Parents Against Drug Abuse

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D.A.S.H.

Services: Advice - information - support for drug users, friends & family - assessment - counselling - supervised withdrawal in the community or as an inpatient - legal advice & advocacy - welfare benefits advice - sexual health information - community/pharmacy and in house needle exchange schemes - telephone counselling for parents & users.

Services: Needle & syringe exchange - information on I.V. drug use - advice on safer use of ecstasy - advice/information about HIV/Hepatitis B&C - testing available - encourage Hep B vaccination for I.V. users if appropriate.

Services: Resource library with free loan audio-visual teaching material centre for all health educators in the country - includes many drugs materials - guidance & advice to school/college staff on resources and approaches to a range of health issues including drug education.

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Leicestershire Community Drug & Alcohol Services

Services: Support & maintenance of needle exchange information system

Services: Drug advice - information - volunteers helpline.

Services: Advice - information - counselling - for users, their friends & family.

Services: Development work involves liaison with staff whose work brings them into contact with offenders who are also using substances - assessment - advice.

Services: Groups for stress & anxiety management - exploration of drinking myths/facts - information - advice - music & creative writing - self confidence & esteem building - women's group - trips out to bowling etc.

Services: Information - drop-in - telephone helpline - referrals - disposal service for needles - legal matters - health.

Services: Information - advice - counselling - drop-in - telephone helpline - referrals to other agencies.

Services: Self-help group for all people with tranquilliser problems - telephone helpline - free booklet available with stamp.

Services: Evening sessions - specialist drug worker can provide knowledge to young people - role-play, games & art to challenge stereotypes.

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Middlegate Lodge

Selection criteria: Male & female - 11-17 yrs old - necessary detoxification is integral part of treatment - no couples.

Treatment fees: Contact Middlegate Lodge for current fees.

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Lincolnshire Counselling Service for Substance Misuse

Services: Information - advice - counselling.

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Rockingham Forest Trust

Services: Advice - counselling - information etc

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Manna Farm

Selection criteria: Male & female - 18-40 yrs old - drug free on admission - couples in longstanding relationships accepted - no children - no pets.

Treatment Fees: ~£340.00 per week, reduced by resident's DSS benefits of around £75.00

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Gordana House

Selection criteria: Male & female - 18-40 yrs - drug free on admission - no children - no pets.

Treatment Fees: ~£340.00 per week, reduced by resident's DSS benefits of around £75.00.

Selection criteria: Men only - 20-40 yrs - no detoxification facilities - primary solvent users not accepted - does not accept people with a record of sexual offences, schedule one offenders or those with a history of non-drug related violence - no pets - no children.

Treatment Fees: ~£400 per week plus ~£14.10 personal allowance - the resident is required to meet part of this out of benefits.

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Alcohol Misuse Services

Services: Information - advice - support & counselling for problem drinkers, their families & friends - assessment for rehabilitation and detoxification - individual & group counselling - training for other workers in this area - campaigns to raise public awareness.

Services: Advice, information, support & counselling for problem drinkers, their friends & family - assessment for rehabilitation & detoxification - individual & group counselling - training for other workers in this area - campaigns to raise public awareness.

Services: Medical & non-medical detoxification - support - advice & information for families & friends of people with alcohol problems.

Services: Detoxification - treatment/referral for associated psychiatric & physical problems - brief focused psychotherapy - HIV/AIDS & sexual health issues - needle & syringe exchange - educational materials.

Services: Advice, information & counselling for drug misusers, their friends & family - assessment & referral service - needle exchange - prescribing service - prisoner service - training packages for other agencies - advice & consultation for other professionals.

Services: Stabilisation & detoxification of drug dependent individuals - screening for infectious diseases - treatment/referral for associated psychiatric & physical problems - brief focused psychotherapy - community methadone prescribing - post-detoxification support.

Services: To offer young people the life skills to make the right choice for themselves with regard to drug use through peer education & awareness - to minimise the risks of short-term users & reduce the number who go on to use drugs problematically.

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Druglink

Services: Issues around drugs.

