psychoactive In partnership training and A revised training substances with the Police awareness programme to be (NPS). and local service sessions across offered in 2017/18 providers offer the county incorporating a information and including to general drugs deliver training to specific groups awareness at least 40 such as school following evidence people per year. teachers of need from (including those evaluation forms. NPS prevention on the remote and harm outer islands). Raising public reduction awareness via incorporated in Bespoke training local events and two awareness developed from social media raising events the Crew 2000 particularly around locally. training delivered the New NPS Act to a total of 64 (2016). people over 2016. Slightly Since the new less than 2015 Psychoactive where 92 people Substances Act were trained, this (2016) there has was a result from been a marked the reduced reduction in the capacity in staff local prevalence availability to rates for NPS deliver training. including Police seizures and NPS community admittances to survey launched A&E. on 2nd November will ADP Co-ordinator remained open attended until 4th event ‘Chemsex’ December via video 2015. A full conference to report was inform of published developing trends. providing local baseline data. Ypeople Y-talk is a counselling service, funded by Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (OADP), which helps support children and young people as well as students attending Orkney College. It provides support for issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, relationships, alcohol and drugs, feeling down, self-harm, not coping, feeling alone, bullying, eating disorders, anger, loss, low self-esteem or confidence or anything else that might be causing distress.
psychoactive substances (NPS). In partnership with the Police and local service providers offer information and deliver training to at least 40 people per year. NPS prevention and harm reduction incorporated in two awareness raising events locally. training and awareness sessions across the county including to specific groups such as school teachers (including those on the remote outer islands). Bespoke training developed from the Crew 2000 training delivered to a total of 64 people over 2016. Slightly less than 2015 where 92 people were trained, this was a result from the reduced capacity in staff availability to deliver training. NPS community survey launched on 2nd November will remained open until 4th December 2015. A full report was published providing local baseline data. A revised training programme to be offered in 2017/18 incorporating a general drugs awareness following evidence of need from evaluation forms. Raising public awareness via local events and social media particularly around the New NPS Act (2016). Since the new Psychoactive Substances Act (2016) there has been a marked reduction in the local prevalence rates for NPS including Police seizures and admittances to A&E. ADP Co-ordinator attended ‘Chemsex’ event via video conference to inform of developing trends. Ypeople Y-talk is a counselling service, funded by Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (OADP), which helps support children and young people as well as students attending Orkney College. It provides support for issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, relationships, alcohol and drugs, feeling down, self-harm, not coping, feeling alone, bullying, eating disorders, anger, loss, low self-esteem or confidence or anything else that might be causing distress.
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