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Take back your life this No Smoking Day!
Are you thinking of cutting down on cigarettes or even stopping for good? With National No Smoking Day round the corner on 12 March 2025...
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Enjoy the romance of Valentine’s Day in Cumbria – no alcohol required!
Whatever your romantic status, Valentine’s Day can feel like one of those days where we inevitably open a bottle of wine to celebrate. ...
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Simple tips to prioritise your mental health in 2025
Many people make new year resolutions at the start of the year. Maybe to achieve more in our home or work life, maintain fitness regimes...
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Make donating to CADAS easy with Easyfundraising!
What is Easyfundraising? It is the UK’s biggest charity fundraising site which has raised over £50 million for thousands of causes since...
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CADAS Young People's Service 2024 - News for Teachers and Professionals
What a year it's been for the young people’s service in 2024! We have helped over 600 young people this year by delivering our vaping...
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Join us for our next CADAS Coffee Break! - 27th January 2025
Our CADAS Coffee Break gives you the opportunity to catch up on the latest news from the CADAS team whilst enjoying a cuppa. The next...
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Drink free January – can you make it work?
The Christmas period is often a busy time, packed with social events and parties. Although we enjoy eating out and drinking with...
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Christmas drinking - do you know your alcohol units?
The festive season can be a hectic round of parties and social events. Being aware of the number of units in your drinks can help you...
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Festive drinking - is Christmas a difficult time to say 'no' to alcohol?
The run up to Christmas can sometimes feel like an endless drinking session, with party after party, and lots of excuses to crack open a...
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Feeling 'hangxious'?
It’s payback time and you’ve got a hangover. Even worse, you’re feeling anxious as well as ill. You’re suffering with ‘hangxiety’. What...
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Making the most of your breath – focus, calm and comfort for your health & wellbeing
Surely breathing is one thing we all know how to do, right? Well, up to a point. But the benefits of being aware of how we breathe and...
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Helping Young People
Many young people are referred to services like ours because parents, teachers or social workers are worried about their use of...
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Is a someone else struggling with addiction?
If you think that a friend or family member is struggling with addictive behaviour or substance abuse, you usually can't ask an...
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How to spot addictive behaviour at work
Addiction is a progressively destructive ailment that can reduce productivity even in the most controlled work environments. Addressing...
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Menopause – a time to press ‘pause’ on alcohol?
To mark World Menopause Day (October 18), Leigh Williams – CADAS CEO – shares her experience of menopause and the link to alcohol,...
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Abusing Alcohol in the Workplace
Alcohol in the workplace can have several costs to businesses, including impacts on finance, productivity plus legal, and reputational...
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