Citywide 30th Anniversary Event

1 Oct 2025

The Fergus McCabe Memorial Summer School - September 1st 2025.

A Community Development Approach to Drugs – Why it’s still needed 30 years on

Sub-title: 30 years of Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign 1995-2025

Overall Aims of Event

• To consider and discuss the key learnings from 30 years of a Community Development Approach to Drugs
• To identify how we can build on the significant achievements to date of our Community Development approach, while also addressing the current significant challenges to its implementation and how to respond to these challenges 

• To set out a Plan of Action as to how we can ensure that the Community Development Approach to Drugs is facilitated, supported and resourced during the lifetime of the next National Drugs Strategy  

Presentations & messages can be viewed here