Co-production in Haringey
Co-production brings together people with lived experience and professionals to design, develop, and improve services collaboratively. At The Grove, this approach creates opportunities for service users to participate in creative projects, events, workshops, and community-based activities that support recovery and wellbeing.
Through participation, individuals can build confidence, strengthen social connections, develop skills, and explore new opportunities. Co-production helps create a more inclusive service while ensuring that the experiences and voices of service users help shape future support.
Co-production film in the making - The Grove
The Grove co-production has made a strong and positive start with the creation of a short awareness film titled IN YOUR HANDS.
The project’s main aim is to promote client engagement and raise harm reduction awareness through drama, alongside the collaborative process of co-producing the storyboard, script, and filming.
Co-production is committed to increasing public awareness of the ongoing risks associated with synthetic opioids and overdose. The project also highlights the importance of ensuring that everyone knows what Naloxone is, why it saves lives, and how to use it effectively in an emergency.
Harm Reduction Recovery Activation Service
This emerging service model reflects the principles of recovery services while echoing the ethos of harm reduction. It aims to support individuals to integrate into wider society by fostering a strong, inclusive and supportive recovery community.
International Overdose Awareness Day
For International Overdose Awareness Day, we came together with a shared purpose: to raise awareness, encourage conversations about overdose prevention and harm reduction, and highlight the importance of access to naloxone.
Together with the Hep C Trust and Positive East, we took the campaign to four different community locations in Haringey, creating opportunities for people to stop, talk, ask questions and learn more about overdose prevention, harm reduction and naloxone.
Outside the Post Office, 476 High Road
Streets Fest Public Event, Finsbury Park
Neighbourhood Resource Centre, 177 Park Lane
Ashmount Road, opposite Tesco
International Overdose Awareness Day gives us an opportunity to honour those we have lost to overdose and recognise the impact these losses can have on families and friends.
Our co-produced Pause, Test, Prevent campaign brought us closer to our community. We are proud to have been part of this campaign and grateful to everyone who helped make these conversations possible.
Sisters in Flowerhood
Sisters of Flowerhood is a co-produced event led by peers.
The idea was brought to the co-production meetings by Leanne Pettefer who was supported by the Grove Drug Service to hold her first event during Women’s History Month in March 2026.
A second event was planned in co-production with peers for Recovery Month and was held at The Pavilion on Perth Road, Haringey, in September 2026. Many peers were involved in coordinating this flower-arranging event, which brings women and individuals who identify as women together.
A mixture of service users, peers and members of the public from different community forums came together to enjoy an afternoon of creativity, connection and community. Feedback showed that the event supported people experiencing addiction, mental health difficulties and social isolation, while also providing opportunities to access advice and guidance.
Leanne is keen for more women to take part and enjoy the experience.
Harm Reduction Street Art Workshop
“Recovery can be a journey, it can be creative and fun. Creativity can help to empty full minds to become mindful spaces. Sometimes, something as simple as starting to do something different can be the trigger for the desire to change.”
Peer Mentoring
Congratulations to our peers who have successfully completed their Peer Mentoring Training at Grove Drug Service!
Their commitment, dedication and enthusiasm for the programme are truly inspiring and demonstrate the positive impact of peer support in recovery.
We look forward to celebrating their achievement and awarding their certificates at our Annual Recovery Event. We’re also delighted to continue supporting them with their ongoing personal development as they grow in their peer mentoring roles.