ISAAC UK & Ireland Conference 2025

Join us for an unmissable event, exploring addiction, recovery and the Christian faith

Gather together with like-minded Christians from all backgrounds as we explore what it looks like to walk with people recovering from the many faces of addiction.

Our theme ‘Fill the Void’ recognises the times we are living in. To quote one of our Keynote Speakers Andy Partington, “How did we get here? And how can we find freedom from addiction? Addiction today is not just about drug or alcohol abuse. It’s about gambling addictions, porn dependencies, workaholism, and internet addictions.”

We invite you to come and encounter the overflowing heart of God which fills the void in our hearts, communities, projects and churches with His glorious hope.  

Who is this conference for?

If you are a Christian with a heart for people in addiction or recovery this is the conference for you.

You may work or volunteer in a church, housing or homelessness project, rehabilitation centre, prison, church-based outreach, medical setting, detox centre, community based program, or be in ministry. You may be in recovery yourself or supporting a friend or loved on their journey.

If you want to effectively help those struggling with addictions and compulsive behaviours, join us!

What can I expect?

Inspirational keynote speakers, Andy Partington, author of Hope in Addiction and Trudy Makepeace author of Abused Addicted Free & Ministering to Addicts. We will have a range of seminars including:

• Training the Church for recovery
• Self-care & avoiding burnout
• Trauma informed care environments

You can also expect:

• Plenty of space for discussion & connection with friends, old and new
• Resource stalls sharing Christian addictions/recovery responses and tools

Keynote Speaker

Andy Partington, PhD, is the founder and International Director of Novō Communities and the author of Hope in Addiction.

Novō Communities brings freedom from addiction by empowering God’s people to create transformational communities that offer healing, wholeness, and hope. Novō mentors leaders, trains teams, and strengthens programmes with the Beyond Addiction recovery manual.

Hope in Addiction (Moody Publishers, 2023) brings together personal stories, compelling research, and ministry experience to address the role of the church in the age of addiction.

Andy has served as Director of Yeldall Manor, as Director of Training at the London School of Theology, and in church leadership in the UK, Bolivia, and Nicaragua.

For much of the last 20 years, Andy and his wife, Mickey, along with their five children, have made their home in Latin America.

Keynote Speaker

Trudy Makepeace has a remarkable story of transformation. A former addict and ex-offender turned minister, missionary and author.

Her first book Abused Addicted Free is about her life journey overcoming abuse, addiction and crime. Her second book Ministering to Addicts was written to help others minister to those in addiction, and for churches and organisations that are willing to open their hearts and doors to those stuck in addiction.

Trudy has also worked as a support worker and manager of a drug rehabilitation home. For the last seven year she has ministered in a thriving work as an Evangelism and Outreach Pastor and organising community events. Her ministry is marked by compassion and passion, with an emphasis on hope, healing, freedom, with signs wonders and miracles following.

She is an ordained minister with Elim Pentecostal Churches and a partner with CFaN Evangelism Alliance.