3rd April: Edinburgh
10th April - Manchester - 13:30 to 16:30
16th April - London - 14:00 to 17:00

Following the recent controversy and debate on the abstinence record of English drug treatment services, the Consortium together with DrugScope are organising a series of half day seminars entitled: ‘Drug Treatment, the Great Debate’ for people working in the field to debate the issues raised.   The seminars are held in different parts of the UK including:
Manchester at: Crystal Suite, The Britannia Hotel, 35 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LA, on Thursday, 10th April 2008
London at: Lecture Theatre 421, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX, on Wednesday 16th April 2008.

'Joining the Dots: criminal justice, treatment and harm reduction’

The European Institute of Social Services (EISS) of the University of Kent, in cooperation with the Conference Consortium, is pleased to announce the first conference of the Connections Project.The aim of the conference is to facilitate the development of knowledge and an evidence base for different harm reduction and drug-free interventions for drug users, which can be implemented throughout all the phases of the criminal justice process, from arrest, through police detention, prosecution and incarceration, to release and supervision in the community.

• 2008 Conference Website

Probation 2007, 1 - 2 May 2007 - London.

Celebration of the centenary of the Probation Service in England and Wales.

For more information, please visit:

THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE: Probation Centenary