy reform. They campaign to show how rights-based, evidence-informed responses to drugs contribute to healthier, safer societies, and why investing in harm reduction makes sense.

Release is the UK's centre of expertise on drugs & drugs law – providing free and confidential advice. They campaign for drug policies that respect rights of people who use drugs.

Transform are an independent, UK-based charity working nationally and internationally towards a just and effective system of legal regulation for all drugs.

Reform is an organisation which supports women who have, or are at risk of, experiencing child removal. Reform seeks to break down stigma and affect change on a local, community and national policy level around this issue.

Your Voice Counts is a charity that supports people with learning disabilities, autistic people and people who are at risk of exclusion due to disability, illness or other challenges.

A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.

A Not For Profit Company working as a collective of unique individuals, who have both lived experience of social harms as well as professional expertise. They aim to offer a different background and way of seeing the world to a range of services.

An UK-wide addiction charity promoting recovery. Led by people with living and lived experience of alcohol and other drugs representing the voices of communities affected by addiction.

TalkingDrugs is an online global platform dedicated to reporting on the world of drugs. You can find drug policy analysis, harm reduction guides, stories from organisations or individuals across the world challenging the drug war and supporting people who use drugs.

The J Healthcare Initiative wants to stop the toxic drug crisis by empowering drug users' healthcare choices. They support every person’s health decisions and goals, and want the policy to be evidence-based.

A coalition of organisations and individuals who campaign to end the unwarranted and damaging separation of children from their mother or other primary carer

Drink and Drugs News (DDN) is the monthly magazine for all professionals in the drug and alcohol field, and individuals looking for information and support with addiction.

DDN provides news, features, research, and the latest thinking in the field in an attractive and convenient format.