OUR WORK IN NUMBERS

Our Impact

Providing free, expert legal support, life-saving harm reduction, and frontline advocacy across the UK.

Our impact in 2025

Legal Issues Resolved
Benefits Reclaimed
Dedicated Volunteers
Website Users
EAST LONDON DROP-IN & HEALTH SERVICE

The Harm Reduction Hub

In just over two years of operating in Bethnal Green, our community drop-in space has delivered essential supplies, overdose prevention, and tailored harm reduction support directly to people who need it most.

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Naloxone kits distributed
Outreach sessions carried out
Drug checking strips distributed
Sterile needles distributed
  • “As someone who has lost people to overdose it is really heartening to see a space like this that may help save lives of people like my loved ones”
    Hub Visitor
    Local Tower Hamlets Resident
CLIENT OUTCOMES & FEEDBACK

After using our services…

Feedback from people supported through our specialist legal clinics, helpline, and advocacy services.

Reported feeling less anxious
Now feel able to manage their finances
Report improved relationships with friends and family
Would recommend our service
  • “Your help has enabled me to put my focus and attention back on my recovery, health, and wellbeing.”
    Legal Service Client
  • ““My legal adviser was meticulous, attentive and compassionate from our first initial contact up to our last correspondence. It felt nice to be treated as a human and be allowed to make decisions for myself during a period I was not used to that.”
    Legal Service Client

Help Us Continue Making a Difference

For over 50 years, Release has fought for justice, health equity, and the rights of people who use drugs. Support our life-saving work by donating or exploring opportunities to get involved.

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