Mobile Service Info Past Events The 18 month implementation trial started with mobile drug checking sites at selected festivals and events across Victoria. Previous festivals include Beyond The Valley, Hardmission (Au), Pitch Music & Arts Festival, Ultra Australia and The Warehouse Project. The service will operate at five more music festivals in the 2025-26 summer festival season. Beyond The Valley 2024/25 Read the Report ULTRA Australia 2025 Read the Report Hard Mission Australia 2025 Read the Report The Warehouse Project Australia 2025 Read the Report Pitch Music & Arts Festival 2025 Read the Report COMING NEXT SEASON

HRVic's latest program brings people with lived experience and authentic, relevant, real-world, CURRENT experience with: substance use - various substances, injecting and otherwise experience with Hepatitis B - living with and treatment of experience with Hepatitis C- living with and treatment of experience with HIV - prevention and treatment experience with stigma & discrimination in healthcare settings, in the workplace etc. as a person who uses drugs in Victoria/Australia, and/ or as a person with a BBV HRVic's lived experience speakers are trained, remunerated and given ongoing support by HRVic and choose to speak candidly of our experiences publically at forums, conferences, panels and presentations. We at HRVic and we as peers and speakers feel that sharing real experience and putting real faces to real stories is the only way educate, enlighten and inform health workers and to challenge and combat stigma and discrimination against people who use drugs and people with BBVs. For More Information about booking a 'Speaking Peer- spectively ' lived experience speaker or to enquire about becoming a speaker on HRVic's 'Speaking Peer-spectively' team please email admin@hrvic.org.au or call 9329 1500.

DanceWize team members come from all over Victoria, from all walks of life, and all backgrounds with a love of and lived experience of the festival/doof/party and EDM communities the thread they all have in common. Invaluable knowledge, empathy, integrity, and motivation from their own experiences accompanies every DW key peer educator on each shift. All DW team members and team leads identify as peers to the communities of people who use drugs in the music scenes that they love and as such, allow for a greater understanding of their community members' experiences, equipping them with the skills and empathy needed to provide relevant, nonjudgmental support to festival patrons who use drugs. Volunteers are inducted and trained to fulfil the role of Key Peer Educator (KPE). DanceWize KPEs have several areas of responsibility at an event including roving, brief interventions and education, info sharing and care interventions. Volunteer intake and induction training happens during the winter season only. Once you have submitted a completed online form (button below), you will be added to our monthly DW Peer E-Newsletter, which includes all new information about training opportunities. You should start receiving this E-News straight away but you can always keep updated through our facebook page and groups. As DanceWize provides 1 on 1 care in Click on the link and fill out the form. NEW Vollys VOLUNTEER HERE Current KPEs What Does A DanceWIze Volunteer KPE Do? Care Interventions Care interventions mostly occur on site, at events within the DanceWize space; an airconditioned/heated, private, safe, chill space dedicated to providing support and 1:1 care to patrons experiencing distress or just needing a break. KPEs provide various types of care depending on the needs of each individual patron. The DW Chill space is always co-located with onsite medical services and we monitor our patrons carefully while awake or asleep to determine if they need further care or support. Roving Care Roving Care teams consist of a minimum of two KPEs walking throughout event grounds, campsites and party perimeters , keeping an eye out for people who may be feeling less than great or are confused. Our Rovers can provide support either directly through supplies they have on hand and support or if necesary can radio the DW Chill space, security or medical if needed. Our rovers have radio contact with all necessary service providers. Our DW Rovers are on the look out for signs of overdose or distress, and are often the first point of contact for a patron needing further intervention or assistance. GBV/ Trauma Counsellor The role of a GBV/Trauma Counsellor is specialised and requires volunteers to have appropriate post grad qualifications in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, or for someone to have had extensive experience in the community services sector. Interviews will take place for these roles with the GBV Service Manager and a Team Coordinator Brief Interventions Brief interactions occur either onsite at an event or in transit to and from an event or in the DanceWize/HRVic office /NSP environment . KPEs and staff assist patrons and service providers alike to learn more about substance use, polydrug interactions, myth busting, drugs and the law, and referrals to services as required. Our KPEs are extensively trained to be able to answer questions that patrons might have regarding drugs, safer use, and other health and self care tips. We have extensive resources produced by HRVic and DW as well as other orgs available at every event, alongside consumables such as sunscreen, water and hydrating powders, lollypops, ear plugs, hand sanitiser, masks, condoms and NSP equipment. Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Mental Health services The GBV and Mental Health Service offers a comprehensive suite of services , and festivals can choose which activities they would like to engage with. The service is focused on interventions that target the whole festival community. For more info please click HERE. DW Team Lead Experienced KPEs can apply to become a Team Leader, and if successful receive extra training and support to fulfil higher duties of responsibility in leading teams of KPEs at events. Some Team Lead roles at specific events are casual paid roles. Apply to be a Trauma Counsellor or Roving Active Bystander

