Drug and alcohol services in the Scottish Borders
Information given in this leaflet is not meant to take the place of a talk with your doctor or health worker. Contents
Alcohol only services: Family support: Adult •• Quest Family Support •• Addaction Borders...……….Page 4 Group…………………………Page 15 •• Al-Anon Family Groups...….Page 16
Drug only services: Other support: Adult •• Big River Project •• Alcoholics Anonymous……Page 17 (Turning Point Scotland)...... Page 6 Other support services: Drug and alcohol services: •• Progress 2 Work……………..Page 19 •• Needle Exchange Adult Services………………………Page 20 •• Borders Community Addictions Team (BCAT)………………….Page 8 •• Residential Rehabilitation….Page 9 Other useful contacts/national •• Borders Parents Drug & Alcohol helplines…………………………Page 22 Support Service… .….……..Page 10
Young people •• face2face Borders………....Page 12 •• Young Carers Drug and Alcohol Project……...... Page 14
2 3 Alcohol only services for adults How to access this service: Addaction Borders You may contact the service directly or This confidential service is available to someone else may do this for you with people over 18 years old who have an your consent. alcohol problem. Staff will work with clients out in the community and Addaction Borders support is offered through one to one 125 High Street sessions or group work. Galashiels TD1 1RZ ( 01896 757843 The service provides: Email: •• Help to set and reach your goals [email protected] •• Regular one to one support by phone, email or in person •• Help to access other services •• Information and advice to family members who are affected by someone else’s alcohol abuse •• Peer support through local groups
4 5 Drug only services for adults How to access this service: Big River Project (Turning Point Scotland) You may contact the service directly or someone else may do this for you with This confidential service is available to your consent. people over 16 years old who have a drug problem. Staff will work with Big River Project clients out in the community and (Turning Point Scotland) support is offered through one to one 79 High Street sessions. Galashiels TD1 1RZ ( 01896 759740
The service provides: Email: •• Advice and information [email protected] •• Practical and emotional support Website: •• Needle exchange and harm www.turningpointscotland.com reduction awareness •• Complimentary therapies •• Recovery focussed work with support to move into employment, education or training •• Support for people who are affected by someone else’s drug use •• Help to access other services, for example housing and benefits 6 7 Drug and alcohol services for adults How to access this service:
Borders Community Addictions Referrals to this service must be through Team (BCAT) your GP, Social Work or another drug and/or alcohol service. This confidential NHS service is available to people over 16 years old who have a Borders Community Addictions Team drug and/or alcohol problem. The Range Tweed Road The service provides: Galashiels •• Substitute prescribing TD1 3EB ( 01896 664430 •• Prescription monitoring •• Harm reduction information and advice Residential Rehabilitation •• Community or in-patient Residential Rehabilitation is available detoxification in the Scottish Borders and outwith the •• Relapse prevention region. •• Psychological therapies •• Vaccinations for Hepatitis A/B Referrals must be made through BCAT. •• Blood spot testing for Hepatitis and HIV All applications will be assessed and •• Health counselling discussed. If agreed, this will be jointly funded through Social Work and Health. •• Help to access other services for example housing and benefits
8 9 Borders Parents Drug & Alcohol How to access this service: Support service This service is open to any family with This service is specially designed to children affected by parental support parents who have drug or substance use. alcohol problems and to help them care for their children. You may contact the service directly or someone else may do this on your This service is offered throughout the behalf with your consent. Borders and can involve intensive one to one support as well as group work. Borders Parents Drug & Alcohol Support This service provides: Service •• Specialist one to one support for Addaction Borders substance use 125 High Street Galashiels •• Support in parenting skills TD1 1RZ ( 01896 757843 •• Support and referral for practical issues Email: •• Family focused support [email protected] •• Referral to other specialist services •• Joined up approach to working with families
10 11 Drug and alcohol services for young people How to access this service: face2face Borders You may contact the service directly or someone else may do this for you with This confidential service is available for your consent. young people aged 11 to 18 years old. The service will see young people who face2face Borders are just starting to drink and/or take 42 High Street drugs through to those who have more Galashiels serious problems. TD1 1SE ( 01896 668811
