Advice and Information

If you are worried about drug or alcohol use (your own or someone else’s) you can contact Independence Trust’s drug and alcohol service.

Here you can get advice, support and information from a member of our experienced and trained team in a safe and confidential environment.

Assessment and referral

Together with one of our team you can consider the support that would help you to make changes in your life. We can then help put this support in place. Support might include referral to an NHS specialist service but might also be about other aspects of your life such as your general health, housing, or work.

Ongoing One to One support

After your first appointment you can arrange to see one of our staff regularly and put together an individual support package to meet your particular needs.

Complimentary Therapies

We offer complementary therapies to help you relax and handle cravings and feelings of stress.

Needle Exchange

Independence Trust runs needle exchange services around the county providing safe injecting equipment as well as advice, information, guidance and the opportunity to access our other services. You will need to return needles to us after use and we provide facilities for this to happen safely.

Group work

Some people find that they prefer to access support in small groups and we run various groups around the county where you can address your drinking or drug use. Details are available from any of our staff team.

For information about how to access our services simply click on this link.

Community Integration Service

The Community Integration Service (CIS) is a drug rehabilitation day programme.

The activities and groups are aimed at helping people with drug issues, either past or present, who want to make positive changes in their lives.

We are open five days a week (Monday to Friday) and everyone’s programme is individually tailored to suit their needs.

A variety of options are available including:

• Relapse Prevention

• Key working sessions and action planning
• Life skills
• IT
• Literacy & Numeracy
• Cooking
• Recreation
• Welfare
• Progress 2 Work

Progress 2 Work

Progress 2 Work, delivered from the Community Integration Service, helps people into employment. If you are thinking about starting work, we offer:

• Help in identifying and overcoming barriers into employment
• C.V. writing
• Disclosure of criminal convictions advice
• Job searching advice and facilities
• Interview techniques

We also offer one-to-one support and groups, sometimes with guest speakers. You will receive specialist advice and guidance to explore your options and prepare you for the best route to employment.

The Community Integration Service holds ‘Introduction sessions’ every Thursday at noon for anybody interested in joining. These last approximately half an hour and give you the opportunity to find out more and book an assessment.

For information about how to access our services simply click on this link.

Community Outreach Team

Many people find it difficult to ask for help with their drug or alcohol problems. To make it easier for them to find the help they need our staff visit a variety of community settings such as the homeless day centre.

The aims are

• To be responsive to peoples immediate needs
• To help individuals who are not yet receiving support
• To help groups who are not yet receiving support
• To make communities, families and professionals more aware of services and how to access them

For information about how to access our services simply click on this link.

Floating Support

This community based service helps individuals to maintain their independence. The aim is to support people to:

• Have more choices
• Feel more secure
• Live independently
• Have a better social life

For information about how to access our services simply click on this link to Contact Us.