Deepening a shared understanding of the chemsex landscape in the Capital, exploring the impact on individuals and services, and strengthening the health and harm reduction response.

Following the success of the first London Chemsex Conference in June 2024* two further conferences are confirmed.

15 November 2024  FULL (DO NOT PURCHASE TICKETS)

9:30am – 4:00pm, refreshments from 9:00. Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE.
Nearest stations: St Pancras International and Kings Cross.

Objectives

Understand the chemsex landscape, including prevalence. Understand how chemsex harms impact health service provision, including criminal justice. Explore practical solutions with a focus on harm reduction.

What to expect

A day of knowledge and learning with practitioners and specialists from the fields of chemsex, harm reduction, and sexual health; and colleagues from the voluntary, statutory, and governmental sectors. Printed and online resources will be available throughout the day. **

What you will be doing

You will hear from practitioners in treatment, harm reduction, health and monitoring groups, and those with lived experience. These are smaller conference events for 60 delegates with an emphasis on shorter presentations, interactive learning, Q&A and discussion, and workgroup sessions. 

Programme highlights ***

• Defining chemsex and prevalence in the Capital.
• Overview of the chemsex landscape including lived experiences through a series of short, interconnected, presentations:
  Hook-up and chemsex scene
  Challenges for trans and non-binary people
  Challenges for Black people and People of Colour
  Problematic chemsex, and addiction
  Mental, sexual, health wellbeing issues
  Navigating (statutory service) support and care pathways
  Harm reduction, abstinence, and sober sex
  Sexual assault and rape
  The Barking murders
• Chemsex practices (dosing, safer injecting, smoking) within the context of sexualised drug use.
• Understanding the chemsex landscape through service provision through a series of short, interconnected, presentations:
  London Ambulance Service
  Royal London Hospital ED
  Antidote (at London Friend)
  Survivors UK
  House of Rainbow
  Trans and Non-Binary Perspectives
  Gay Men’s Health Collective
  Harm reduction v criminal justice with Dr Alex Dymock, Senior Lecturer in Law
• Chemsex harm reduction tool for ambulance crews with London Ambulance Service (LAS) 
• Group sessions
  Delegate questions and queries (submitted in advance)
  A London update
  Revisiting harm reduction and support priorities for the Capital.
• Next steps and takeaways.

Tickets £25

The conference is run on a not for profit basis. Tickets cover entrance, resources, refreshments, and a delicious sandwich lunch (meat, vegetarian and vegan options) with fruit and nibbles. 

 When you buy a ticket(s), you will be asked to submit a question about any aspect of chemsex which will be included anonymously as part of the group sessions. You may wish to decide your question before you reach checkout.

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* Conference 7/6/24 report
** PIP PAC safer chemsex packs; and the SAFER pack (booklets/ leaflets): safer chemsex, calling 999, health and wellbeing, safer hook-ups, STI risk assessment tool, HCV test and treat, rights on arrest
*** Subject to change