HIT Trainers

Paul Sullivan has worked in health and social care since 1999. Specialising in lifestyle and behaviour change, he spent many years working in treatment services for drug and alcohol users in South Essex and then West Yorkshire. In various roles Paul has experience working in a range of health care settings including young people’s services, specialist drug treatment, needle and syringe exchange, primary and secondary care and Mental Health Trusts.

A former youth worker and drug worker, Andrew was the Director at HIT from 1994 to 2006. During the last decade Andrew was involved in the National ACE Approach to Policing Vulnerability Programme in Wales.

Vicki has been working with people using alcohol and other drugs for over 23 years. She has worked within the Drug and Alcohol sector for a range of statutory and non-statutory organisations and for the last nine years has been the Chief Executive of Project 6 in Yorkshire, one of the last harm reduction rooted organisations in the country. She is passionate about harm reduction and improving the rights of people who use drugs.

The Gay Mens Health Collective have direct knowledge and experience of recreational drug use; and problematic drug use, withdrawal, and recovery. Others have been involved in the HIV and AIDS field, HIV prevention, and gay men’s health since the 1980s.

Martin has presented at both national and international conferences on a range of issues around IPED use and contributed to local and national government guidance on the provision of services for IPED clients. He provides training around anabolic steroid use to healthcare and other professionals, with a focus on service provision for this client group. He has also provided expert witness testimony in a number of high profile cases involving anabolic steroids.

Shelly has been working with victims of rape and domestic and sexual abuse since the late 1990s. She is currently the Interim Manager of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). Her specialist areas are violence against sex workers, sexual and domestic violence/abuse, trafficking and sexual exploitation. She sits on local, regional and national forums relating to these issues.