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For the first time the UK-based Race and Drugs Project has made its race equality action points freely available on its web site at www.raceanddrugsproject.co.uk, the only such guide to be have been tested in practice through research in Britain and mainland Europe. The project found that achieving race equality in substance misuse services requires attention to the nitty-gritty of practices and policies which could unintentionally make influence, employment and services less accessible to or less suitable for minorities. Their findings were crystallised in to a practical checklist of actions through which services can engage with their employees, users and communities to progress and embed race equality throughout the service. Dr Neville Adams who helped construct the action points explains that "Minorities disproportionately lose out when practices and policies lack rigour. By default a service can end up focusing on the easiest to reach and most familiar groups, but even they will not be served as well as they could be. Pursuing race equality means upgrading overall quality, improving services for the whole community." Download the race equality action points and access further support from www.raceanddrugsproject.co.uk/page9.html.