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Meeting Times

coupland — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:43:08 CDT

City of London Service Users Meeting Schedule

Date	Time	Group/Meeting	Venue
Friday 4th April	11:30	O/D Training and Chesington World of Adventures application	St Barts
Friday 18th April	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 2nd May	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 16th May	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 30th May	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 13th June	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 27th June	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 11th July	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts
Friday 25th July	11:30	T/B/C	St Barts

For more informatin about how to get to the Meetings(St Barts address is) Dept. of psychol. medicine, William Harvey House, Bartholomew Close, EC1. But please don't hesitate to contact me via E-mail at mikecoups@hotmail.co.uk or phone 07983 486860, and i will be happy to help you find our friendly meetings.
From the 1st of april in the new financial year their will be meeting's held between the SUG's and the DAT to review and discuss services and how affected they are and what changes need to be made to make them more user friendly.

Useful Contacts

coupland — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:50:44 CST

Single point of contact(24hrs)	0800 023 4831
City of Lndon Drug Action Team	020 7456 1442
Homerton Specialist Addiction Unit	020 8510 8629
City and Hackney Alcohol Service	020 7613 1313
FRANK	0800 77 66 00
Addaction, hackney communinty Drug Service	020 8985 3757
Adfam (Family Surport)	020 7533 7640
A&E Royal London	020 7377 7781
NHS Direct	0845 46 47
Alcohol Anonymous	0845 769 7555
CITA (Tranquiliser addiction)	0151 949 0102
City Road Crisis Intervention	020 7278 8671
Mind	0845 766 0163
Narcotics Anonymous	0845 373 3366
Nationl Alcohol Helpline	0800 917 8282

Samaritans

08457 90 90 90

Outings and Events

coupland — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:47:36 CST

Since I have been a member of the city of London service users group I have been on several trip's or days and nights out, now I know what your thinking , People with drug and alcohol abuse problems going out for a night on the town. Let me assure you there is no desire to even use drugs or alcohol whilst on a trip out, firstly because we are representing the City of London Drug Action Team and don't want to embarrass them, and secondly I have found that a good night can be had by all without Drugs or Alcohol. Some of the evenings that I have experienced with the Service Users Group have been purely unforgettable and thats just my experience, and I am not for a second speaking on behalf of the other service users. Personally I have been to the theater twice and on a day trip to south end for the day. All well worth it and memory's that are positive and good in the aid to recovery. The group Normally decides to do something about every two months, due to funding and place availability. The next outing or day out ,is in the pipe line and is to be held in a month or so ,and from the group consensus last time I went to the group we are planing to go, Go-Karting and were just waiting for it to warm up a little bit before undertaking this activity ,if you think you can come up with a idea nothing is to to silly and all surgestions will be taken in to acccount. Watch this space for other service users opinions about the recent outings and there thoughts and for the next outing as mine alone could be construed as biased, it will be posted on this web page so everyone knows about it well in advance. so watch this space.
Im am pleased to announce that there is a day out to Chesington World of Adventures , in the pipe line and is open to the regular service users who attend the group( this is down to cost and limited spaces)
To get your name on the list make sure you attend our next meeting which is being held on the 4th April 08, and you will be double luckey as to get your name on the list for Chesington and also learn about Over dose prevention and primary care, in an over dose situation.

Training+Harm Reduction

coupland — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:55:24 CST

Due to the short time that the service users have Training isn't as regulary held as would be ideal,but as a group there is some time set aside some times to receive vital training and to get some useful knowledge about, OD, Safe sex, Blood born viruses, and needle exchange are all a help to service users and available whenever the group as a whole or an individual wants or need it.

City of London Service Users Group

coupland — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:53:12 CST

The City of London's Service Users Group(sug)
Introduction
Welcome to the City of London (COL) Service Users Group's (SUG) website. Recent changes in government legislation have dictated that "Service Users" should have at least some if not the majority of influence in the treatment/methods and policy (i.e. an influence regarding their own treatment in the COL and surrounding area's) but mainly for client's that live within the city's square mile, as this is where the D.A.T's jurisdiction is mostly applicable.
Though the COL SUG's is mainly affiliated with the Drug/Action/Team the group always strives to be independent in their views and objectives, towards Drug and Alcohol treatment, its always the clients needs that come first. Opinions are equally valued regardless of personal circumstance or status, to put it bluntly everyone is welcome to attend our meetings, without fear of any untoward opinions or judgements against them or to hold fear that they will be treated differently because of their situation.
The Drug/Action/Team (D.A.T) is in the Square Mile of London and has a Users Group meeting every other Friday. This lasts about an hour and is a chance for the users to get together and have a chat about the services that they are receiving and to get help in their recovery from Alcohol and Drug abuse.
For more information about Meeting Times and locations please navigate to the Meetings link.

D.A.T Services

coupland — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:09:42 CST

The Arrest Referral Scheme is based at Snow hill and Bishopsgate police stations.If someone is arrested fr a "trigger offence "( where drug abuse is likley to be a conritbuting factor) they will be drug-tested by the plice and if the result is positive for class A's, they will then be assessed by an arrest referral practioner based there. the next stage is to then start (or restart) treatment or to accept some harm minimisation advice about their drug use . If the perso is arrested for a non-trigger offence but would like surport, advice or a referral into treatment they can request it from the custody sergeant or an arreast referral practitioner visting the cells.
the Homerton Specialist Addiction Unit in Hackney is a high quality NHS service which offers a range of treatment services for people using drugs in the city of London incliding:

precribing
counseling
testing for hepatitis B,C and HIV
vaccinations
sexual health screening
relapse prevention
therapy

3. The City Outreach Service provides harm reductionadvice and needle exchange to those who sleep rough in
the City. They can also refer people to other servicessuch as GP's and Drug treatment.

4. The City Tenancy Surpport Scheme gives housing surport to vulnerable residents who live within the city
boundary or who live in property provided by the City of London. this service helps with tenancy , welfare benifits
budgeting,advice.People can be refered to us by the City DAT, adult services, and City Housing Department.

5. The City Care Management Service for substance misuse is a dedicated service for those who in contact with
drug services in the City. The service provides care coordination,assesment for detox, rehab, throughcare and
aftercare surpport.

Service users Group

coupland — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:01:14 CST

The city of London service users group (sug) is made up of about 5-10 members all at different stages of recovery from either Drug or Alcohol abuse, and its a really friendly environment to be involved in and, receive treatment from. The group it's self is held at St barts hospital near the Barbican tube station and lasts about an hour every other Friday morning.The next Meeting is being held on the 22nd/02/08 @11:30.For more information about where and when the next meeting is being held please follow the Meetings link.