Fife ADP Newsletter
Summer 2015
ADP Support Team
Co-ordinator
Mark Steven
Policy Officer
Rebecca Shovlin
Admin Support
To be confirmed
Alcohol and Drug Services in Fife
Fife continues to have
a wide variety of
services available to
help tackle Alcohol
and Drug misuse. The
Fife Alcohol and Drug
Partnership continue
to invest money into
prevention, recovery
and treatment for
drugs and alcohol.
Through the money
invested in these
services a number of
people have been
helped in their
recovery from alcohol
and drug misuse.
Education has also
been provided in
schools to help
prevent young
people misusing drugs
or alcohol and
getting an
understanding of
where help can be
found if required. This
newsletter will
highlight past and up
and coming events in
the local and
surrounding areas. If
you require any
further information
New look for ADAPT!
ADAPT now have a
new much brighter
look! Keep an eye out
for their bright yellow
posters and leaflets.
ADAPT offer drop in
clinics throughout Fife,
and offer free
confidential advice
where they can also
refer you onto other
services if required. If
you need leaflets or
posters for display,
please contact the
team on 01592
321321.
please visit our
website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/f
ifeadp where a list of
services and useful
phone numbers can
be found.
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Clued-Up Girls Group
SMART Meetings
SMART meetings are available
throughout Fife; these meetings
are open to everyone and are
listed below.
Clued-Up are going
to be running a girls
group this summer
from the 14th July for 5
weeks. This group will
look into selfconfidence and selfesteem issues that
young females face.
Clued-Up is aimed at
helping young people
under the age of 25.
They provide
substance misuse
support and relevant
information on drug
and alcohol misuse.
For more information
on Clued-Up or the
girls group, please
contact Laura
Crombie on 01592
858248.
Naloxone
Distribution
Fife ADP is still
committed to getting
more Naloxone
distributed through
different organisations
and agencies in Fife.
You can obtain
Naloxone via drop in
services with
Addaction (0800 917
9211), or through NHS
Fife Addiction Services
(01592 716446)
Wednesday
Oakley Community Centre
10.30am-12pm
DAPL Office, Leven
11am-12.30pm
YMCA Glenrothes
1.30pm-3.30pm (Free lunch at
2pm)
Thursday
FIRST Office, Dunfermline
2.00pm-3.30pm
6.30pm-8.00pm
Adamson Hospital, Cupar
3.00pm-4.30pm
Friday
FIRST Office, Kirkcaldy
2.30pm-4.00pm
Find out more at
http://www.smartrecovery.org.uk
Addiction Workers Training Project
Reaches Its 10th Anniversary
The Addiction Workers
Training Project has
proved to be a great
success. This project
has now reached a
huge milestone hitting
its 10th anniversary.
The project aims to
support and train
individuals who have
previously had a
problem with drug or
alcohol misuse. It also
helps to prepare
people for
employment in the
social care field.
Fife Alcohol and
Drugs Partnership
have felt that this has
been a great project
to invest in. Whilst
giving individuals the
opportunity to gain
qualifications, it has
also given the
individuals
experience to then
progress into paid
employment.
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FIRST Annual General Meeting
Fife Intensive
Rehabilitation and
Substance Misuse
Team (FIRST) held their
Annual General
Meeting at the Main
Office base in
Kirkcaldy earlier in
June.
A drumming display
courtesy of the Men’s
Group opened the
event and was
followed by four
speakers from FIRST,
all of whom are in
recovery from their
substance misuse.
Two of these clients
have recently
completed a 26 week
period in residential
rehabilitation at
Phoenix Futures in
Glasgow.
A poignant moment
of the afternoon was
a speech given by
April Adam, Service
Manager who
delivered a eulogy for
Lena Graham,
Chairperson of FIRST
from its inception in
2003 until her untimely
death in December
2014. FIRST has a
memorial bench in
their garden for Lena
and this was available
for all to see at the
AGM.
The AGM was
rounded off with a
Guitar demonstration,
also by the Men’s
Group. Further
Information about
FIRST can be found at
www.firstforfife.co.uk
or by telephoning
01592 585960.
NEW A.D.A.M Website Launched
A new website has
recently been
launched called
A.D.A.M, A.D.A.M
stands for Another’s
Drinking Affects Me.
The website is aimed
at helping young
people affected by
someone else’s
alcohol use. The
website has been
developed by
Alcohol Focus
Scotland, to assist
young people to seek
advice and help. The
target audience is
high school age
children from 11 to 16
years of age. It is
estimated 51,000
children and young
people in Scotland
are affected by a
parent who has an
alcohol problem.
A.D.A.M aims to help
these young people
learn to cope and
know how to seek
help, through using
animated characters
who tell someone
else’s real life story.
A picture from FIRST
Annual General Meeting
held in June 2015.
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Recovery Walk Scotland
Get a Fife Leisure
Membership from as little as
The recovery walk
Scotland is back in
Glasgow this year,
and will be held on
the 19th September
2015. September is
also National
Recovery Month, so
the date is quite
fitting this year. The
walk will take place
from Glasgow Green
through the city
centre and then
make its way back
to the Green via
Clyde Street. Are
you planning
another
celebration for
National Recovery
Month? Let us
know your plans by
emailing us at
alcohol.druginfo@fi
fe.gov.uk.
£13.50 per month. Make
use of the swimming pool,
gym and get involved in
classed all over Fife!
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol
and Drugs At The Fringe!
This August SFAD is
teaming up with FASS
and Create A Drama
to present 4 different
performances at
Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. The
performances centre
round a family who
are dealing with a
drug-related death.
The performances try
to educate the
audience on how
drug-related deaths
can be prevented
with the use of
Naloxone. The
performances take
place on Monday 24th
August and cost £5
per ticket. To book
tickets call the box
office on 0131 226
0000.
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Restoration Events
Restoration currently
has a range of events
going on in July for
people who are stable
in their recovery. Events
range from pottery and
coffee evenings to
family festivals and trips
to the botanic gardens.
If you are interested in
finding out more about
these events please
contact restoration on
07501176234.
On The Doorstep
On the Doorstep is a
new project for
Clued-Up. It offers an
accessible point
where people can
learn new IT skills, to
help them with new
welfare reforms and
bedroom tax. A lot of
the council’s forms
are now only available
online, so training in IT skills is
vital. The project is
going to be run in the
Dunfermline and
We’re on the web!
http://www.fifedirect.
org.uk/fifeadp
South West Fife area,
for more information
please contact Jen
on 07806485396 or
Hayley on
07717791824.