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Y.A.D.A.S
Young Adults Drugs and Alcohol Service
Open Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.30pm
Who are they?
YADAS is a Multi-Agency Service for young people under 19 years
whose lives are being affected by drugs and/or alcohol. It is a
voluntary organisation made up of:
- Bournemouth and Poole Social Services
- Dorset NHS Health Care Trust
- EDDAAS (see this page)
- Education
- Youth Offending Team
The partnership is designed to ensure that you get the best services
available under one roof.
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What do they offer?
- An easy-to-access service
in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
- A safe environment for young people to talk
- Information and Support about drugs and/or alcohol and the effects
that they have on health, safety, home life, school, the
law, friends.
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Confidentiality
Any information that you give them will be kept to themselves
and other members of the team. If they feel that there is concern
for your safety or the safety of others they may need to inform
other services to help you. But this will be discussed with you
first.
If you are 13-16 and require ongoing
support, but don’t
want your parents to know, they will need to carry out an assessment
of you. This tells them if they can legally respect your wishes.
To find out more about the YADAS confidentiality policy, contact
any member of the YADAS team.
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YADAS
also offer…
- A process of assessment
- One to one sessions
- Self-esteem, anger management and anxiety management group work
- Medical support
- Prescribing
- Counselling
- Education
- Drug and alcohol awareness
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Contacts:
Y.A.D.A.S Poole
448 Ashley Road
Poole
BH14 0AD
e-mail: yadas@poolebournemouth.fsnet.co.uk
Buzzline no: (01202) 741414
Fax no: (01202) 741411
Y.A.D.A.S Bournemouth
2 West Hill Road
Bournemouth
BH2 5PG
e-mail: yadas@bournemouthpoole.fsnet.co.uk
Buzzline no: (01202) 319191
Fax no: (01202) 319193
Website: www.eddas.fsnet.co.uk
To make an appointment, call in
or phone one of the above numbers.
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E.D.D.A.A.S
East Dorset Drugs and Alcohol Advisory Service
Who are they?
EDDAAS is staffed by a team of trained voluntary personnel who are
available to anyone whose life has been adversely affected by alcohol
or other drugs. The service is entirely free and strictly confidential.
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What
do they offer? Listening - they are available to listen if you need someone to
talk to. By contacting EDDAAS you can talk to a sympathetic and skilful
listener knowing that everything said will be treated in strictest
confidence.
Taking
Action – You
may wish to do something positive about your alcohol or drugs problem.
They can discuss the available options
with you. They can support you in your decision to help yourself.
Medication
Dependency – they
also offer assistance to those troubled by use of tranquillisers
or other medication, prescribed
or otherwise. This service operates with the knowledge of GPs.
Family
and Friends – EDDAAS
can also help the family and friends of those with a drug or alcohol
problem. This support can make a
difference to those going through a difficult experience.
Information – they
provide an information service to anyone who wants to know about
drugs in general or a particular substance.
Education – EDDAAS
can organise or contribute to events intended to raise the awareness
of and deepen understanding about alcohol
and other drug issues. They can also offer advice to anyone planning
programmes of drug education.
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only: (01202) 710616
Helpline: (01202) 733322
Medication dependency: (01202) 311500
Website: www.eddaas.fsnet.co.uk
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Release
What is Release?
Release provides a range of services dedicated to meeting the health,
welfare and legal needs of drug users and those who live and work
with them.
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24
hour telephone Helpline
– 0171 603 8654
The weekday Helplline gives callers access to professional welfare
and legal advisors 10am-6pm Monday to Friday. Trained volunteers
help maintain the service overnight and at weekends. Release staff
operate the service during office hours.
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Release
have legal staff that are able to advise on specialist areas of
drugs law as well as general criminal and other
legal procedures.
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Training
Release also offer training programmes nationwide to professionals
who work with drug users. They produce a range of publications and
educational literature on the legal and health aspects of drug use.
They organise specialist conferences and events. Release staff are
regularly called upon to provide expert evidence at drugs trials.
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388 Old Street
London
EC1V 9LT
Tel: 0171 729 5255
Fax: 0171 729 2599
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Talk to Frank
For
free confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day
talk
to FRANK:
Phone: 0800 776600
Website: www.talktofrank.com
E-mail: frank@talktofrank.com
If
you're deaf you can Textphone FRANK on 0800 917 8765.
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Before getting in touch
You
might want to read this before getting in touch...
- Calls from landlines are free and won't show up on the
phone bill. Calls from a mobile vary in cost depending
on which network you're
on and might show up on the bill.
- You can talk to FRANK in 120 languages - just call the
same number and a translator will be there if necessary.
- FRANK will try to reply to your email as quickly as possible.
It certainly won't take longer than 24 hours. The reply
will come from Talktofrank [Frank@talktofrank.com]
- To reply FRANK will need an email address. If you're worried
about someone reading your emails you could set up
a special email account
with someone like Yahoo, Hotmail or Lycos.
- FRANK will only ever reply to your emails. You will NEVER
EVER receive an email you didn't ask for from FRANK.
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Other contacts:
National Drugs
Helpline: 0800 776600
Drinkline: 0845
769755
A.A. (Alcoholics Anonymous): 0845 769755
The Samaritans: 08457 909090
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For
more information or if you would like to talk to someone
at the Advice Centre, please feel free to phone (01202
262291), email (info@quayadvice.co.uk)
or call in to the Quay Advice Centre (map)
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