Drugs and Alcohol

The Community Safety Partnership is working together with the Stoke-on-Trent Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT).

Drug and alcohol issues in the city are dealt with by the Stoke-on-Trent Drug and Alcohol Action Team.

When was the Stoke-on-Trent Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) established?

The DAAT was established on 1 April 2001 to deliver the National Drugs Strategy.  The key areas to be worked on are:

• Education and prevention work, especially with young people.
  
• Community Development support local people who respond to drugs issues in their own community and reduce the levels of re-offending amongst drug users.
  
• Treatment services - activities to support adults and young people who may relapse.
  
• Law Enforcement to stop the availability of drugs.
  

The Stoke-on-Trent Drug and Alcohol Action Team works with the following agencies:

• Staffordshire Police
• Staffordshire Probation
• Stoke-on-Trent City Council Social Services and other departments
• Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trusts
• Stoke-on-Trent Youth Offending Team
• Voluntary organisations
• Local prisons
• Community members
• Service users

Contact Details

Stoke-on-Trent Drug and Alcohol Action Team, Floor 1, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1WR, UK.

Telephone (+44)01782 235708.

E-mail: drugactionteam@stoke.gov.uk

Website: www.drugsandalcohol.stoke.gov.uk