Via VAADA E-News In each area of Melbourne, as well as Victoria more broadly, alcohol and other drug (AOD) services work together to identify service gaps, barriers and strategies to improve the AOD treatment system.…
Comments: Kevan (NEXUS) observed that front line community mental health workers haven’t been as engaged as AOD in the consultation/design process of the integrated system to date. Concern was expressed that AOD services are just…
An excerpt from our March 2021 community forum. https://youtu.be/fwTNZrjQ7OQ Sione Crawford, Executive Officer at Harm Reduction Victoria https://ydhf.org.au/events/ydhf-march-forum/
https://youtu.be/NryERvNMeOI YDHF have made it a priority to proactively engage in work and discussions to address the stigma and discrimination experienced by people who use drugs. The December forum of YDHF will look at the…
https://youtu.be/cB8cyIA5Ow4 Judy Ryan speaks on International Overdose Awareness Day 2021 Thank you to everyone who remembers those lost and works toward a post-stigma world that addresses overdose as a public health issue. https://ydhf.org.au/events/international-overdose-awareness-day-2021/
The City of Yarra has proposed a revised local law to manage the public consumption of alcohol after a two-year process of consultation and review with stakeholders. The Yarra Drug and Health Forum has been…
NOMINEES TO THE YARRA DRUG AND HEALTH FORUM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The YDHF Executive Committee is seeking the participation of 2 people with lived (or living) experience of injecting drug use in the City of Yarra…