The service provides: Email: [email protected] •• Support and advice on drugs, alcohol and volatile substance Website: www.face2faceborders.com abuse and also •• Support and advice for parents whose children may be using drugs and/or alcohol
12 13 Family support
Young Carers Drug and Alcohol Quest Family Support Group Project This confidential support group is This confidential service is available to available to people over 16 years old people under 18 years old who are who are affected by a family member’s affected by their parents’ drug or drug or alcohol misuse. alcohol misuse. The support group can provide: The service provides: •• Information on drug and alcohol •• Issue, activity and outing groups misuse •• Focus groups •• Ways to help you cope •• School appointment system at the •• Complimentary therapies nine Borders secondary schools •• One to one support •• One to one and telephone support The group meets every second How to access this service: Thursday between 1.00pm and 3.00pm. (phone for details of the next meeting). You may contact the service directly or someone else may do this on your Quest Support Group behalf with your consent. 125 High Street Galashiels Young Carers Drug and Alcohol Project TD1 RRZ ( 07982 813927 The Princess Royal Trust Or 01896 825566 Brewerybrig, Low Buckholmside Galashiels Email: [email protected] TD1 1RT ( 01896 752431
14 15 Other support
Al-Anon Family Groups Alcoholics Anonymous
This confidential support group is This confidential support group is available to family and friends who are available to people who have an affected by a family member or friend’s alcohol problem. The primary purpose alcohol misuse. The purpose of this of the service is to get and keep service is to provide those affected with members sober through the sharing of understanding, strength and support. experiences, hope and strength with other group members. How to access a group:
You may just turn up at any of the How to access a group: regular meetings detailed below. If you wish to speak to someone prior to the You may just turn up at any of the meeting please call 020 7403 0888 regular meetings detailed below or contact the Alcoholics Anonymous St Mary and St David’s Church Hall National Helpline 0845 7697555 15 Buccleuch Street Hawick, TD9 0HH Parish Church Hall High Street Sunday 8.00pm Selkirk, TD7 4JX
Our Lady and St Joseph Church Hall Wednesday 7.30pm High Street Selkirk, TD7 4JX
Thursday 8.00pm
16 17 Other support services
Trinity Church Hall Progress2work High Street Galashiels, TD1 This service is available to people over 16 years old who are recovering from Monday 8.00pm and Friday 12.30pm a drug related problem and looking for help to return to work. St Mary and St David’s Church Hall The service provides: Buccleuch Street •• Help and advice with debt Hawick, TD9 OHH problems • Support with housing issues Wednesday 12.30pm, Friday 8.00pm • and Sunday 8.00pm •• Support getting into training or employment How to access the service: High Cross Church Hall High Cross Avenue You may contact the service directly or Melrose, TD6 9SQ someone else may do this for you with your consent. Saturday 8.00pm Progress2work 17 Market Street Firholm Day Centre Galashiels Innerleithen Road TD1 3AD ( 01896 755711 Peebles, EH45 8BD 7 01896 668587 Email: [email protected] Tuesday 8.00pm and Sunday 8.00pm Website: www.apexscotland.org.uk
18 19 Needle Exchange Services Further information is available from:
There are six community pharmacy Big River Project needle exchange services in the (Turning Point Scotland) Borders where you can exchange 79 High Street your used injecting equipment for new Galashiels equipment. TD1 1RZ ( 01896 759740
These services are on the following sites: Email: •• Hawick Health Centre [email protected] •• Eyemouth Pharmacy Website: •• Lloyds Pharmacy in Kelso www.turningpointscotland.com •• Lloyds Pharmacy in Peebles •• Lloyds Pharmacy in Galashiels •• Dawsons Pharmacy in Jedburgh
The Big River Project (Turning Point Scotland) also offers Needle Exchange Monday to Friday in Galashiels with late opening on Thursday from 5.00pm to 8.00pm.
20 21 Other useful contacts For information and advice on alcohol For information and advice on drugs contact: contact: Drinkline Know The Score ( 0800 7314314 ( 0800 5875879 Website: Website: www.knowthescore.info www.infoscotland.com/alcohol
Cocaine Anonymous If you are feeling low or depressed for help and advice contact:
( 0141 9596363 Breathing Space Website: www.cascotland.org.uk ( 0800 838587 Scottish Network for Families Affected Website: by Drugs (SNFAD) www.breathingspace scotland.co.uk
( 08080 101011 For help and advice on giving up Website: www.snfad.org.uk smoking contact:
NHS Borders Quit4Good Scottish Drug Services ( 08448118180 Website: Email: www.scottishdrugservices.com [email protected]
22 23 For a copy of this information in: •• large print •• another language •• audiotape •• braille •• BSL DVD
01896 828282 Ext 5502 [email protected]
The Scottish Borders Alcohol & Drug Partnership Support Team NHS Borders Newstead TD6 9DA ( 01896 825566 www.bordersdaat.scot.nhs.uk
Issue Date: July 2009 Review Date: July 2010
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