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​STAND TO SitRep - our quarterly newsletter

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SitRep Issue 5 July 2020
SitRep Issue 4 April 2020
SitRep Issue 3 January 2020
SitRep Issue 2 October 2019
SitRep Issue 1 July 2019





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Recovery Month September 2020
​Accessible Fly Fishing - Ladybower Fishery 9th September 2020
STAND TO clients had a great day out at Ladybower, trying their hand at fly fishing for rainbow trout...... 

Upcoming events - Recovery Month September 2020

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​Derbyshire Armed Forces Community Survey

Derbyshire want your input.... see the info in the poster and then click the link to go direct to the survey https://uodhscrc.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cvWVgw2Vykbc6ZD 
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​GROWING LIVES- TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2019 - A VIEW FROM THE GROUND
A visit to the Growing Lives Project was the brain child of the STAND TO coordinator Jane Lawther, who through discussions since early September with Kim Miles Head of Service - Support & Activities organised the visit of STAND TO.....
​Download SitRep Issue 3 for more...
Wednesday 6th November 2019 - DAAS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The theme of the event this year was “Substance Misuse, Recovery, Health and Wellbeing.” The day started well at around 1200 with networking and lunch. The event was well attended with 60 plus professionals and clients in attendance....
​Download SitRep Issue 3 for more....

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October 2019 - STAND TO Patron appointed
​Dr Paula Holt.  Pro Vice Chancellor, Dean of Health and Social Care at University of Derby is now our Patron.
Paula started her career as a General Nurse, specialising in acute medicine, then became a Mental Health Nurse. She served as an Army Officer for 8 years in SE England, Germany and Scotland heading up mental health services for Forces personnel and their families, and undertook operational tours of Bosnia in 1993/4 and 1997. In the NHS she led a drug and alcohol team, a mentally disordered offender service and developed a mandated drug treatment programme for offenders.
Within Higher Education she has championed widening participation and supporting social mobility through health careers, making a success of Higher Apprenticeships for Assistant Practitioners and Nursing Associates.
As well as leading the College of Health and Social Care Paula leads on mental health on a range of external initiatives with schools and employers, on all areas of Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity and on work related to veterans and the Armed Forces. Paula is Executive Lead for Regulation for the Council of Deans of Health, representing 85 Universities that deliver Health and care across the UK. 

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March 31st 2019 Accessible Walk - DAAS and Stand To staff and clients were joined by veterans from Derbyshire Veterans Group HQ for an 8 mile accessible walk on the Chesterfield branch of the Trans Pennine Trail, starting at Rother Valley and finishing at Chesterfield's famous Spire.
​Participants were invited to join the walk at various points along the route, giving the option of 3, 5 or 8 miles, making it suitable for all ages and abilities. 

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April 25th 2019 Recovery Football Festival - the Proact Stadium hosted the event, organised by Chesterfield FC Community Trust and attended by Stand To/DAAS.
Five teams participated, including Intuitive Recovery.

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Case Study
P is an ex-soldier and served with the Royal Logistics Corps. He joined the Army in 1992, progressing to the Parachute contingent of the Corps after his basic training. During his Airborne training he was admitted to the Medical Centre after collapsing on a run and was subsequently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. He was not able to continue his Para training and his Commanding Officer found him a position working on camp security duties, whilst also playing golf for the Army Golf Team. He was eventually medically discharged from the army on medical grounds in 1996.
He approached STAND TO for help in getting his drinking under control in October 2017. He described himself as an emotional and impulsive drinker.
After his assessment by a STAND TO case worker, he decided to get pro-active with his own recovery. His goal was to cut his drinking down and eventually become abstinent. His drinking patterns were driven by stress and emotion – he’d stop at the off-license on his way home from work and regularly buy 3 x 660ml bottles of 5% lager. He would occasionally go to the pub and carry on drinking after he got home. His initial alcohol intake was 98 units per week. This started to cause friction in his family relationships and was having a negative effect on his health.
Our approach initially was to use a drinking diary to identify patterns of alcohol use, triggers for his drinking and strategies for alcohol reduction with the help of his STAND TO caseworker. He also wanted to get fit and used an on-line coaching resource run by an ex-Royal Marine. He essentially replaced alcohol with fitness training. He started playing golf again and made changes to his work-life balance. After around five months he felt he’d made significant progress and started to discuss the possibility of volunteering for STAND TO as a peer-support volunteer. His alcohol intake at discharge was 0 units.
P has done some training with DAAS to equip himself for a voluntary role with STAND TO and continues to help out at events whilst our volunteering policies and processes are being updated.
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Vacancies 
There are no vacancies with the STAND TO project at present, but you are welcome to check the DAAS vacancies page.
Please contact us for information on Volunteering opportunities.