We are so glad that the media are finally giving legal regulation the spotlight it deserves! It’s great to see Zack Polanski repeatedly using his platform to talk about the Anyone’s Child campaign 💛💚
We will not stop until our stories, and the evidence, are taken seriously, and the UK adopts a public health-based approach to drugs.
To find out more about who we are and what we stand for, head to anyoneschild.org
A date for your diaries! We hope you’ll join us for our annual parliamentary lobby on the 23rd June 2026.
It’s a chance for like-minded people to gather in person and advocate for the changes we want to see in UK drug policy.
More details to follow…
Synthetic opioids are spreading across the UK and the government are simply letting it happen.
We know what needs to be done to prevent this public health crisis and save lives. But things aren’t moving fast enough and we continue to lose people to preventable deaths everyday.
Please go to the link in our bio to read more about Transform’s approach to this growing problem.
Once you’ve organised to meet your MP, it’s time to prepare what to say.
Whoever they are, remember, they work for you!
Go to anyoneschild.org/2026-lobby-of-parliament/ to get help with what to say on the day of our lobby 💛
And if you haven’t emailed your MP yet, don’t worry, there’s still plenty of time 😅
Thank you to everyone who attended our community workshop on drugs policy with transform. It was a great evening with some really good discussions.
Our communities are disproportionately impacted by drug policy, policing, and criminalisation, yet we are too often absent from the conversations shaping policy and reform.
Through our work with young people affected by serious violence, exploitation, and drug-related offending, we see firsthand the real-life consequences of current drug policies and policing practices. These systems often deepen harm, inequality, and criminalisation rather than addressing the root causes of vulnerability and exclusion.
Too often, public debates and campaigns around drug policy feel disconnected from the lived realities of the communities experiencing its harshest impacts. We believe lived experience is a vital form of expertise, and that those most affected must have a meaningful voice in shaping the conversation and imagining alternatives.
This workshop creates space to challenge myths and misinformation, build shared understanding, and explore what fairer, safer, and more effective approaches to drug policy and community safety could look like in practice.
Our aim is to ensure that community-led insight informs future conversations on drug policy, community safety, racial justice, and harm reduction at a local level.
It’s been 5 years since New York State legalised cannabis for recreational use 🎂🎈
Adults over 21 can purchase recreational cannabis from licensed dispensaries. This video explains how they work.
Learn more about the legal regulation of cannabis and its potential for good at transformdrugs.org
We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended Doncaster: Take Ketamine Seriously, as well as our incredible panel of speakers
Across the afternoon, we heard:
• The potential impact the reclassification of ketamine may have, and the harm criminalisation continues to have on communities, families, and people who use drugs
• The need for quality harm reduction information alongside a consistent, holistic treatment
• Connected and informed professional services that can provide genuine choice
• The importance of hope
Together, we can shape policy and build responses that reduce harm, save lives, and better support people affected by ketamine use.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be guiding you through the process of meeting your MP on the day of our lobby.
Step 1 is emailing your MP. We know this can be daunting so we’ve created a template at anyoneschild.org that you can send to them directly, or personalise as you wish.
Please help amplify our stories and get them heard by the people with the power to make a difference.
The war on drugs cannot be won. It does not matter who is killed, when, or where: the supply of drugs does not stop.
Written by Karina García Reyes and Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, originally for Nexos magazine.
Read on our blog page via the link in bio.
We are inviting people in Bristol to take part in a community workshop exploring drugs, policing, and safety. This will be an evening of conversation and collective learning, where we explore what safer and more just approaches to drug use and dealing could look like for our communities. Given the disporportionate impacts of drug policy on Black and racially minoritised people, we are particularly interested in the views of this group.
Register using the eventbrite link in our bio
Join the Anyone’s Child families and activists at The Wash House Cafe in Westminster on June 23rd at 11am.
To achieve change, we need you there.
Signup via the link in bio 🔗
