2010 CityWide submission to NDRIC

CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign welcomes the publication of the DRAFT National Rehabilitation Framework. It gives focus, structure and action to the Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation. We do note however that this Framework will only work if the commitment given by the government on publishing the Rehab Report is honoured and sufficient resources are made available to its implementation.

CityWide is making this submission following consultation with Community Drug Projects and with Projects operating Special CE Schemes. Special Community Employment (SCE) programmes since their inception have been in the forefront of providing programmes which facilitate enhanced life skills, social integration and educational progression, to persons in recovery from substance misuse. While the Special CE Projects have concerns about some of the operational detail of the Framework, they are in agreement that process must continue and that it must be time framed to ensure its success.