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A Day to Remember 2008 

 

A Day to Remember 2008 was held at the Mega Centre on Thursday 6th March, to celebrate User Involvement.

Here are some photos from the day.  There is also the April edition of the Family and Friends Newsletter which also contains some photos and a report!

See the feedback people left about the day by clicking here!

 Jo Daykin-Goodall

Jo Daykin-Goodall (Director of Substance Misuse Strategy for Sheffield) kicked off proceedings.

Matt Knight (Deputy Regional Manager, National Treatment Agency) talked about the importance of User involvement.

Matt Knight

 Marko Zalad

Inspector Marko Zalad (South Yorkshire Police) talked about two police operations where User Involvement Volunteers had been helpful.

Tracey Ford (Communities and Carers Development Ofiicer, Sheffield Drug Action Team) brought everyone up to date on the two new sharps bins installed in the Park Hill/Park Square roundabout area.

Tracey Ford

 Bradley Spencer

Bradley Spencer (Sheffield DAAT) trying to keep all the presentations running smoothly.  If you look closely, you can see the smoke coming from his ears!

"Jargon Busters": Shane Kimberley (left) and Gavin Quinn (right) bamboozle the audience with acronyms a-plenty... 

Gavin Quinn and Shane Kimberley

 Daat Man!!

...before Shane gets his Batman costume on in a homage to Oliver Brain (look at the ears!)

After a fantastic lunch, on came "The Women of User Involvement" to tell us what User Involvement means to them.

The Women of User Involvement

 Jimi Grieve

Jimi Grieve (National User Network) gave a presentation on his visit to the International Harm Reduction Association Conference in Warsaw (a group of User Involvement reps from around the country also attended, including our own Oliver Brain!)

Oliver Brain (User Involvement Development Worker, Sheffield DAAT) made a guest appearance to thank the organisers of the event...

Oliver Brain

 Handing out of certificates

...and also to help Jo and Jimi hand out certificates to everybody who has been through one of the User Involvement training groups.

Sharon Collins with her certificate, just one of the 40 or so people who received one on the day!

Sharon Collins

 Tracey and Yvonne getting flowers

For taking on the organising of the event at such short notice, Tracey Ford and Yvonne Bryson (DAAT team administrator) got a bunch of flowers from Oliver!

 

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Page last updated 24th April 2008 at 1635 BST