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ADP Website launch |
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A special launch event was held in
An Lanntair, in Stornoway, to mark Alcohol Awareness Week in October. The
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the ADP website which will act
as a main information point for drug and alcohol services in the Western Isles.
For further information
please contact Suzanne MacAulay, Substance
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Date added: 6th
October 2010 |
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Welcome
to Suzanne MacAulay |
Welcome
to Suzanne MacAulay who recently took up post with Health Promotion as Alcohol
and Drug Partnership's (ADP) Substance Misuse Development Officer. Based
at the Health Promotion office at Bank Street, Suzanne and her family have relocated
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Aberdeen, where she worked previously in the field of adult education.
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Welcome
to Alasdair MacLeod |
Welcome
to Alasdair MacLeod who recently took up post with Health Promotion as Alcohol
and Drug Partnership's (ADP) Administrator. Based
at the Health Promotion office at Bank Street, Alasdair has previously been employed
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as part-time Clinical Strategy Project Assistant, and Condition Management Programme
Worker. |
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added: 27th September 2010 |
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Community Open Days |
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Community Safety Partnership took
part in the recent Community Open Days offering members of the public alcohol
and drug information, advice and assistance. The
Community Open Days were held | 
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Uig, Lochs and Tarbert during 7th-11th June 2010. For
further information please contact Sharon
Evans, Community Safety Support Officer.
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New website for A.D.P. |
The Alcohol &
Drug Partnership (ADP) is due to launch their own website in the autumn, which
will centralise information on all drug and alchol agencies and related services
in the Western Isles.
The new
site will ensure that information is more easily accessible, and it will also
act as a referral mechanism between services so it is clear what services are
available in the area. Further information about the website will be made available
nearer its launch. For
further information
please contact Wendy Ingledew, Substance
misuse Coordinator. |
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Date added: 8th
July 2010 |
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Funding to Tackle
Alcohol Misuse |
The Alcohol &
Drug Partnership (ADP) and NHS Western Isles welcomed the commitment shown by
the Scottish Government to combating the issues around alcohol within Scotland
by maintaining its funding for 2010-11. Over
the last 5 years the Scottish Government has provided funds to the Western Isles
to support local treatment, support and prevention activities which have resulted
in a range of services throughout the Western Isles. These have included counselling
services, a supported accommodation project, intensive day care programmes, supported
employment projects, an Alcohol Liaison Nurse, training events for statutory and
voluntary agencies, an Alcohol Health Needs Assessment and campaigns within the
media and at community events. For
further information
please contact Wendy Ingledew, Substance
misuse Coordinator. |
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Date added: 8th
July 2010 |
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Farewell
to Alice Spencer |
Alice Spencer,
Alcohol and Drug Partnership's (ADP) Substance Misuse Development Officer, recently
left Health Promotion to pursue her dream job in Australia. Alice
will be based at a cattle station called Labelle in the Northern Territories mapping
a 100,000 acre plot of land as | 
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she will be working for becomes more environmentally sensitive and sustainable.
Alice said, "From what I have heard, if I can survive heat, humidity,
helicopter rides, cattle mustering and salt water crocs, I'll be just fine!"
We wish her well in her new role.
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A.D.P.
Xmas Campaign 2009 |
In
conjunction with Community Safety Partnership, A.D.P. embarked on a campaign to
raise awareness of safer drinking | 
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the objective of engaging members of the public with an alcohol quiz. The
quiz was given out in a pack which included a units measure glass, a fact sheet,
leaflets, fruit bar and units wheel to encourage people to think about safer drinking
during an especially boozy month! Display stands were manned by CSP and ADP staff
in the co-op, An Lanntair, Council offices, the Nicolson Institute social area
and An Caladh in Benbecula with advice and information about alcohol use. The
quiz was also made available during the ADP officer's educational inputs throughout
December in Shawbost school, Sir E Scott school in Harris and Castlebay youth
café training in Barra. From
over one hundred hopeful quiz applicants, the three winners selected included
runners up Rhonda Copeland winning £100 sports shop vouchers, Amanda Mitchell
who won a surf lesson and overall winner Hannah Knight who received gym membership.
For further
information please contact Wendy Ingledew,
Substance misuse Coordinator.
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Date added: 16th
March 2010 |
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New
Chairman for A.D.P. |
The Alcohol & Drug Partnership
would like to welcome Chief Inspector Gordon MacLeod who took up Chairmanship
of the A.D.P. on 9th December 2009. For
further information
please contact Wendy Ingledew, Substance
misuse Coordinator.
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added: 16th March 2010 |
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Reducing
alcohol related health
damage |
Screening for alcohol related health
risks is being carried out throughout the Western Isles. View Press
Release. Screening
consists of brief discussions with patients about their drinking patterns and
levels, comparisons to daily recommended limits, and advice about reducing risk
of suffering harm if indicated. The health professional can then give advice about
how change may be achieved if the patient wishes to reduce their risk.
For
further information please contact Wendy
Ingledew, Substance Misuse Coordinator.
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Date added: 8th
July 2009 |
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Hebridean
Celtic Festival 2009 |
In partnership with
staff from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Community Education,
a drop-in facility aimed at under 18's will be held at the Hebridean Celtic Festival.
As well
as offering displays, information, advice and sign-posting on a range of issues,
young people will be asked for their input towards a future publication - a young
person's information 'snapfax'. For
further information please contact Maggie
MacLeod, CAMHS CPN. |
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Date added: 8th
July 2009 |
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Pointers Youth Drop-In
Cafe | In
partnership with Lews Sports Centre, the
Lewis & Harris Sports Directory has underwent a complete redesign. Accompanying
promotional materials were also
created to promote physical activity and raise awareness of forthcoming sporting
events and activities throughout the Western Isles. For
further information
please contact Sara Aboud, Senior Health
Promotion Officer. |
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Date added: 22nd
June 2009 |
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Uist & Barra
Football Association |
In conjunction with
Smokefree Hebrides, substance misuse staff
worked in partnership with the Uist & Barra Football Association to raise
awareness and improve general knowledge of health issues and the dangers of smoking
and misusing other substances, like alcohol and drugs. For
further information
please contact Mustapha Hocine,
Substance Misuse Coordinator (Uists & Barra). |
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Date added: 2009 |
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Drug and Alcohol
Training |
Drug
and Alcohol Training for workplaces was provided recently which provides a basic
understanding of the signs, effects and risks of drug and alcohol misuse. Training
set out best practice approach to dealing with drug and alcohol related problems
at work through workplace policy. For further information please contact Norma
MacLeod, Healthy Working Lives Coordinator |
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