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#WeAreBarod Supporting people across South Wales affected by substance use.

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📺 New Webinar 📺

Don't miss our 7th instalment within our Manifesto Sessions Webinar Series:

'Equality Act Alcohol Exclusion Clause'

📅Mon 8th Dec
⏰14.00pm
🔗Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a19c1e...

#webinar #wales

@alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social
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💡 Keynote speech 💡

Yesterday, our Operations Manager, Sian Roberts, delivered a keynote presentation at Turning Point's Safer Lives Conference in Birmingham.

Sian spoke about the European unique harm reduction service, 'Spike on a Bike'.

Da iawn Sian 👏

#SaferLives #Conference #harmreduction
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Cymerwch reolaeth dros eich iechyd 💪

Oeddech chi’n gwybod bod modd danfon pecynnau prawf HIV yn syth at eich drws yng Nghymru?

Mae’n gyflym, yn gyfrinachol, ac yn allweddol i fyw bywyd hapus ac iach 🌟

Archebwch brawf heddiw: prawfhiv.cymru/cymsocial

#WythnosProfiHIVCymru
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Take charge of your health 💪

Did you know that HIV test kits can be delivered straight to your door in Wales?

It’s quick, confidential, and key to living a happy, healthy life 🌟

Get yours today: hivtest.wales/social

#WalesHIVTestingWeek
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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📅 Diary Marker 📅

The 13th December marks Welsh Overdose Awareness Day. We will soon be releasing bilingual social media friendly content that will be available for you to download and share.

#WOAD25 #Wales #Overdose #Harmreduction #naloxone
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Yn Angof Ni Chant Fod. Lest We Forget.
We will forever remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
#LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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If you missed our latest webinar within our Manifesto Sessions series last week, you can now catch up via our YouTube Channel or our 'Drugs Unwrapped' podcast.

📺YouTube - youtu.be/uTNw-acMO2s
🎧Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/2SYM...
🎧Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

#webinar #podcast
The Manifesto Sessions: #6 Young People at the heart of service design and delivery
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November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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📺 New Webinar 📺

Don't miss our 7th instalment within our Manifesto Sessions Webinar Series:

'Equality Act Alcohol Exclusion Clause'

📅Mon 8th Dec
⏰14.00pm
🔗Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a19c1e...

#webinar #wales

@alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Did you miss our latest webinar last week, on trauma informed practice?

If so, do not worry, you can now watch it back via our YouTube channel or via our 'Drugs Unwrapped' podcast.

📺YouTube youtu.be/VhVmC5hi2K0

#ManifestoSessions #webinar #traumainformed
The Manifesto Sessions: #5 Trauma Informed Practice
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October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🎙️ New Podcast Episode 🎙️

'Why do drug related deaths continue to rise?'

📺YouTube youtu.be/fHpuEXxOGGo
🎧Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4jfl...
🎧Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
🎧Amazon music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/b96...

#DrugsUnwrapped #Podcast #Wales #harmreduction #drugrelateddeaths
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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📺 New Webinar 📺

Don't miss our 6th instalment within our Manifesto Sessions Webinar Series, focusing on young people.

'Young People at the heart of service design and delivery'

📅 Thursday 6th Nov
⏰ 10.30am
🔗 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0687eb...

#webinar #wales
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🚨 New Article 🚨

"Twelve months ago, we were writing about record numbers of drug-related deaths across England and Wales. And yet here we are again."

👉 Read our latest Drugs Unwrapped article, 'Drug deaths rise again in 2024' barod.cymru/unwrapped/dr...

#Wales #drugsunwrapped #harmreduction
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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💬 “Food can play a vital role in helping people recover from alcohol use”

The Feeding Recovery Project is led by @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social and delivered in partnership with Barod and The Nelson Trust. The project in Swansea was visited by @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social

#harmreduction #wales
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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💬 “Drugbot is about helping people make informed decisions and keeping people safe”

Catch our latest Drugs Unwrapped podcast episode ‘Drugbot: A.I.meets harm reduction with Meg Jones’ on YouTube or where ever you stream or download your pods from.

#drugsunwrapped #podcast #clip #harmreduction
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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📅Today we were delighted to welcome @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social to our Swansea base to learn all about The Feeding Recovery project, led by @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social & delivered by Barod and The Nelson Trust.

📷Feeding Recovery handbook: alcoholchange.org.uk/.../feeding-...

#harmreduction
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🚨 New episode 🚨

'Drugbot: A.I. meets harm reduction w/ @megjonescranstoun.bsky.social'

📺YouTube youtu.be/OKQm7r3n0a0?...
🎧Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1xBe...
🎧Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
🎧Amazon music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/b96...

#DrugsUnwrapped #harmreduction

@cranstoun.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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🎉Diwrnod #ShwmaeSumae25 hapus! 🎉Happy Shwmae Day!

Rho Gynnig Arni! Give it a go!

Cymraeg belongs to us all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
October 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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“Crack cocaine paraphernalia has been recovered at the scene of between 1 in 4 & 1 in 5 drug related deaths”

📺 YouTube youtu.be/WznIAmP0WVM?si…#drugsunwrappede#podcasts#manifestosessionsn#walese#harmreductionon
October 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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📺 Webinar next week 📺

Don't miss our 5th instalment within our Manifesto Sessions Webinar Series, 'Trauma-Informed Practice'.

📅Monday 20th October
⏰10am
🔗Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d4ef29...

#webinar #trauma #traumainformed #Wales
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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🎉 Last week we were delighted to attend the Investors in People celebration event in Cardiff, alongside many other organisations that had achieved such awards.

Two years ago, we retained our Gold Award with particular highlights including:
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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📆 Today we are at The Hi-Tide Inn, in Porthcawl for our Managers Away Day.

After kicking off with some
ice breakers, we will be focusing on our strategy and looking at our top priorities for the coming year.

💪 Safe to say harm reduction will be at the core.

#Leadership #HarmReduction
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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💬 “It’s already a public health crisis with drug related deaths. If we don’t get it right in the next 5 years, it’s not going to be right”.

🎧’Drugbot: A.I. meets harm reduction’ Drugs Unwrapped episode is out 15th October.

#drugsunwrapped #podcast

@megjonescranstoun.bsky.social @cranstoun.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🚨 New Webinar 🚨

Don't miss our next webinar within our Manifesto Sessions series - Trauma Informed Practice.

⏰10am
🗓️ Mon 20th October 2025
🔗Register here - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d4ef29...

#Webinar #ManifestoSessions #trauma #Wales
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Did you miss our webinar on Safer Inhalation Devices last week?

If you did, do not worry. Listen to experts Prof. Rick Lines and Mat Southwell:

📺 YouTube youtu.be/WznIAmP0WVM
🎧 Available where ever you get your podcasts from

#ManifestoSessions #DrugsUnwrapped #Podcast
The Manifesto Sessions: #4 Safer Inhalation Devices
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September 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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👌You can get info and advice from other people who also use the app, via the community chat feature.

⬇️📲Download Barod's new app by searching ‘BAROD’ on the App Store or Google Play.

#NewApp #AppLaunch #DownloadNow #HarmReduction #BarodApp
September 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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💬”We want to turn Cardiff from a zero tolerance city, to a harm reduction one”

🎧Stream or download the latest Drugs Unwrapped podcast episode, available where ever you get your pods from.

#drugsunwrapped #podcast #naloxone #harmreduction #cardiff #wales
September 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM