This webinar series brings the powerful calls to action from “Setting the Blueprint for a More Equal and Prosperous Wales for People Who Use Substances” to life — one session at a time.
Each webinar focuses on a specific “ask” from the Blueprint, offering space to explore what it means in practice, why it matters, and how we can all play a part in making it real. From amplifying lived experience to embedding harm reduction, this is an opportunity for frontline workers, policymakers, advocates, and community members to come together, learn, and collaborate.
Let’s move beyond words and into action — together.
Our webinars will be free to attend and you can sign up to the respective session via the dedicated tab below.
CLICK here to register for our first webinar on 18th June 2025
This webinar will take place on Wednesday 18th June 2025 focusing on ‘Why language is important’ when communicating about substance use. We will also be launching our ‘Why language matters’ terminology guide that has been co-produced with people with lived and living experience of substance use.
Our guest speakers are:
Deb Hussey
Account Support & Harm Reduction Lead, Exchange Supplies
Deb Hussey is the Account Support and Harm Reduction Lead at Exchange Supplies. With personal experience of problem substance use, she is passionate about involving people with lived and living experience in service development and delivery.
Deb recently led a co-production project in Somerset, where she ensured that the lived experience contributors were at the centre of the project. As National Safer Lives Lead, Deb works to support Turning Point’s response to the increase in drug-related deaths, with a focus on harm reduction and increasing naloxone awareness, distribution, and carriage across their services.
At Turning Point, Deb believes that lived experience should be included in every aspect of their service, from involving people they support in service design and delivery to having staff use their own experiences to enhance the support they offer.
Rob Barker
Campaigns and Communications Lead, Barod
Rob has been working in the substance use field for nearly 15 years and is currently the Campaigns and Communications Lead for Barod. During that time, Rob has held multiple positions across the organisation, as well as completing a Churchill Fellowship in 2017. Rob is passionate about ensuring everyone has access to evidenced-based information that allows for informed choices when it comes to substance use. Most recently, Rob worked with multiple lived and living experience groups to help produce Barod’s ‘Why language matters’ terminology guide, that will be launched at this webinar.
