Today, the 31st March 2020, is the last day of our fantastic Drink Wise Age Well project in Cwm Taf. DWAW was a 5 year, Big Lottery funded programme, delivered in partnership with organisations across Wales and the rest of the U.K. focusing on providing specialist support to alcohol users over the age of 50. … Continued
We have set up a specific page for updates on how Barod are managing the current situation around Coronavirus. This page will be updated regularly and will provide information on service opening and support offered. You can access this page here We have also set up a page to hold self help information and links … Continued
Minimum Unit Pricing comes into play in Wales from 2nd March 2020. Minimum unit pricing (MUP) will set a floor price for alcohol, meaning that alcohol cannot be sold or supplied below that price. We have prepared some information on MUP for anyone who wants to know more, you can find this here
Monday 11th November marks the start of Alcohol Awareness Week and this year we have a range of campaigns and events happening across Barod services to help raise awareness of alcohol related issues. You can find out more about what we are doing and what we have done in the past on our Campaigns page … Continued
We would like to invite all current and past service users, including friends and family, to give us their feedback on our draft Service User Involvement Policy. You can download a copy below or you can contact your local office to get involved in the review. Deadline for feedback is 1st October 2019. … Continued
On Tuesday 25th July Barod, Kaleidoscope Project and the University of South Wales came together to run the Street Drugs Wales Conference 2019 The full write up and a copy of the presentations from the day can be found here We look forward to welcoming you all again next year!
On Friday 28th July we held the 2019 Recovery Walk up Pen Y fan. It was a great success and was extremely well attended – perhaps the lovely weather helped with that! We would like to say a massive well done and thank you to the 175 people who took part & also to the … Continued
Barod are very proud to hold the GOLD Investors in People Award and the Gold in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index. To help us celebrate we are going gold for 47 days – 1 day for each year Barod have been operating – with a lovely temporary logo. From 8th July until 24th August, … Continued
Mae Barod yn falch o gyhoeddi cystadleuaeth gyntaf Gwobr Gelf Mike Parry. Barod are pleased to announce the first Mike Parry Art Award competition. Roedd Mike yn un o’n cydweithwyr a fu farw yn anffodus ym mis Ionawr 2019. Roedd yn artist dawnus, ond roedd hefyd yn athro celf gwych. Gweithiodd yn ddiflino gyda’n … Continued
Barod are proud to announce that we have been awarded the GOLD award in our most recent Investors In People assessment. We have been working hard to improve our approach, systems and support mechanisms to ensure that Barod is a great place to work. We would like to thank all of the staff who make … Continued
