**This was originally recorded as a webinar on Thursday 6th November 2025**

Our 6th webinar within our Manifesto Sessions webinar series focused on young people. As part of our ‘Setting the blueprint for a more equal and prosperous Wales for people who use substances’, we want young people with lived and living experience of substance use to be at the heart of the design and delivery of young person’s services. When young people are part of this process, the evidence suggest it has enabled young people to develop a wide range of new skills in communication, leadership, and professionalism, as well as highlighting how youth involvement in the co-designing and co-delivery of services aimed at this age group can improve and ensure relevance, credibility, and quality.

 By involving young people in such processes allows for the design and delivery of a service to ensure as many barriers to accessing support are identified and mitigated against, as well as ensuring that the service mitigates the feelings of being unworthy of support, especially at the prevention and early intervention stage.

If you have been affected by the issues discussed in this episode, please visit barod.cymru and confidentially chat to a trained support worker via Barod's Live Webchat Service, that is open 7-days a week, or call Dan 24/7, Wales' national drug and alcohol helpline on 0808 808 2234.