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Open days/Exhbibitions/Events

Open days/ exhibitions / events

• Run an evening 'drop-in' event at the local community centre, for drug misusers, relatives and others affected by drug issues to come along, have their questions answered and take part in workshops.  Invite local print and broadcast media.  This could be copied, in various forms, by other Drug Action Teams.
• Invite local community groups, such as the Women's Institute, to look around treatment centres.
• Invite a journalist to attend a treatment/rehabilitation centre for the day/overnight to expdrience being a service user first-hand.
• Set up a display of former drug misusers' art - paintings, sculptures, photography - in the worn centre/ at a local library.
• Give former drug misusers the opportunity to take photographs of their local area and show what it means to them from their point of view - photos can be used as an exclusive with the local paper or displayed in the town centre / at a local library.
• Get local students or former drug misusers to make a film about drug treatment going on in their area.

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