Better Lives - Islington's Drug and Alcohol Service
Better Lives is an integrated drug and alcohol service delivered by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with WDP and Humankind.
We offer a free and confidential support service for individuals and their families affected by drug and alcohol problems.
Our specialist team include substance misuse practitioners, doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and pharmacists, as well as complementary therapists, volunteers and peer mentors. Together we offer a high quality and professional service that supports individuals and their families who wish to receive advice, assessment and treatment for their drug and/or alcohol problems. We also offer advice and training to local community organisations.
What we offer
One-to-one key working
Group work and day programme
BBV testing and treatment
Treatment in GP’s surgeries
Assessment and access to residential detoxification and rehabilitation
Debt and housing advice
Specialist women’s groups and support
Psychological therapy, counselling and group work
Self-help and mutual aid groups
Aftercare services including skills coaching
A health and wellbeing service for people who use substances at lower levels, including alcohol, club drugs, cannabis and cocaine
Reintegration and Aftercare - education, training and employment (ETE) support
Family and carers’ support and advice
Where we are based
99-101 Seven Sisters Road, N7 7QP
Opening hours: Monday: 9.15am-8pm, Tuesday: 1pm-5pm, Wednesday: 9.15am-5pm, Thursday: 1pm-5pm, Friday: 9.15am-6pm (between 5-6 is not open access)
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am-5pm, Thursday: 1pm-5pm. There is late night access to this site for planned events on Wednesday and Fridays – for more information on this please contact the site.
18+
Our service is free and open to all Islington residents aged 18 or over, as well as their families and carers.
Better Lives Family Service
Better Lives also offers a service to families living in Islington who have a child or children under 18 years of age where the parent is using drugs or alcohol and adults who are affected by the drug or alcohol problems of someone close to them.
Better Lives, a service within C&I in partnership with Humankind and WDP, is excited to announce the launch of its brand new educational podcast, 'That Alcohol and Drug Podcast', which will look at issues relating to drugs and alcohol.
Have you ever wondered where alcohol or drugs originated from? Or how they affect your brain or body? Or even the negative impacts alcohol or drugs has on families? That Alcohol and Drug Podcast will help to answer all of these questions!
Better Lives - Islington's Drug and Alcohol Service
What we offer
Where we are based
Opening hours: Monday: 9.15am-8pm, Tuesday: 1pm-5pm, Wednesday: 9.15am-5pm, Thursday: 1pm-5pm, Friday: 9.15am-6pm (between 5-6 is not open access)
Opening hours: Monday: 9am-5pm, Tuesday: 9am-5pm, Wednesday: 9am-8pm, Thursday: 9am-5pm (closed between 2pm-4pm), Friday: 9am-5pm
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am-5pm, Thursday: 1pm-5pm. There is late night access to this site for planned events on Wednesday and Fridays – for more information on this please contact the site.
18+Our service is free and open to all Islington residents aged 18 or over, as well as their families and carers.
Better Lives Family Service
Better Lives also offers a service to families living in Islington who have a child or children under 18 years of age where the parent is using drugs or alcohol and adults who are affected by the drug or alcohol problems of someone close to them.
Find out more about the Better Lives Family Service by visiting the Humankind website here.
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