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Recovery Support Training
We’ve been training volunteers to support our clients for over 20 years. Do you want to support others to live well? Are you able to…
Category Archives: Volunteer Training
Additional Training
In addition to our core two-week and fourteen-week volunteer training courses, we also offer a range of continued professional development courses to our volunteers. Continue Reading
Understanding and Working with Addictive Behaviours
Our award winning Understanding and Working with Addictive Behaviours Course is designed for anyone who wishes to work one-to-one with clients through our adult recovery service. Continue Reading
Volunteer Introductory Course
Our Volunteer Introductory Course is for anyone interested in becoming a CADAS Volunteer. Over the course of a full day at one of our centres, potential volunteers learn about CADAS, our ethos, how we understand substance use, addiction and change, the work we do and the opportunities and induction process for supporting our work. Continue Reading
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Latest News from CADAS
You bet there’s help for gamblers… and for those whose lives they wager
What’s an odds-on safe bet to say about gambling? That it makes rich bookies richer, and poor punters poorer? Definitely. That it makes victims of partners, family, friends, and colleagues? Definitely. That effective, confidential help is freely available to gamblers and their victims? Definitely again. CADAS volunteer Steve Russell discovers some of the many agencies… Continue Reading
Safe Needle disposal is now available in Cumbria thanks to a ‘Be Sharp Smart’ Project by CADAS
The project that aims to better understand the needs of people using Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs started in October 2021. It allows for people to obtain free, clean, medical-grade sharps and provides a place where used needles can be safely disposed of. People are also given information about how to use IPEDs safely and… Continue Reading
How do we use your donations?
This is a question that is asked a lot to charities. Did you know that we need to bring approximately £10,000 per week to continue operating? We currently operate out of our four centres in Carlisle, Kendal, Workington and Barrow, as well as other local hubs, such as GP surgeries and libraries. This approach helps… Continue Reading
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January is #LoveYourLiverMonth. The 3 biggest causes of #LiverDisease in the UK are nearly all #preventable: drinking harmful levels of alcohol; obesity; and viral hepatitis, often caused by people sharing needles when injecting drugs.![]()
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If you are concerned about your #LiverHealth, please #contact your #GP in the first instance.![]()
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If you are worried about your #alcohol or #substance use, or are affected by someone else’s, we can provide #confidential #support. Please call our #helpline on 0800 2 54 56 58 or email contact@cadas.co.uk ![]()
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#LoveYourLiver #Cumbria #NHS #Kendal #Barrow #Carlisle #Workington #Whitehaven #Copeland #Allerdale #Furness #SouthLakeland #Eden
Our Impact
413
Adult clients intensively supported last year
2688
Members of the community and practitioners who attended training/workshops
684
Professionals trained by us last year
2925
Volunteer hours logged by 39 dedicated volunteers
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