! !**DRUG ALERT**!! (Melbourne/Naarm, Victoria, and VIC wide) !!**COCAINE adulterated with opioid PROTONITAZENE**!! A white powder sold as cocaine in Melbourne has been found to contain the potent synthetic opioid 'protonitazene'. There have been recent serious harms in Melbourne/Naarm associated with a 'white powder' sold as COCAINE that contained the potent opioid PROTONITAZENE. The product appears to produce strong adverse effects such as loss of consciousness, respiratory depression, and life-threatening hypoxia. (lack of oxygen in your blood) Protonitazene is faster acting and is much stronger (100x) than heroin. It is important for everyone- REGARDLESS of the substance you are planning to take- to CARRY NALOXONE. **CARRY iT ON YOU!!- not keep in a cupboard at home or your glove box in the car. It could mean the difference between life and death for someone. Naloxone is a FREE, easy-to-use, easy to get medication that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose – it is safe to use even if you are not sure whether someone has taken opioids. HRVic does FREE naloxone administration training EVERY 1st of the month. Naloxone can be accessed at HRVic's NSP and at participating pharmacies, other needle and syringe programs and from the medically supervised injecting centre. You can find an approved naloxone provider on the Take Home Naloxone program webpage. ( https://www.health.vic.gov.au/.../victorias-take-home ... ) Protonitazene is one of the many NITAZENES that have been circulating throughout Australia over the past couple of years. Read more about the types of Nitazenes and their effects in the latest WHACK magazine OUT NOW at your local NSP. Read the Nitazenes substance specific article here: If you are an HRVic Member and have not yet received a copy in the mail, email us at info@hrvic.org.au to UPDATE YOUR MEMBERSHIP. If you have any questions or want more info visit the Dept of Health alert : https://www.health.vic.gov.au/.../cocaine-adulterated ... or HRVic's Overdose page on our website: www.hrvic.org.au/dope

A pink and white capsule sold as ‘3C-P’ in Melbourne/Naarm contains the potent opioid protonitazene. The Department of Health has issued a new Drug Alert about a pink and white capsule or white powder sold as ‘3C-P’ or in Melbourne containing the potent opioid protonitazene. Opioids are central nervous system depressants, typically producing a range of effects including pain relief, sedation and respiratory depression (dangerously slow breathing). Respiratory depression often appears more quickly with novel synthetic opioids (NSOs), increasing the risk of life-threatening overdose. Protonitazene is an extremely potent NSO, which means it can produce strong effects in very small amounts. There has been one serious recent hospitalisation in Victoria associated with this pink and white capsule. Due to the potency of NSOs, the product produces strong adverse opioid effects such as loss of consciousness, respiratory depression, and life-threatening hypoxia (insufficient oxygen for normal functioning). It’s important to know the signs of opioid overdose and to carry naloxone to reverse opioid overdose-even if you don't plan to take opioids. HRVic has naloxone available for FREE from our NSP at 299-305 Victoria St Brunswick. We also have naloxone training EVERY 1st of the month ONLINE for FREE at 4:30pm. See website for details (www.hrvic.org.au/training) We can also do one on one training with you if you don't know how to use, when you come to pick up. Or check out our info on naloxone on our 'Recognise & Respond to Overdose' page. Anyone who experiences adverse drug effects or is present when someone has an unexpected reaction to a drug should seek help immediately by calling Triple Zero (000). See DoH drug alerts here: https://www.health.vic.gov.au/.../protonitazene-sold-as-3c-p