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 drug strategy.

Presentation PDFs:

• Restorative justice: Repairing the social harms of drug criminalisation in Ireland - Dr. Ian Marder, Associate Professor in Criminology, Maynooth University 
• Drug decriminalisation: 10 years on - Niamh Eastwood, Executive Director, Release 
• Drug policy - the International Context - Ann Fordham, Executive Director IDPC
• Community drugs projects - Benefits and Impacts- Laura O'Reilly -CEO Star Ballyfermot
• RADE film: Core characteristics of Community Drug Projects - Watch here: https://youtu.be/5c4udPufQBo
• A community development Approach to Drugs - Anna Quigley, Citywide Co-ordinator & Noreen Byrne, Community Activist 
• Key issues emerging - overview - Anna Quigley, Citywide Co -ordinator 

Messages and Tributes:

Message from President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins

Poem for Fergus by Maureen Penrose, Community Activist & Artist   

An Taoiseach Piece to Camera - Message to the Fergus McCabe Summer School (Youtube, 5.43 minutes)