North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force

We are the NERDTF set up to address drug and alcohol misuse issues in the North-Eastern Region of Ireland

[I-CAAN @ICAANnetwork]

ICAAN and Alcohol Forum campaign to raise awareness of alcohol as a risk to our immune systems launched today. Let's get the conversation going. #COVID19 #InThisTogether

[HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) @NOSPIreland]

In minding younger people's #mentalhealth during the #coronavirus outbreak, it's important to stay calm and manage your own anxieties first.

Keep talking about what is going on and reassure younger people that it is less common and severe in children.

https://t.co/aqiNTxGYHy

[Carol Fawsitt @carol_fawsitt]

Covid 19 will pass and we will learn to manage. But what of the children trapped in homes with parental alcohol misuse for the shutdown? They are going to need a massive injection of therapy. Will we step up? Our future matters. @IrelandSilent @SimonHarrisTD

[Professor Jo-Hanna Ivers @Prof_Jo_Ivers]

Addiction is neither biological OR social it’s both. Addiction is characterised by high rates of social deprivation, adverse life events, prolonged periods of stress and biology. The psychiatrist at the centre of the opioid crisis https://t.co/uybKTn4pFS #Hero @noradvolkow

[Get Ireland Walking @GetIreWalking]

#WednesdayWisdom you know it's true 👟

[SMARTRecoveryIreland @SMARTRecoveryI1]

sharing this post may be the simple act of kindness that helps someone build on the motivation to change.
https://t.co/sDMLyQC5Yt

[HSE Health & Wellbeing @HsehealthW]

The first session of Stress Control Online is to be repeated again today at 2 and 8.30. Great feedback from participants who have tuned in. Please go to https://t.co/hXcqaj3hkD for more info. #StresscontrolIrl #HealthyIreland #Together #Covid19

[North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force @NorthTask]

Contact details for Alcohol Forum during lockdown

[RecoveryAcademyIre @IreRecoveryAcad]

“Recovery, it’s more than just a word” Gabe Howard. What does #recovery mean to you?

[North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force @NorthTask]

A very valuable video from our colleagues in the North West applicable to all areas!

https://t.co/bDpiEemXMC

[I-CAAN @ICAANnetwork]

Take a few mins on international day of persons with disabilities to watch this powerful animation on Alcohol Related Brain Injury. Please watch. Please share.#End the silence @BobbySmyth4 @AlcoholIreland https://t.co/mz8HJKd35Z

[North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force @NorthTask]

Community Addiction Studies Course
Commencing Tuesday 18th February 2020
Closing date for applications 12 Noon Friday 31st January 2020
For more information and an application form email: Therese at [email protected]

[AnaLiffey @AnaLiffey]

@tonyduffin attended Hannah’s Leaving Cert exhibition this afternoon at the @Phizzfest community space in Phibsboro. It was about destigmatising people who use drugs.
Well done Hannah 👍😊
#SaferFromHarm

[North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force @NorthTask]

You are invited to attend the Family Addiction Support Network Annual Commoration Service on Friday 29th November 6:30 p.m. at Lios Dubh, Armagh Road, Dundalk.

[AlcoholActionIreland @AlcoholIreland]

It’s European Awareness Week on alcohol-related harm and the theme is alcohol and mental health. Over the course of this week @alcoholireland is running a social media campaign with @mentalhealthirl highlighting the links between alcohol and mental health #AWARH19 #publichealth

[RADE @RADEDublin]

Unprecedented coming together of 9 previous Ministers for Drug Strategy to voice their support for Citywide Campaign to restore confidence in the National Drugs Strategy.
Authority is being taken away from the Strategy's partnership structures and is reverting back to the HSE

[NrtDublin Drug&AlcTF @northdublinrdtf]

We have organised a bespoke workshop with @AlcoholForum and @BallymunLDATF to build skills and efficacy around licencing law for our community members. Email [email protected] to book your place!