A new resource for education staff looking at risk taking behaviours in pupils is now available for Glasgow schools.

Staff from Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Archway Glasgow, West of Scotland Sexual Assault Service (SARCS) attended an afternoon reception held for delegates from SARCS across the UK, on 1 May at Buckingham Palace. 

An application to run a drug-checking pilot in Glasgow has been submitted to the UK Government Home Office.

National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 to 7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make to their community.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) welcomed the reduction in drug related death figures across Scotland as Drugs Minister Elena Whitham visited the Enhanced Drug Treatment Service, managed for NHSGGC by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). 

National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 to 7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make within their community.

Over 100 awards were given to participants in a graduation ceremony at the end of February for qualifications, training and personal development programmes completed by individuals in recovery from drug or alcohol misuse.

A training programme helping prisoners to tackle drug issues has won several awards.

Glasgow City Youth Health Service offers confidential, personalised support to young people aged 12 to 19 years. The service is provided by Nurses, GPs, Counsellors and Multiple Risk Workers and was officially launched in September.

Now that Autumn is here and winter approaches, the Growing Spaces in the garden at Gartnavel Royal Hospital have started to take on new colours and shapes. Seed heads and falling leaves carpet the walkways and yet the Sunflowers still offer a striking reminder of the summer now gone.