Yesterday our CEO Martin Blakebrough was on BBC Wales News speaking to reporter Iolo Cheung about cocaine and the increase we have seen. Martin's primary message was for harm reduction - if people choose to use cocaine, to 'not mix it with alcohol, due to the significant dangers.

Transform's been at the forefront of work to get official Overdose Prevention Centres (OPC) open in the UK. Now with colleagues in Scotland set to open the UK’s first, should and, crucially, could cities in Wales, England & NI follow suit? In a word, yes transformdrugs.org/blog/any-uk-ci…

A huge welcome to our new Head of HR, Gareth Watts; "I am pleased to be joining & am excited. My ambition is to build on the fantastic work that has already been done on ED&I and make Kaleidoscope the most diverse and inclusive organisation in Wales". Excited to have you Gareth!

Today we celebrate International Women's Day 2024 and #InspireInclusion across our services and communities. CEO Martin Blakebrough has written a blog on the stigma faced by women who use drugs, which "can create emotional and social harm". Read below: kaleidoscope68.org/blog/2024/03/0…

Jodie is a Peer within Voices Action Change and she speaks out today on #InternationalWomansDay about the experience of women who use drugs. Thanks for all you do Jodie!

New approaches needed to protect vulnerable prisoners. Good to see key agencies joining together to raise concerns. Ultimately we need Naloxone Man to provide peer2peer training is my view. Kaleidoscope we are pleased to be part of the conversation independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

A great Managers Away Day yesterday

We are hiring! Kaleidoscope has a number of job vacancies, listed on our website. Visit our website kaleidoscope68.org/job-list-2/ where you will find the full job descriptions and further details of how to apply. #jobvacancy #Jobs #WeAreHiring

We are proud to be supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024! At Kaleidoscope we want to create a more inclusive workplace & community for neurodivergent minds. Staff have mandatory awareness training to complete as part of their learning. Watch this space for more.

The Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service Wellbeing Team & Outdoor Partnership are pleased to announce that they have secured funding via The National Lottery Community Fund Cymru to facilitate Adventure Therapy programmes in #Gwent The teams will be able to access a range of outdoor activities for their participants!

Powys Criminal Justice Worker wanted by Kaleidoscope in #Welshpool See: ow.ly/usGa50QQ9bb #PowysJobs #CriminalJusticeJobs Closes 27 March 2024

Yesterday our CEO Martin Blakebrough joined with some of thr Kaleidoscope Powys team to run the #Welshpool 10k. Well done everyone! 🏃‍♀️

Every month we receive a Wellbeing Newsletter & this month we were challenged to 'Eat Healthy' 1. Higher fibre meals 2. Lots of fruit & veg 3. Eat more fish; oily fish 4. Cut down saturated fat & sugar 5. Eat less salt 6. Get active 7. Stay hydrated 8. Don't skip meals

Big shout out to Kaleidoscope Co production facilitator Jewls from Powys engaging 23 people from Kaleidoscope Powys & CyfleCymruPowys & ANEW project to complete the Wales MUP/MPA survey over last week. Well done everyone who took part. Working together to make better communities 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Breaking Free has come to Kaleidoscope Powys! Breaking Free is a confidential online program that supports people to cut down drinking/substance use, or to quit for good! 📷 Gives you 24/7 access to personalised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. youtu.be/bWDLwM0wHDk

We're hiring! We have an exciting opportunity in our Llandrindod Wells office, click the link to find out more and apply kaleidoscope68.org/job-list/

No this isn't a repost, this time we're hiring in Brecon! Click the link to find out more and to apply 🤩 See our vacancies - Kaleidoscope (kaleidoscope68.org)

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The Llandrindod Wells Project has had the pleasure of having Connor from Intuitive Thinking Skills for the week delivering the fantastic Intuitive Recovery course 🎭 We've had amazing feedback from service users, who will be celebrating their graduation next week 🎓

Enjoyed watching the intuitive thinking skills group graduate 🏆🥇at KP Powys Llandrindod yesterday. Fantastic course enjoyed by all. Well engaged by all whom attended over the few months. Da iawn pawb! 👏 #learning #coproduction #harmreduction #drugservices #support #love #like