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About
Let's Budvocate

For Organisations & Services

Let’s Budvocate is an independent, education focused organisation in early development that supports stigma free and harm reduction informed conversations around cannabis consumption. Our work is grounded in lived and living experience and designed to complement existing services.

Who we are

Let’s Budvocate is an education focused organisation supporting less harmful, more informed and stigma aware conversations about cannabis.

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We exist to bridge the gap between lived experience, evidence informed harm reduction, and real world service delivery. Particularly where cannabis intersects with youth, mental health, alcohol and other drugs (AOD), and community wellbeing.

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Our work recognises that cannabis is already present in many people’s lives. Rather than promoting or condemning consumption, Let’s Budvocate focuses on education, reflection, and practical harm reduction principles that can be applied by individuals, families, and services.

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Our focus

Let’s Budvocate currently focuses on the development of accessible, evidence informed educational resources that support:

  • More nuanced and confident conversations about cannabis

  • Reduced stigma for people who consume cannabis

  • Greater understanding of harm reduction approaches

  • Reflection on intention, context, and wellbeing

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All resources are designed to be practical, non judgmental and relevant to real world service settings.

Our Approach

Education before judgement

We prioritise balanced information, informed by evidence and lived experience that supports understanding, reflection, and practical application.

Harm reduction informed

Our work aligns with the harm-reduction principles of meeting people where they are and supporting less harmful choices, without imposing abstinence only frameworks.

Lived experience embedded

Let’s Budvocate is led by lived and living experience, ensuring our work remains grounded, relevant, and responsive to the realities faced by the

communities that services support.

Conscious consumption lens

We explore not only how cannabis is consumed, but also the surrounding context including intention, patterns, as well as physical and mental wellbeing.

Sector aligned and collaborative

Our work is designed to complement existing frameworks and practice models, not compete with or undermine them.

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Who this is for

Let’s Budvocate is intended to support:

  • AOD and harm reduction services

  • Youth and community organisations

  • Mental health services

  • Education and training environments

  • Peer led and lived experience programs

Our resources are particularly relevant for services supporting young people and communities navigating evolving cannabis norms and laws.

What We Are (and aren't)

We are:

  • Education-focused

  • Harm reduction aligned

  • Lived experience led

  • Non judgemental and reflective

We aren't:

  • A promotional cannabis brand

  • A recreational or commercial retailer

  • A sensationalist or fear based platform

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Integrity & Development

Let’s Budvocate is committed to responsible growth, transparency and long term trust.

As the organisation develops, this includes:

  • Clear boundaries between education, advocacy and how the we sustain our work over time

  • Advisory input from lived experience voices and sector aligned professionals

  • Ongoing reflection and alignment with emerging evidence and best practice

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Our priority is building resources and relationships that are ethical, useful and sustainable.

Connecting with us

We welcome conversations with organisations interested in:

  • Strengthening cannabis related literacy

  • Reducing stigma experienced by consumers

  • Supporting harm reduction informed practice

  • Exploring conscious consumption 

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Contact:
Daniel@letsbudvocate.org
www.letsbudvocate.org

470 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC, 3004

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