Alcohol Strategy 2009-2012
Wigan Borough Alcohol Strategy 2009 - 2012 (.pdf, 505.5KB)
Alcohol treatment service providers
Community Alcohol Team
The Substance Misuse Service now also provides the main Community Alcohol service and is open to individuals over 18 who require medication to treat their alcohol problem.
Service provision includes:
- prescribed medication
- harm reduction
- access to rehab & detoxification
- ITEP and MI based counselling
- an aftercare service
- an extended brief intervention service
The service is base at Coops Foyer in Wigan or 14 Brown street north, Leigh
Telephone Number: 0800 389 4463
The Willow Project
The Willow Project is a voluntary organisation run by women for women offering a free and confidential service to women in the Wigan Borough.
Supporting women who:
- would like to reduce or be in control of their drinking
- wish to or need to abstain from drinking
- are waiting for detox
- have been discharged from detox
- are concerned about someone else's drinking
Willow aims to:
- offer a friendly and welcoming environment
- be flexible and responsive to women's needs
- offer a choice of alternative therapies
- introduce alternative lifestyles
- support access to new opportunities
- improve quality of life
- build self esteem and self confidence
- Enhance coping skills
- to reduce isolation and enable women who use our services
- to feel part of the community
http://www.willowproject.com
Contact Willow on -0800 389 4463
L.O.C.A.L – 100% PERCENT PROOF.
If you’re recovering from alcohol Misuse and need someone to talk to, a safe place to go and friendly faces who know exactly how you feel, then contact L.O.C.A.L. (Locally, Organised, Communities, for Alcohol free Living).
L.O.C.A.L offers a warm friendly atmosphere to relax, have a brew and if you like talk freely and openly about your sobriety. We are a totally Abstinence based group, so nobody at our meeting will be drunk and everyone will have some sobriety under their belts even if it is only a few days.
We understand that recovering from alcohol misuse isn’t easy, but we are 100% proof that there is life without booze.
Contact LOCAL on – 0800 389 4463
Or look them up at http://www.100percentproof.org.uk
BRAG
BRAG is an alcohol support group based in Hindley near Wigan. They Offer a relaxing atmosphere where your issues around alcohol can be confidentially talked about. Support, information and guidance is available as well as a vast knowledge of local support networks.
Brag meets a few times a week in and around the Hindley area.
Contact BRAG on 0800 389 4463
