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VAADA Monthly Newsletter | Edition 15
- March 22, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
No CommentsWelcome to the latest edition of The VAADA Monthly! As we dive into March, we're excited to share updates, insights, and highlights from across our organisation and the sector. In -
We Are Hiring | Executive Support Coordinator
- March 20, 2024
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
The Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association Inc. (VAADA) is seeking a business all-rounder to join its high impact team to support the day to day coordination of business and executive -
Submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission on the AOD System and First Peoples in Victoria
- February 22, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
View the submission here VAADA is pleased to release its submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission on the Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) System and First Peoples in Victoria. VAADA -
VAADA Press Release | VAADA budget submission provides pragmatic solutions to alcohol and other drug harm
- February 1, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
View the VAADA State Budget Submission 2024 PRESS RELEASE 1/2/2024 [starts] This submission canvasses a range of priorities which are cost effective, evidence informed and respond to contemporary alcohol and -
VAADA Press Release | Festival Overdoses Preventable
- January 8, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
PRESS RELEASE 08/01/2024 [starts] The eight overdoses which occurred at the Hardmission music festival on 6 January 2024 are distressing, not only due to the pain and suffering experienced by -
Recording Available | 2023 AOD Nurses Forum: Toolkit Top-Up
- December 21, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: Training
Recordings from the 2023 AOD Nurses Forum now available! On 16 November 2023, VAADA held its third annual AOD Nurses Forum: Toolkit Top-up. The event brings together two networks supported -
Recording Available | Understanding vaccination uptake among people who inject drugs: Exploring influential factors and risk behaviours
- December 12, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: Training
This presentation delves into an in-depth analysis of the pattern of Covid vaccination uptake among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). The focus primarily revolves around understanding the multifaceted factors that -
President Statement | VAADA Board
- December 11, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
I am pleased to announce a number of changes to the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) Board of Directors. Clare Davies, CEO of the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre -
Victoria is missing its Consumer Leadership Agency
- December 5, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA), has joined a call for the urgent creation of a Consumer Leadership Agency by the Victorian Government, in line with Recommendation 29 from -
Drug Checking Saves Lives
- November 30, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
PRESS RELEASE 30/11/2023 [starts] The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the drug checking pilot proposed by the Victorian Greens, along with the Legalise Cannabis Party and Animal Justice