Hands On Peer Education Limited (HOPE) was established in the late 1990’s by local women who believed that education was the key to drug prevention and volunteered to provide peer education to families in the North Inner City. In 2003 HOPE was funded by the North Inner City Drugs Task Force and we established premises on the North Strand. In January 2008 we merged with ICON Drugs Support Services and in March 2010 moved to new premises in Killarney Court.

A summary of our work from January 1 to December 31 2011:
• Visits to our service: 2,055 – (this increased from 1,219 in 2010)
• Participated in Education Programs: 405
• Individual Clients for Addiction/Family Issues: 287
• Clients who became totally drug and/or alcohol free in 2011 67
• 1,116 client appointments, averaging 4 visits per client, and 939 other visits for a wide range of support.
• HOPE Counselling Service: 12
• Client we helped access educational programmes and grants: 15
• Clients we helped access housing 23
• Sourced crèche places: 4