The Partnership Development Team

APAS

APAS is an independent provider of all kinds of services designed to reduce the harm alcohol causes to individuals, families and the communities they live in.

Cirrus 9

Cirrus 9 supports complementary therapies within substance misuse services. Based in Nottingham, it provides a platform for development, good practice and service user feedback.

• To promote the development of specialist complementary healthcare practice for the treatment of substance misuse.
• To support the standardisation and regulation of complementary healthcare in the substance misuse field.
• To further the development of an evidence base for the efficacy of complementary therapies as an adjunct treatment intervention for substance misusers.
• To support service user demand for ongoing, accessible and affordable complementary health care services.

Double Impact

Double Impact provides a service for people who have experienced problematic drug or alcohol use, offering support which includes access to housing, personal development, training, education and employment.

Hetty's

An organisation providing quality confidential support for parents, carers, family and friends of illicit drug users (covers North Nottinghamshire area).

Last Orders

Last Orders is a service which offeres practical and confidential advice to people in Nottingham who want to cut down on the amount of alcohol they drink.

Let's Build

Let's Build is an information service aiming to inform communities about services available, whilst providing advice and support around drug and alcohol issues. Let's Build wants to enable communities to have a voice and ensure that their wants and needs are listened to.

Let's Build delivers a comprehensive training programme, detail of which can be found on their website.

Nottingham Crime & Drugs Partnership

Nottingham Crime & Drugs Partnership (CDP) is a partnership resource with the aim of tackling Crime, Drugs & Anti-Social Behaviour issues. The CDP is made up of a broad spectrum of agencies from the Police and Fire Service to the Local Authority and Local Strategic Partnership, along with groups and individuals who work directly with the community. Their website consists of information and advice about services the CDP commissions as well as ones provided by services and agencies the CDP works with.

Safer Nottinghamshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT)

Nottinghamshire County Drug and Alcohol Action Team is an active, working partnership that seeks to break the harm done to society by the problematic use of drugs and alcohol. They do this by commissioning drug treatment services, and working with partners to achieve the targets and priorities set by the government in the 7 districts of Nottinghamshire County. The web site is designed to introduce you to the wide-ranging work and priorities of the Nottinghamshire County Drug and Alcohol Action Team partnership. The site will show you the main strands of the strategy and show how the Nottinghamshire County Drug and Alcohol Action Team fit into the various public policy arenas.

Referrers Guide

The Referrers Guide lists resources that can be accessed directly on behalf of clients who may need help with drug and alcohol problems and people affected by the drug and alcohol use of others. It also includes guidelines, diversity information and a section on service user and carer involvement.

Thru-Care

The Thru-care website eeks to cover all the organisations and people in the Nottingham area who have an interest and commitment to addiction recovery.

It seeks to show them how to access services and what they might expect when they do. The aim is to empower those in recovery and the carers and friends who support them, to find the help they want, when they want it, and to access it successfully.