Our Vision
The NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA) is a peer-based drug user organisation that is governed, staffed and led by people with lived experience of drug use. Our vision statement is “to advance the health, human rights and dignity of people who use or have used illicit drugs.”
We are funded by NSW Health for service delivery with a focus on harm reduction and community empowerment. Our flagship programs include our peer-led NSP, Users News, peer education and support, stigma and discrimination training for health care professionals and DanceWize NSW.
NUAA strives to improve our advocacy for, and services supporting, the diversity of people impacted by stigma and discrimination caused by the criminalisation of drug use across NSW. We work with a broad range of stakeholders and partners to support improved service delivery and system change.
Our staff, Board of Governance and volunteers reflect the community we serve, and we work to have the peer voice at the centre of all our work. NUAA encourages people with personal lived/living experience to join us as members, volunteers or workers.