Drugs education

• In the academic year 2007-08, 31,500 children participated in our unique school educational programmes.
• The schools outreach team visited 90 schools and youth organisations across 10 boroughs of London and Essex.
• Schools workers also visited schools in Scotland, Hertfordshire and North Yorkshire.
• Over 100 parents have attended parents drugs awareness sessions.

Crisis support line

• We currently answer in excess of 600 calls a year to the crisis line, from drug and alcohol users, families and affected others.
• The service is also provided in Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu, Hebrew and Yiddish.

Counselling

• More than 650 one-to-one counselling sessions were held during the year.

Volunteering

• 65 volunteers are trained in basic listening and counselling skills, and respond to telephone calls and see drop-in clients.
• The volunteer training course has been accredited by OCN (Open College Network).