BDP - Bristol Drugs Project

22/12/2025

A huge thank you to Redland Wind Band who voted to donate the proceeds of their Christmas Raffle to Bristol Recovery Orchestra 🎶

Sophie, Zoe and Hamilton were invited to speak at last Saturday's concert and got to enjoy a brilliant concert of festive favourites and sing a longs as a bonus.

Always a privilege to speak to the wider community about what we do - thank you to Redland Wind Band for the opportunity!

Interested in joining one of our groups?

We're always welcoming new members — get in touch via the details below! Keep your eyes peeled for exciting new groups launching in the new year! 👀

🌐 www.bdpcreativecommunities.co.uk
📧 creativecommunities@bdp.org.uk
📞 07593259257

22/12/2025

We will be shut from the 25th-27th then again on the 1st over the holiday period.

Otherwise we will be open as usual. Get in touch if you would like some support.

📞 0300 555 1469
📩 bristolinfo@horizonsbristol.co.uk
🌐 www.horizonsbristol.co.uk

19/12/2025

Ever taken ketamine?

👉 We want to improve the messaging we use to engage people who use ketamine.

Can you help us?

👉 We’ve partnered with to evaluate the ways we speak about ketamine and the support on offer.

👉 We're looking for people who use ketamine to take part in this project by completing a short anonymous survey to get your feedback, opinions and experiences around ketamine messaging.

🔗 Scan the QR code or head to the link below to take the survey:

https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_exQpEQtqKFYnuYK

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

🎤🌱 Hip Hop Garden is BACK! 🌱🎤

Starting 08.01.2025 | Thursdays 12-2pm

Led by Moyah , this 8-week program blends Hip Hop and permaculture values to explore environmentalism, songwriting, and performance. We'll cover wellbeing, lyric writing, food growing and cooking, enterprise and employability, and Hip Hop culture.

What we'll explore:

✨ Wellbeing & lyric writing
🌿 Food growing & cooking
💼 Enterprise & employability
🎵 Hip Hop culture & performance

Group info:
📅 8th January - 26th February
🕜Thursdays 12-2pm
📍 , Ducie Road Site, BS5 0AX

Open to anyone with lived experience with drugs and/or alcohol.

🔗 More info: https://www.mayproject.org/

Want to join? Get in touch with Creative Communities: 📧 creativecommunities@bdp.org.uk 📧 olivia.batten@bdp.org.uk

17/12/2025

Today marks the *xWorkers which is a day of remembrance. We take this time to reflect on s*x workers (sworkers) who have lost their lives to violence.

❤️☂️ Many sworkers lives are placed on a precarious intersection where criminalisation, misogyny and socioeconomic disparity all meet.

❤️☂️ Today, we'll explore this intersection in solidarity with sworkers and discuss how co-production of strategies and services are essential moving forward.

🔗 For more information and support, head to:

One25

S*x Workers Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM)

English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP)

SWOP - S*x Workers’ Outreach Project

European S*x Worker’s Rights Alliance

SWERV - National Ugly Mugs

15/12/2025

Today's singing workshop at Emerge🎶

Rising Voices led a workshop and a festive sing at Emerge's weekly meeting this Monday, hosted by the amazing team at The Salvation Army on Hassell Drive.

With just 7 of us, we sang three part harmony songs to bring hope and light during what can be a tricky time for some of us. And most memorably, got the room up on their feet shaking percussion along to Jingle Bells.

Thank you to Rosie and Kim from the Salvation Army for hosting us and sharing a delicious breakfast with us, to the residents of Emerge for singing with us, and to the 7 brave Rising Voices members who sang a full set with a third of our usual numbers!

12/12/2025

‘Voice of the Voiceless’: Reducing stigma for people receiving Opioid Substitution Therapy

We're super excited to share this project we've been a part of, in partnership with the University of Bristol, Bristol City Council, Developing Health & Independence, and Harm Reduction Mothers2Mothers.

The aim of this booklet is to increase awareness and reduce stigma around Opioid Substitution Therapy, particularly in a Pharmacy setting. 

Want to find out more? Check out the full article:

🌐 https://arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/voice-of-the-voiceless-how-we-co-produced-materials-to-help-reduce-stigma-for-people-receiving-opioid-substitution-therapy-in-pharmacies/

11/12/2025

BDP Creative Communities has a new website and branding!

We're so excited to finally launch our new branding and website, designed and built by the brilliant AD Styles and Jay Burt ! We finally have a design we love, and we are so grateful for the many, many hours they have spent on our project.

Over the years, our steering group and group members have contributed logo ideas and developed values that truly represent us. AD and Jay captured all of these ideas and presented them in a colourful, fun, and creative way that showcases who Creative Communities really are.

Now there's one place where you can stay up to date with our events, explore photo galleries from our shows, read our latest blogs, and so much more!

Check it out via the link Creative Communities below and let us know what you think! 👉
https://bdpcreativecommunities.co.uk/

09/12/2025

What a fantastic afternoon at part 2 of our BDP Creative Communities Winter Show🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on Thursday — whether you attended, performed, facilitated, or volunteered, you helped make it truly special and kicked off the festive season perfectly! ✨

A big thank you to for keeping us fed with their delicious donation!

Thank you to our amazing partners , , , and l for their continued support. 🙌

We're always welcoming new members — get in touch via the details below! Keep your eyes peeled for exciting new groups launching in the new year! 👀

🌐 www.bdpcreativecommunities.co.uk
📧 creativecommunities@bdp.org.uk
📞 07593259257