Transcript Sub-group And Community Councils

ADP Communities Sub-group
Community-led Responses to Alcohol and Drug Issues
Presentation to Community Council’s Discussion Forum
Parish Halls, Glasgow, 21st April 2012
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Community-led Responses….
• Communities Sub-group (overview)
• Strategic framework
• Glasgow GRANDweek
• Ripple Effect
• Licensing Issues
• Community Assets and Recovery
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Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Communities Sub-group
• Re-established 2004, meets bi-monthly
• Multi-agency. Key partners: alcohol and drug
forums, GCSS, service user & recovery groups;
ADP, Community Health Partnership, Glasgow
Addiction Services, Police, Glasgow Council on
Alcohol, Fire & Rescue, Glasgow City Council,
Glasgow Life, Scottish Drugs Forum, etc
• GCSS chair / administrate (Service Manager and
Alcohol & Drugs Development Worker)
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Aims
‘Promoting community responses to alcohol
and drug issues’
and
‘Protecting our communities from alcohol
and drug-related crime, disorder and
antisocial behaviour’
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Alcohol & Drugs Planning Structures
Glasgow City Alcohol
& Drugs Partnership
(Operational)
Glasgow Licensing Board
&
Glasgow Licensing Forum
Glasgow Community
Safety Partnership
Communities
Sub-group
Alcohol & Drug Forums
Community Councils
Community Reference Groups
Public Partnership Forums
Residents / tenant groups
Youth Networks
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Glasgow’s SOA Priorities
Healthy
• Alcohol consumption and alcohol related harm (P2)
• Drug addiction (P5)
Safe
• Crime related to alcohol consumption (P16)
• Antisocial behaviour (P18)
Vibrant
• Involvement and participation in cultural, sporting,
volunteering activities (P11)
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Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Local Outcomes
LO3. Reduce public acceptance and incidence of
over-consumption of alcohol and its subsequent
negative impacts
LO16. Reduce harm caused by drugs addiction
LO23. Improve residents’ aspirations, confidence,
decision making capacity and involvement in
community life
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Strategic Links
• Ripple Effect Research
• Glasgow ADP Alcohol & Drugs Strategy
• Prevention and Education Model
• Community Safety Strategic Assessment
• Director of Public Health’s Report
• National alcohol and drugs strategies
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Ripple Effect Research
• What is the impact of alcohol in Glasgow’s
communities?
• Answer, via 4,700 people, showed 95% ‘negative
impact’ responses, including:
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Impact on ‘sense of safety’
Increase in antisocial behaviour
Parks being ‘no-go’ areas
Increase in litter
Abuse/intimidation by (young) people re. alcohol sale
Increase in violence and increase in vandalism
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Communities and Licensing Issues
• Expansion in supply/availability and affordability
of alcohol.
• 2005 Act introduced consideration of the impact
of the sale of alcohol on public health.
• Overprovision assessment.
• Community Councils’ role as consultees on local
licensing applications.
• Community engagement and intelligence.
• Role of Licensing Forum.
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
GRANDweek 2012
• GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
• Takes place 8th – 15th September
• Aims:
– Raise awareness
– Get communities involved
– Build partnerships and networks
• Opportunity for community council involvement
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Asset Based Approaches
• Involve communities in service design & delivery
• Focus on prevention and education as opposed
to expensive late intervention
• Harness community energy for change and
health improvement
• Mobilise community assets
• Need to ensure that…”Public services are built
around people and communities, their needs,
aspirations, capacities and skills, and work to
build up their autonomy and resilience.” Christie
Commission 2011
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Recovery Communities
• Aim to create ‘recovery friendly’ communities
• Based on work by William White and others
• Building/strengthening relationships between
treatment organisations and local recovery
• Shift addiction treatment from an acute care
model to a model of sustained recovery
management.
• Role of communities as core element
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Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Capacity-building and Support for
Community Councils
Alcohol and Drugs
• GCSS Alcohol and Drugs Development Worker.
• Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) Prevention
and Education teams (North East, North West
and South) offer training, awareness sessions,
information service, access to resources, etc.
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Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Communities Sub-group Achievements
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Consistent messages (Glasgow and local views)
Information exchange (funding, policy, practice)
Responding to consultation and/or lobbying
Resource sharing
Tackle discrimination / reduce stigma
Research (The Ripple Effect)
Develop and promote recovery opportunities
Mutual support
Access to Funding
Networking / Building partnerships……………..
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues
Further Information
www.glasgowgrand.org
Stephen Birrell
Service Manager (Alcohol, Drugs & Communities)
Glasgow Community & Safety Services
Eastgate
727 London Road
Glasgow, G40 3AQ
p: 0141 276 7654
m: 07767 821696
e: [email protected]
GRAND Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs
Community responses to alcohol and drug issues