Novas Annual Report 2022
Annual Report 2022TOPPLETOPPLE is a pioneering overdose prevention programme that was initiatedin McGarry House STA service in Limerick. The idea was the brainchild ofa research piece commissioned by NOVAS following a period of significantoverdoses in the service.The programme was designed to identify the signs of overdose, respond inthe event of overdose and provide support in the event of non-fatal overdose.Client training includes the skills needed to respond to and support people incrisis, to create partnerships with staff and first responders and to promoteself-care. More recently, the administration of Naloxone was added to thecurriculum. Thereafter, participants volunteer as Peer Overdose Workers forthree to six month periods, or longer if they wish.During 2022, the programme was rolled out in all our services throughoutthe country, supporting clients to prevent and respond to overdose. Theprogramme has equipped our clients to respond to overdose and save lives inservices and in the community.59
Annual Report 2022TOPPLE STORYI have lived in Arlington Lodge for the past 19 months. Doing the TOPPLEprogramme has made me realise that I can do things when I am in a hostel,I never thought that I would be able to do. By doing the course, I have theconfidence to try another course, which I will be starting with Coolmineservice in Tralee, three days a week. It means that I have something to do threedays a week which gets me out of the hostel and away from drugs. I don’tthink I would have done it without the TOPPLE programme. It’s hard living ina hostel and being around drugs, it’s hard to stay clean and away from stuff. Ireally want to make a better life for myself and I can now see that I am able todo a course and stick with it.A few weeks after I completed the TOPPLE programme I was with a friend ofmine in his apartment and noticed that he was using a lot. He overdosed. I didget a fright but I was able to act and give naloxone and help him. I don’t think Iwould have managed to do it if I had not done TOPPLE. I am more aware now ofsituations and more aware of others.I have been looking back through my life since I did the programme and haverealised how lucky I am to be alive. I am trying to work on getting out of thehostel I am in and going to a place where I would be closer to my daughter.I want to work on myself and get my own place where I can have my daughteron overnights and get a job to live a normal life.60
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TOPPLE STORY
I have lived in Arlington Lodge for the past 19 months. Doing the TOPPLE
programme has made me realise that I can do things when I am in a hostel,
I never thought that I would be able to do. By doing the course, I have the
confidence to try another course, which I will be starting with Coolmine
service in Tralee, three days a week. It means that I have something to do three
days a week which gets me out of the hostel and away from drugs. I don’t
think I would have done it without the TOPPLE programme. It’s hard living in
a hostel and being around drugs, it’s hard to stay clean and away from stuff. I
really want to make a better life for myself and I can now see that I am able to
do a course and stick with it.
A few weeks after I completed the TOPPLE programme I was with a friend of
mine in his apartment and noticed that he was using a lot. He overdosed. I did
get a fright but I was able to act and give naloxone and help him. I don’t think I
would have managed to do it if I had not done TOPPLE. I am more aware now of
situations and more aware of others.
I have been looking back through my life since I did the programme and have
realised how lucky I am to be alive. I am trying to work on getting out of the
hostel I am in and going to a place where I would be closer to my daughter.
I want to work on myself and get my own place where I can have my daughter
on overnights and get a job to live a normal life.
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