Engaging the Ethnic Minorities on the Drugs Agenda PDF Print E-mail

(EEMDA) 20th Feb 2008.

With 100’s of attendees from well over 120 local, regional and national agencies the 1st EEMDA conference, was a resounding success. New relationships have been forged and the engagement agenda is rightfully on the map.

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Right Start Foundation International Engaging Ethnic Minorities on the Drugs issues

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 Image Session 1

 
  Image David Shaw Assistant Chief Constable, West Midlands PoliceEmpowering and Strengthening the Fight against Drugs in our communities
  Image Eric Carlin Chief Executive, Mentor UKDrugs prevention
  Image Urfan Azad Co founder BASIAN (Reading)Heavens Keys – Despair to delight a care pathway to success.
  Image Nichola Adamson Deputy Regional Manager, National Treatment Agency (NTA)Ethnic minority engagement into treatment
  Image Maqsood Ahmed OBE Senior Adviser on Muslim communities - Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG)Community Cohesion to Connecting with the Minorities
  Image Hubzy ProductionsIndependent Production CompanyVoices for Change

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Image Session 2

  Image Helen Cochrane Treatment Commissioner, Birmingham Drugs Action TeamCommunity Involvement, Key in commissioning strategy
  Image Prof Jim OrfordDepartment of Psychology, University of BirminghamAlcohol, Drugs and the family
  Image Kate Davies Director, Centre for Ethnicity & Health. University Central Lancashire (UCLAN)Communities leading from the front, Community involvement or Community deficit?
  ImageProf Alex Copello Department of Psychology, University of BirminghamGood practice in working with family members of problem alcohol/drug users
  Image Shaukat Warraich Director, Right Start Foundation InternationalForce for change building collaborative engagements to address the Ethnic Minorities on the Anti Drugs agenda
  Image Ulfah ArtsRap (Makki) then Short DramaAmmi Ji, Abu Ji & the Drug Wala (Dear Mother, Dear Father and the Drug dealer)

 Image Lunch

 

 Image Workshops A & B 		 
  Image Workshop A Dealing with Ethnic Minority and Concerned Others. Sakeena Women’s Project – What Treatment Modalities work with Ethnic Minority Concerned others?Neelam Fida - Project Coordinator Prof Alex Copello School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham
  Image Workshop B Using Community Institutions such as Mosques and Madrassas in Tier 1 treatment pathway Insights from the MIMS project, empowering Imams, Mosque Management and Madrassa TeachersDr Iftkhar Hussain – Project Coordinator Dr Musharaff Hussain – Director of Karrima Institute
Image Workshops C & D  
  Image Workshop C Treatment and Aftercare a culturally sensitive approach - Looking at ways in engaging Drug users into treatment and maintaining them on the care pathway.Shaukat Warraich - Director RSFI Harun Miah - NAFAS East London Bangladeshi Drugs Project Urfan Azad - BASIAN Reading
  Image Workshop D Drugs, young people & schools Peer education and insights and approaches from the DRM project in Birmingham and the national youth involvement project.Rawaad Mahyub - Project coordinator Andrew Brown - Mentor UK

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