What is RSUN?
We passionately advocate for service user involvement by
Influencing and shaping policy
Support and Represent people
Engaging groups and services
Peer support
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Educating, training and development
We’ve been where you are
We have lived with substance use
We want your involvement
We want your support
We want to share your experience to help shape the future support for people who use substances
Supporting and training people
Educating, training and development
Our most recent training courses have included: Suicide first aid, peer mentoring, motivational interviewing, naloxone administration, ‘train the trainer’ as well as peer mentoring
We are planning further peer mentoring as well as ‘Reduce the use’ in association with SAIL Dublin – dates TBC
Supporting and representing people with lived experience of substance use
We have RSUN service user representation on all 5 DACTs for NI, we are directly consulting on the New Strategic direction from the Department of Health
Peer Support
Phase 1 has seen one staff member trained to kickstart the program and they are actively mentoring and codesigning our service
We are designing a regional program with a pipeline of trained, fully-connected and aligned peer-mentors delivering a consistent and empowering service to those who are seeking assistance in their harm reduction journey.
Phase 2 will be commencing soon – dates TBC