Reach Drug & Alcohol Services

Reach Drug and Alcohol Services offers support to those over 18 who wish to address their drug and alcohol use. It offers:

• Advice & information for drug and/or alcohol users or anyone concerned about someone’s use (friends, family, employers)
• Prescribing options, delivered by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
• Harm reduction interventions and Needle exchange
• Group work programmes
• One to one key working
• Whole Family support and interventions
• Aftercare and post treatment programmes and activities
• Accredited mentoring courses
• Young People Substance Misuse advice, information, brief interventions and engagement delivered by Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

We have three hubs (Christchurch, Gillingham and Weymouth), and a number of satellite services, across the county where you can get support.

Reach offers one to one support and a number of different groups across the county. Opening hours are available to download. Out of hours appointments can be arranged by appointment in most locations.

You can call us to find out what support is available to you in your area on:

0800 043 4656

If you would like to refer someone to Reach you can do this at https://pds.drugreferrals.com.

If you are in need of help and support for your mental wellbeing, a new helpline has been launched by Mind especially for people living in Dorset. Lines are open from 9am – 11 pm. Please call:

01202 314577

Reach Drug & Alcohol Service is a Dorset County Council commissioned service provided by a partnership between EDP Drug & Alcohol Services (EDP), Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust (AWP) and Essential Drug and Alcohol Services (EDAS).

Harm Reduction

We want to keep people safe, so for those who are taking substances, please follow the advice detailed in our new harm minimisation guidance.

Support in Dorset

In addition to our useful library of resources to help you stay well, focused and on track in your recovery, we have some specific services that may be of benefit to our Reach clients and their friends and family:

Domestic Violence 

www.dorset.police.uk/abuse-help

www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/dvahelp

Relative Support

Find out about our remote relative support group HERE

Drug Driving

Find out about the dangers of drug driving in Dorset and access support right across Dorset from our partner agencies in this specially produced leaflet

Recovery

Take a look at the wide range of groups on offer below through Reach, many of which are continuing to operate remotely.