Why Recovery Month Matters

Why Recovery Month Matters

As the old saying goes – “Bring on September, bring on Recovery Month!” Each September individuals, groups, services, and organisations across the country join together with the aim of celebrating recovery from substance use. Four weeks of creative activities and...
Landmark

Landmark

Landmark is an art project created through collaboration between artists Emilie Taylor and Christopher Jarratt and eleven people they met at Project 6, a drug and alcohol support service.On a baking hot day in Sheffield, I meet six of those eleven, Sam, Ben, Ruth,...
Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing

Little did we know just how invigorating & transformative this whole initiative would be for us. Our guide & mentor, Kristen McEwan, who transpired to be a genuine inspiration, devoted to her craft. This was the wonderful discipline that is called Shimu-Yaku,...
People Powered Progress

People Powered Progress

During April 2022 The People Powered Press worked with Project 6 to install the first in a series of murals and poetry in Keighley created by groups from the community. Thank you to People Powered Press for providing the platform, and to the people from Project 6’s...
LGBT+ History Month

LGBT+ History Month

Throughout LGBT+ History Month Staff, Volunteers and people who use Project 6’s services have been having conversations around the experiences of different LGBTQ+ people as well as sharing from their own personal lives. Intersectionality, Privilege, and Me When the...
In the Needle Exchange

In the Needle Exchange

Needle exchange programmes play a vital role in helping to reduce the harm associated with injecting drug use, including the risk of overdose. They provide access to clean a safe injecting equipment to anyone who needs it as well as advice and alternatives for safer...