Services: Advice, information & support for problem, drinkers, their friends & family.

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Druglink

Services: Ring to find out drug services available.

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Parents & Drugs

Services: Educate parents about drug culture, and the effects of drugs - support parents & guardians coping with problems related to their child's drug use.

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Church Road

Selection criteria: Male & female - 18+ yrs - preferably drug free on entry, but tail-end opiate detox using lofexidine negotiated prior to arrival - clients with psychiatric disorders are unlikely to be appropriate for the agency & certain offences will be examined closely.

Treatment fees: ~£380.00 per week, made up of contributions from resident's local authority, income support & residential allowance.

Selection criteria: Men only - 18-45 yrs - drug free on entry - referrals accepted from users of all drugs if part of poly-drug use - priority to ex-offenders - cannot accept clients with psychotic conditions - no children - no couples - no pets.

Treatment fees: ~£250.00 per week - some negotiations possible.

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Adullam Homes

Services: Supported housing to people with HIV, including drug users & ex-users - volunteers help with shopping, lifts to clinics, washing etc - it's expected that residents will control their drug use.

Services: Street agency providing counselling, advice, information, advocacy, assessment, referral, prison visits, steroid user service, needle/syringe exchange & outreach work.

Services: National network of women who are involved in the field of alcohol & drug misuse - development of effective services for women by sharing skills & information between women in the network.

Services: Friendship - warmth - care & community - light refreshments - befriending - support - outreach - access to nearly new clothing & laundry facilities - referral to other agencies - emergency accommodation - nurse - employment & training advice - household equipment - legal advice - chiropodist.

Services: Inpatient & outpatient service to drug misusers - advocacy - HIV testing - counselling - mother & baby team - Asian worker - access to 8 inpatient beds - assessment.

Services: Street agency offering a service to drug users or people concerned about someone else's use - advice - information - counselling - assessment - referral - needle exchange - replacement prescribing service on site.

Services: Advice - information - counselling - support - medical/replacement prescribing - needle/syringe exchange - assistance with benefits, housing etc - training & education - outreach.

Services: Replacement prescribing - needle/syringe exchange - counselling - information - advice - home visits - GP liaison - outreach - contraception - complimentary therapies - U16's worker.

Services: Support - counselling - information - outreach - needle/syringe exchange.

Services: Sexual health advice & counselling regarding drug use - needle/syringe exchange - home visits - street outreach - advice, information & counselling regarding all aspects of drug use - HIV testing to prostitutes at it's GUM centre.

Services: Provides care for ~100 homeless people, a considerable amount who have mental health problems, and others who are drug & alcohol dependent - advice on welfare rights etc - counselling - TV - pool - table tennis - workshops - laundry & washing facilities - light refreshments - doctor's surgery 10.45-12.00pm mon-fri.

Services: A number of different alcohol services covering all aspects of alcohol use - telephone for details.

Services: Drop-in for men & women with alcohol related problems who are homeless, isolated & lonely - opportunities to meet people & have a chat - breakfast/tea & coffee - washing facilities - clothes - chiropody - nurse - SSD alcohol assessment - referral - accommodation - information on welfare rights - legal advice - also offer a range of other services including accommodation team, women's service, Asian service & criminal justice service.

Services: Information & advice regarding alcohol/drugs - counselling - detoxification & maintenance.

Services: Information about drugs & substances - expertise on working on drugs issues & young people.

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Hereford & Worcester County Youth Service

Services: Drugs/alcohol/health curriculum design & delivery - outreach - research - specialist information/support service - two way referral with other agencies - training for staff in both voluntary & statutory sectors.

Services: Counselling - advice - information - substitute prescribing - detoxification - complimentary therapies - needle exchange - criminal justice work - young persons outreach - mobile project.

Services: Drug work - needle exchange.

Services: Counselling - advice - information service for all age ranges - one to one & group work - individual care plan - home visiting - outreach team - family support - needle exchange - education & training packages - referral to other agencies - shared care arrangements.

Services: Alcohol information - counselling - detoxification - training - policy development.

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