Turning Point acts as the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis (APPG). The APPG was established in 2007 in recognition of the fact that people seeking help often have a number of over-lapping needs including problems around access to housing, unemployment services, mental health facilities or substance misuse support.

In most cases each service is administered by separate service providers. The result is that people with multiple or complex needs fall through the gaps in service provision. Providers recognise that the best model for helping those individuals with a dual diagnosis of complex needs is through an integrated service that aims to address all of the issues they face.

Through its work the APPG seeks to ensure that this social issue remains on the political agenda and shapes future government policy.

The Group is Co-Chaired by Lord Victor Adebowale CBE and David Burrowes MP for Enfield.

Lord Victor Adebowale

Lord Victor Adebowale has been Chief Executive of Turning Point since 2001 and has more than 25 years experience in the health, social care and housing sector. In 2000 he was awarded the CBE for services to the New Deal, the unemployed and homeless young people and was appointed as a cross bench peer in 2001. He has been co-chair of the APPG since its formation in 2007.

David Burrowes

David Burrowes was elected to Parliament in 2005 and has a special interest in drug and alcohol addiction issues and a wider interest in social justice. He is the constituency MP for Enfield, Southgate, and is currently PPS to Francis Maude and Oliver Letwin. He is secretary of the Drug Misuse APPG and became co-chaired for the APPG on Complex Needs and dual diagnosis in 2010.

All meetings are by invite only.