The Neath Port Talbot and Swansea Drug and Alcohol Leadership Board (DALB) following a significant period of concern relating to substance use related fatalities, commissioned Future 8 Consultancy to undertake a Western Bay Drugs commission.
The aim of the Commission was to identify the issues that are most important to people locally to ensure that the scope of the Commission’s work over the year was focused on the most important areas that could help to reduce drug harms and drug-related deaths.
A whole-system commissioning model was developed and the contract for the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea Substance Use (Drug and Alcohol) Alliance was commissioned during 2025. Led by Neath Port Talbot council in commissioning collaboration with:
- South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner
- His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
- South Wales Police
- City and County of Swansea Council
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
The Alliance went live on the 1 June 2026 and is being delivered by VERVE.
VERVE is an alliance of voluntary sector providers: Adferiad, Barod, Kaleidoscope and The Wallich
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