Wednesday 14th October 2026
Mary Ward House, 5 – 7 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9SN
Arrival/ refreshments/ networking from 9:30am
Prompt start at 10:00am
Finish at 4:30pm
The London Chemsex Conference has become a rare space where practitioners can meet, learn and share.
Delegate feedback from 2024 and 2025 is clear: high-quality speakers, practical learning, and cross-sector exchange made the day directly useful to the work we do.
This year’s conference responds to that feedback with a strong focus on practice. If you work in chemsex, drugs, sexual health, mental health, emergency care, commissioning or policy, this is a serious day for serious practice.
GMHC is delivering this Conference in partnership with Antidote. Antidote is the UK’s only LGBTQ+ run and targeted drug and alcohol support service. GMHC’s health and wellbeing project has had a focus on chemsex harm reduction for 15 years.
As hard as we have tried we have had to raise the cost of tickets. This reflects a larger venue for more delegate places, improved facilities and professional catering. However, we will ensure the vibe remains community focused and inclusive. If you operate in Greater London and have a chemsex remit within your work, we have a limited number of concessionary tickets, email admin@gmhc.co.uk for more.
This agenda has been informed by the 2024 and 2025 conference evaluations, and what delegates have sought in terms of practice.
A full agenda is at an advanced stage and we aim to provide a speaker’s list by early June:
- Session 1:
Tools for frontline staff/ utilising lived experience to improve outcomes - Session 2:
Addressing heteronormativity in services
Developing cultural competences in services - Session 3:
Understanding integrated care pathways in practice
Safeguarding and chemsex - Session 4:
Community activism/ ‘doing it for ourselves’ - Session 5:
Trans inclusion in services
Neurodiversity in practice - Session 6:
Trends, risks and harms: an appraisal and learning - Session 7:
- The intersection of harm with care in statutory and NHS service settings
Session 8: - London Ambulance Service research findings
- Session 9:
TBC
This year’s Conference is sponsored by Turning Point and Change Grow Live.
