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Open Road marks Alcohol Awareness Week
Open Road centres across Essex and Suffolk are busy preparing for Alcohol Awareness Week.
Visitors needing help and advice on alcohol and related problems will be welcomed and ‘signposted’ to the most appropriate type of support – either at Open Road or with one of our specialist partner agencies.
Joni Thompson, Treatment Manager for Open Road says: ‘We offer all year round support for individuals or their friends and families struggling with alcohol problems. The annual Alcohol Awareness Week campaign really helps us promote our services at a local level and helps us reach people who may not know where to look for help.’
Open Road will also be out and about, including:
On Monday, 14th November
Open Road, Lowestoft, staff and volunteers will be running an information and advice stand at the Britten Shopping Centre in the High Street with partner charity, CRI.
On 28th November
Helen Busby, Alcohol Intervention Worker will run a stall at Castle Point Council offices and will visit the local 6th Form College with young people’s charity, EYPDAS.
Notes to Editors:
Open Road is a registered charity and leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services in the East of England. For over 20 years Open Road has delivered high quality services to empower individuals and families to recover from the harmful impact of drugs and alcohol. Every year Open Road helps thousands of individuals and their families, offering a range of one to one support, group therapy and harm reduction services. Open Road currently employs 90 staff and has a team of over 100 volunteers who actively support our work.
Open Road is funded through both the Essex and the Suffolk Drug and Alcohol Action Partnerships, Primary Care Trusts, the Big Lottery Fund, charitable trusts and individual donations. In 2010/11 Open Road is expected to receive over £2 million in income.
For further information about this event and Open Road please contact: Carol Macaskill, Marketing & Communications Manager on tel: 01206 369782 Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).