At Cranstoun, we empower people & empower change. We believe in collaboration, creativity, compassion, respect & ambition. We want to break down barriers and stand up tall for the people we work for and campaign alongside.

Our focus at the Social Justice Conference 2024 will be across five areas, harm reduction & drug policy, domestic abuse, criminal justice, housing & homelessness & children & young people’s services.


This year’s conference will be held in Birmingham at the BCEC. Birmingham has an international airport with great connections to the city centre and conference venue. Trains run direct to Birmingham New Street from across the UK and the venue is a short walk from the train station.


There are plenty of city centre hotels within walking distance of the conference venue and the venue is connected to the Holiday Inn hotel.


Our Call for Abstracts is still open, and we are particularly interested in topics that cut across two or more of the five service areas. To find out more and submit your abstract, click 

The Social Justice Conference, 18-20 Sept, Birmingham. Click 

 to book your ticket. Full programme and workshop details to follow.

If you are interested in sponsoring this event or having an information table where you can share the work you do please contact: events@cranstoun.org.uk

Social Justice Conference 2024

INHSU is the world’s leading conference for people interested in the health and well-being of people who use drugs. Abstracts that focus on health issues among people who use drugs beyond hepatitis C are not only welcomed but highly encouraged.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59PM (EET) Sunday 3 March 2024

Download the below guidelines and template and submit via our online portal.

INHSU 2024 Abstract Submission Guidelines

Epidemiology, Public Health and Clinical Research Template

Social Science and Policy Research-Based Template

Models of Care and Programs Abstract Template

 Contact conference@inhsu.org to be connected to one of our members who can assist you. 

We are pleased to announce scholarship opportunities will be available for the 12th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users. We will be offering a number of full or partial scholarships for researchers, community members, practitioners, program workers, and policymakers.

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm (EET) Sunday 3 March 2024

Please note that those who have not previously received a scholarship will be prioritised.

A full scholarship will include conference registration, return economy class flights and accommodation and a partial scholarship will include just the conference registration. Before applying please ensure you have read the selection criteria.

12th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis Care in Substance Users - INHSU 2024

From the outset, the European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies has been about stimulating and promoting high-quality scientific debate, showcasing leading European addiction research in the specialist areas of illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling and other addictive behaviours. Lisbon Addictions is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across the addictions field.

The event is organised by: the Portuguese 

General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD)

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

journal Addiction/Society for the Study of Addiction (Addiction/SSA)

International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE)

The next European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies will take place in Lisbon on 23-25 October 2024 under the overarching theme ‘Empowering the workforce of the future’.

Potential contributors are invited to submit abstracts in the following main thematic tracks:

Prevention of risky and harmful behaviours

Alcohol: risks, clinical considerations, treatments, and outcomes

Hepatitis C, other infectious diseases, and drug-related harms

Drug policy: latest developments and new challenges

For more information about abstract submission, click 

Lisbon Addictions 2024

The HIT Hot Topics Conference, held annually in Liverpool since 2011, continues HIT’s legacy of running cutting edge, high quality harm reduction and drug policy convenings. Whilst primarily UK-focused, HIT’s connection to activists and advocates around the world brings some of the most interesting and exciting speakers to our ‘family gatherings’, with side events almost as unmissable as the conference itself!

 HIT Hot Topics 2024

Vienna International Centre (BR-D, 4th floor, C-Building) - Austria

CND Intersessional meeting - Thematic discussions on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (November 2024)

The AWID Forum is the world’s largest event that wholeheartedly centers feminist and gender justice movements in all their diversity. It is a transformative space created by and for the movements - where Global South feminists and historically marginalized communities take centerstage, strategize to shift power, and connect with allied movements, funders and policy-makers.

And so it is with full and fiery hearts that we share…

The 15th AWID International Forum will take place from December 2-5, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand! 

We hope to gather 2,500 in-person and 3,000 online/hybrid participants.


When thousands of feminists come together, we create a sweeping force of solidarity that has the power to change the world! We’re excited, and we know you’re excited too - so stay tuned for more details, including registration and our plans for a program full of feminist magic.

We will gather at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC). Later in 2023 we will be announcing many different ways to actively participate in shaping the content and the various spaces of the Forum, hang tight! Registration will start early 2024. We will announce the exact registration date and registration fee soon. Registration will include participation in the Forum, plus lunch and snacks (breakfast to be provided at the hotels), and one onsite dinner.

AWID International Forum 2024

The conference will present the latest harm reduction developments and innovative practices and discuss drug policy and its implications on people who use drugs and other marginalised groups. It intends to discuss different perspectives on harm reduction, social inclusion and related topics. EHRC provides a platform to create links and synergies between national and European stakeholders. You can read about the previous editions 

6th European Harm Reduction Conference

The continuation of the 67th session takes place on5-6 December 2024. 

CND 67th Session Reconvened

Each year, RightsCon convenes business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights advocates from around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology. In engaging fireside chats, hands-on workshops, strategic roundtables, private meetings, and a lively exhibition space, RightsCon is where a global movement comes together to build strategies and drive forward change toward a more free, open, and connected digital world.

Over the past 12 years, RightsCon has rotated to key hubs around the world, including San José, Tunis, Toronto, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, Manila, and San Francisco, and grown, both in size and in scope to meet the evolving needs of a movement.

For its 13th edition, we’re excited to host RightsCon 2025 in Taipei and online from February 24 to 27. As a leading democracy in the region, Taiwan is recognized globally for the freest online environment and greatest human freedom in Asia, a whole-of-society approach to human rights, and a vibrant civil society community. As the routine location of large-scale international events, coupled with the rapidly growing presence of international NGOs and global tech companies, we look forward to hosting our first summit in East Asia in Taipei and returning to the Asia Pacific region after a decade.

RightsCon 2025: Taipei

The Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 (HR25) will be held in Bogotá, Colombia on 27-30 April 2025.

In October 2023, Colombia’s new government announced a bold new drug policy that broke away from the war on drugs. It focussed on opportunity and justice.

Among other things the new policy looked to: prevent deforestation linked to drug trafficking; help transition small farmers to the legal economy; and tackle drug use with a focus on public health and human rights.

The Harm Reduction International Conference is going to Colombia to support a country that is taking the leap towards a new paradigm and to learn from the country and region.