Listed below (in alphabetical order) are a list of local drug treatment services:

Addictive Behaviour Centre

The Addictive Behaviour Centre (ABC) is currently based at Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHST - All Saints Hospital, although there are plans for relocation. The centre is a hospital-based service offering inpatient assessment and detox.

There are a number of specialist teams working within the ABC. There is, for example, an HIV/AIDS counsellor, a mother and baby team, and specialist community nurses.

The ABC is a tertiary service - referrals need to be made through community alcohol teams, community drug teams, or GPs.

Tel: 0121-685 6180

Allenscroft Project

A junior project addresses healthy lifestyles with 8-12 year olds as an alternative to drugs. Many of the young people are from impoverished backgrounds and mainly of Irish descent.

Tel: 0121-444 4897

Aquarius Action Projects

Currently manages

• South Birmingham Community Alcohol Team
• North Birmingham Community Alcohol Team
• Women's Alcohol Project
• Birmingham Asian Alcohol Project

It is currently working with Birmingham Social Services to look at service provision for families with children at risk where alcohol or drug use is a problem.

Tel: 0121-632 4727

Betel of Britain

Long-stay residential provision currently for socially vulnerable and excluded males (18+) many with drug and alcohol-related problems.

There are plans to extend the service to include women and an intention to begin a schools drugs prevention programme in the next 2 years.

The organisation will refer residents for day-care and counselling.

Tel: 01564-822 356

Birmingham Drug & Alcohol Action Team (BDAAT)

For information and advice about drug and alcohol treatment services in Birmingham, call free phone 0800 073 0817

To contact any of the Birmingham Drug and Alcohol Action Team please call 0121 465 4930 and you will be diverted to the relevant staff member.

Address - 1st Floor, Technology Block, Gee Business Centre, Holborn Hill, Aston, Birmingham B7 5PA

Please visit our website by clicking the following link:  http://www.bdaat.org.uk/

 

Birmingham Drugline

Drugline is a confidential, free advice and information service for drug users, ex-users, family, friends, carers and people employed to help users. Services provided include:

• Information and advice on safer drug use
• Counselling and support
• Referrals
• Outreach service
• Needle exchange scheme
• Steroid user service

Tel: 0121-632 6363

Website: http://www.turning-point.co.uk

Birmingham East Youth Partnership

Local youth project seeking to empower young people (mostly between ages 16-25) by offering diversionary and awareness raising activities.

The partnership links and networks with other drugs agencies, but referrals are only made as part of consensual action-plan, talked through and agreed to with young persons themselves.

Tel: 0121-328 5278

Birmingham Federation of Clubs for Young People

Touring theatre group attempting to deliver the message around local youth clubs and targeting all age ranges of children and young adults (8-20).

Tel: 0121-453 3531

Cascade

Drugs related education and training provider, primarily for young people between 12-25, but will work with any groups, such as parents and professionals, around drug issues.

Tel: 0121-788 3436
Website: www.cascade.u-net.com

Catalyst Theatre in Health Education

Touring and participatory theatre in the health education project. A significant proportion of the programme addresses drug use, with specific work targeting 8-11 and 11-14 year olds.

Tel: 0121-446 4301

Central Housing Training Services

Training consultants working with staff, volunteers and tenants associations around housing issues. Drug dealing and environmental concerns relating to drug and alcohol use are frequently raised.

Tel: 0121-456 3238

Community Drug Teams

There are four Community Drug Teams each of which is responsible for a different part of the city:

Slade Road Centre, Erdington Tel: 0121-685 6400
Barker Street Centre, Lozells Tel: 0121-685 6300
Mary Street Centre, Balsall Heath Tel: 0121-440 4444
Azaardi Centre, Ward End Tel: 0121-786 1880

These four teams offer a range of services for drug users their families and carers. Such services include assessment, counselling, support and advice, needle/syringe exchange and auricular acupuncture.

Crack Outreach Team

The Wheeler Street Crack Outreach Team has a city-wide remit, based in Newtown.

It provides a specific service to those experiencing problems relating to the use of crack cocaine.

Tel: 0121-685 6716

Ferngate Project

Outreach project targeting youngsters (16-20) that have come through the care system. The project works closely with the Crack Outreach Team to establish 1:1 counselling sessions.

Tel: 0121-440 5090

Focus Housing Tenancy Support Team

Housing Association tenancy support team with dedicated alcohol and substance abuse worker that links with other teams and specialist tenancy support services.

Fast-track assessments for alcohol and drug detox programmes.

Tel: 0121-687 6034

Golden Hillock Centre

Youth Group working with Muslim young people aged 11-25. Provides culturally sensitive counselling (including HIV & AIDS issues).

Provides educational and vocational training and welfare advice. Organises diversionary activities, within acceptable cultural and religious boundaries.

Tel: 0121-753 1066

Homefinder Project

Seeks to find solutions for people experiencing accommodation and homelessness problems - often relating to drug-use associated exclusions.

Identifies as a particular issue, the lack of available help for solvent/gas abusers and need for more outreach provision for rough sleepers.

Tel: 0121-236 2013

Maypole Youth & Community Centre

Youth project directed towards 11-20 year olds situated on an outer-ring estate with most of its work directed towards reinforcing messages against drug-use and anti-social behaviour.

Tel: 0121-430 6221

Midlands Life Education Centres Trust

Preventive drug education project for 3-11 year olds in the Midlands (3-15 years nationally).

The aims of the centres include introducing ideas to the young about the importance of making healthy choices.

Tel: 0121-686 3411

Parents for Prevention

Provides support to carers of drug users.The project targets parents of pre-school children upwards and aims to provide them with accurate, balanced information about drugs and emphasises the importance of positive communication within the home.

Tel: 0121-200 2277

Ravenshurst Cottages

Residential accommodation and foyer scheme for young people (16-25) who may not have completed their education and may also be experiencing social problems, quite often associated with drug use. The foyer aims to remotivate them to return to education.

Tel: 0121-773 2926/2921
Website: www2.ebham.ac.uk/integra/

Saathi House

Youth project presently in the process of organising culturally sensitive workshops and education and training resources relating to drug use for the local community in Aston. Mainly targets young people (11-25) but will work with other groups as the need arises.

Tel: 0121-328 0013

Trident Housing Association

Provides several supported housing projects with staff on site who can offer assistance and relevant advice regarding drugs and alternatives.

Tel: 0121-633 4633

20-20 Programme

Project targeting disaffected students who have either dropped out of school, been excluded, or are at risk of exclusion (often experiencing drug related problems).

Tel: 0121-693 5379

Women in Theatre

Work through drama with women on probation orders - examining ways of breaking out of behaviour patterns that are associated with the likelihood of drug misuse.

Seeks, through assertiveness and improving communication skills, to raise individuals' self esteem.

Tel: 0121-440 4203

Youth Link Project (The Children's Society)

The project provides city centre outreach, specifically to youngsters on the streets who are under 17 years old.

Works closely with Drugline, but will make referrals to all Birmingham agencies.

Tel: 0121-236 0323