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Eric Carlin Birkbeck College, University of London Mentor Foundation Wired In – wiredin.co.uk

European Cities Against Drugs – United in Diversity 18 th ECAD Mayors’ Conference, Varna, Bulgaria Workshop, 13 th May 2011. Eric Carlin Birkbeck College, University of London Mentor Foundation Wired In – www.wiredin.co.uk Building Resilience: Prevention and Recovery. Resilience:

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Eric Carlin Birkbeck College, University of London Mentor Foundation Wired In – wiredin.co.uk

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  1. European Cities Against Drugs – United in Diversity18th ECAD Mayors’ Conference, Varna, BulgariaWorkshop, 13th May 2011 Eric Carlin Birkbeck College, University of London Mentor Foundation Wired In – www.wiredin.co.uk Building Resilience: Prevention and Recovery

  2. Resilience: • A multifaceted phenomenon that produces the ability to thrive despite adversity. It involves a dynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within the context of significant adversity. • Feel good • Feel that you are managing • Feel hopeful • www.carlinenterprises.co.uk

  3. “Equality and opportunity cannot exist alongside each other. What is opportunity if your only opportunity is to be equal?” Margaret Thatcher, Eastbourne, 1981 McKeganey, N. and Barnard, M. “AIDS, Drugs and Sexual Risk: Lives in the Balance”, 1992 “It makes little sense to spend endless hours attempting to prove or disprove whether unemployment and poverty cause drug use. The simple fact remains that such behaviour flourishes where young people see nothing positive in their own lives or in the lives of others around them.”

  4. Edinburgh

  5. A Tale of Two Cities

  6. In developing your community plans, always ask yourself: • What makes you feel good? • What makes you feel in control of your life? • What makes you feel hopeful about the future?

  7. What does prevention look like?

  8. What does recovery look like?

  9. Thank you! www.carlinenterprises.co.uk www.mentorfoundation.org www.wiredin.org.uk eric.carlin@live.com

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