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Entries by Gary Roche
International Overdose Awareness Day
Monday 31st October, 2020 A Nalaxone training event was held in the Ballyfermot Civic Centre in honour of International Overdose Awareness Day. The training was provided by Uisce – an advocacy group for substance users. Organisation of the event was facilitated by Wayne Martin of Job Plan and Úna Rafferty, Community Development Officer with the […]
Community Addiction Studies 2020/2021
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Covid 19 Supports
Available on http://www.drugs.ie/resources/covid/ for people who use drugs Drug services during COVID-19 Why people who use drugs are at risk during COVID-19 Harm reduction advice for people who use drugs during COVID-19 pandemic Overdose awareness during COVID-19 pandemic Dual diagnosis Naloxone Drug recovery Family support General HSE advice re COVID-19 Professionals/staff Methadone take-home leaflet A […]
Covid-19:
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Launch of dTalk Magazine
Introduction Cllr Vincent Jackson As Chair of the Ballyfermot Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force (BLDATF) I am delighted to introduce this year’s edition of dTalk our community magazine. The title of this year’s edition is Working Together and the theme of this edition is young people and families. At BLDATF we are keen to […]
Community Addiction Studies Course QQI Award (Minor) Level 5
Duration: 100 Hours (held over 20 sessions) Organisation of Programme: Part-time (The programme will run over 20 weeks – 1-evening each week with one full Saturday, date of which to be confirmed) Aim of Programme The purpose of the Community Addiction Studies Course is to enable people to: Learn about drugs and their effects Develop […]