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Local support for:

 

Adults

Young People

Carers & Service Users

 

National Agencies

 

 

 

Below is a list of support groups, agencies and organisations. If you feel there is any information missing from this list, please email us.

 


Adults:

 

The Orion Centre

 

Tel: 023 92451500

Fax: 023 92451540

Address: Dunsbury Way, Leigh Park, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 5BG

 

Referral Method: Referral route through Tier 2 service, Spotlight

 

History

 

The Portsmouth City Teaching PCT Substance Misuse Service in Havant opened in July 1995.  The Orion Centre offers specialist interventions ranging from Assessments; Substitute prescribing, 1:1 Counselling; Care Management: Specialist group work; Detoxification (Baytrees by referral) and Residential Rehabilitation Centres; CARE Psychosocial Counselling Interventions for people affected with drug and alcohol misuse.

 

 

Current Activities

 

We are delivering specialist treatment to people with a range of social issues based on inclusion and self-directed provision.

 

The service is underpinned by a commitment to involving service users and Carers at every level of service delivery.

 

Future Plans

 

The Triage service has been transferred to the voluntary sector Spotlight, which will enable the service to provide t

 

 


Young People:

 

 

 


Carers & Service Users:

 

 

 


National Agencies:

 

Phoenix Futures

 

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Phoenix Futures is the leading U.K network of drug and alcohol treatment specialists. The charity provides a highly effective range of services in residential (Adult, Family and Women only), community and prison settings that each year help thousands of people transform their lives.

DAAT - Hampshire Drug & Alcohol Action Team

 

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Hampshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) are a multi-agency partnership responsible for implementing the national drug strategy at a local (Hampshire County) level. It aims to reduce the harm caused by drugs to individuals, their families and communities through focussing on the four key themes of the Govt's strategy.
Alcoholics Anonymous UK

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This website provides links to websites maintained by Alcoholics Anonymous in the UK
Drugscope

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The site of the Drugscope contains summaries of British laws, statistics and news reports on drugs. It has information about various drugs available in the UK as well as treatment developments and a drug encyclopaedia. This is a rapidly extending site and has links to other sites.
Re-solv

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The website of Re-Solv, the only national charity solely dedicated to the prevention of solvent and volatile substance abuse (VSA). Contains information for young people. parents and professionals.
Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal & Recovery

 

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Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal and Recovery, this site contains a comprehensive range of information relating to benzodiazepines. It includes a series of FAQs, news page, list of doctors and experts and information on symptoms and withdrawal.
Alcohol Concern

 

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The home-page of alcohol concern. This is an extremely useful website and contains fact-sheets on many aspects of alcohol use. It contains pages on the recommended drinking levels. Find the alcohol ready-reckoner which is certainly useful in helping to accurately calculate alcohol units.
Trashed

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Health Promotion England’s website on drugs. Gives information on drugs, their origins, effects, the risks, the law and what to do in an emergency.

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The main purpose of drugtext and drugtext foundation is the dissemination and production of information on substance use, addiction, harm reduction, international and national drug policy.

 

 

 

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