We provide free, safe and confidential drug and alcohol services in Gwent.
Gwent
Joined May 2016
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Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Behind door number 5 is a lovely quote from someone accessing support via the @TheGDAS Criminal Justice team. #CommunityAdvent
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Tonight's @C4Dispatches may be difficult for survivors of abuse to watch. Please go to womensaid.org.uk for information and details of support services, or reach out to @RapeCrisisEandW.
EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand denies accusations of rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour.
Five women share their stories with @C4Dispatches in a joint investigation with @thetimes.
Watch Russell Brand: In Plain Sight tonight at 9pm on @Channel4
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
In light of #OverdoseAwarenessDay, we caught up with @TheGDAS Peer Mentor, @MightyMick68, to talk about overdose awareness and prevention and why he's so passionate about sharing the message of the life-saving medication #Naloxone.
youtu.be/DOek-QtWy8s
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Cardiovascular disease kills around 43,000 people every year.
What does the research say about reducing the risk of heart conditions by reducing your alcohol consumption?
Find out on our website: alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol…
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
By taking control of our drinking habits, we can live healthier, happier lives. #AlcoholAwarenessWeek
⭐️Save money
⭐️Better sleep
⭐️Improves mood
⭐️Reduce anxiety
Check how healthy your drinking is with our helpful quiz👉 alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol…
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
#AlcoholAwarenessWeek 2023
@CyfleCymru #Cardiff Peer Mentor Rick has #livedexperience with #alcohol #addiction and problems related to his use of alcohol.
Have a listen to Rick as he shares about this and some of the costs this had on him and others.
Thank you Rick for sharing
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
It’s the start of #AlcoholAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is Alcohol and cost.
Watch Susan’s story on how alcohol nearly cost her everything and how by getting the support she needed she was finally able to find ways to be free of alcohol👉 alcoholchange.org.uk/get-inv…
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
We have signed! #BringBackDrugTesting at festivals. This is #harmreduction and important for #savinglives
Good morning - we've been campaigning for the @ukhomeoffice to #BringBackDrugTesting at UK festivals.
We want to make it easier for organisers and charities to test drugs on site - it saves lives.
Join us and write to your MP ow.ly/CCOS50P2aar
Drug testing saves lives
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
‘Don't Ignore a Snore’
There have been #deaths where another person noticed the person was #snoring & thought they must have been sleeping, however found they had died.
Snoring could be a potential sign of #overdose.
youtube.com/watch?v=IiuwDyo_… #overdoseprevention #harmreduction
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
VACANCIES
@gdas are hiring
Would you be interested in a new role in the #Newport or #Gwent wide area?
☑️ GDAS Treatment Practitioner (Newport)
☑️ GDAS Substance Use Worker (Floating Peripatetic, Gwent-wide)
Visit kaleidoscope68.org/job-list-… to apply or look at the job descriptions.
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
At June's #staffrep meeting we discussed our new #earlypregnancyloss policy and the Anonymous Feedback link, amongst other things.
At @Kaleidoscope68 it is important for us to create an #effective staff representative forum 🤝
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Last Thursday @lynne_neagle visited our #peer2peer team in #newport to discuss the teams Buvidal success and the Naloxone training.
Well done to the awesome staff and volunteers involved in this. We are so proud of you and the hard work you put in!
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Shout out to our #peer2peer volunteer!
Leighton met with us to share his experience with Kaleidoscope and #harmreduction.
Having our Service Users involved in everything we do is essential; Leighton shares this vision, being part of helping us #SwipeOutStigma.
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Tonight at 8.30pm on BBC i-player the BBC X-Ray team will be talking about the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing since it's introduction here in Wales.
One of our service users with @VoicesActionCh1 Rick was interviewed about his views. Thanks Rick!
Tune in!
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018v7…
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
On Thursday last week we got the keys for #DeeHouse, our new building that will replace @Birchwood_Kal.
Dee House is a 25 bed #recovery unit with over 9 acres of land and a multi-use sports area!
Follow our journey in the lead up to our launch in November. #harmreduction
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
As one of the leading providers of drug and alcohol services in #Wales, along with @WeAreBarod, we are proud to have signed the below. It is vital for us to try and get this change!
👉Sign the @FPH and @Drug_Scienceletter to the UK Government
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FPH and @Drug_Science have sent a letter to UK Government signed by nearly 100 organisations, calling for an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations to make it easier to pilot overdose prevention centres. Colleagues are invited to sign. #PilotOPCs fph.org.uk/news-events/fph-n…
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
Professor @KatyHolloway22 is doing such important work within the sector 👏
In fact, we've been lucky enough to use her insight and academic eye for detail on several research projects 🔎📚 Thanks Katy, for all that you do. #IWD2022
Katy Holloway @USWCriminology works with Welsh government and third sector partners to conduct research into substance use. Her work has brought about important changes in harm reduction advice that has helped to save lives orlo.uk/OPohj
#IWD2022 #WomenInResearch
Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service retweeted
We're looking for a Co-Production Lead to join us! 👀
You'll work across our projects, championing service user rights and advocating for better services, both internally and externally.
To learn more about the role, and our other vacancies, head here: kaleidoscope68.org/job-list/
