The Suffolk Partnership for Addiction and Care Engagement [space], is an organisation that gives a voice to the users of addiction treatment services in Suffolk.

The space partnership works with Suffolk treatment providers, feeding back from the service users perspective and experience, with the objective of positively contributing to the development of addiction treatment. space aims to improve peoples chances of breaking free from drug and alcohol dependency, and the associated physical, mental, and social health risks.

'Drug treatment should be about lifestyle change. It's not about being abandoned on a maintenance prescription. While we've made good progress on expanding availability, too many people are getting stuck in treatment with limited progress. That's not what service users, their carers or society want or need'.  Paul Hayes, CEO National Treatment Agency, 2005.

'The services must exist for the benefit of the user, not the staff. How a drug user appears when they come forward for treatment initially is not an indication of who they are, but where they are in their life. It is imperative to address all aspects of a user's life in order to bring about real change'. Anna Millington, UK Service User, 2005.

These quotes from the National Treatment Agency epitomise the vision of space as a service user group.