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Written by Hayley Paku MSYP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Hayley provides a run down on mental health services and support available to young people in West Dunbartonshire.

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Providing support for people in their recovery from alcohol addiction.

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Welcome to Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol, or DACA as we're known locally. We're the community alcohol service for West Dunbartonshire, and we support anyone affected by their own or a loved one's drinking.

All of our services are free, confidential and just a phone call away.

We provide one-to-one counselling and advice, groups and other activities and a range of health and wellness services - all delivered from our offices in Dumbarton and Clydebank.

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Coronavirus and DACA Services Please read our statement How can DACA help you? Welcome to Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol, or DACA as we're known locally. We're the community alcohol service for West Dunbartonshire, and we support anyone affected by their own or a loved one's drinking.

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Providing support to young people and families affected by others alcohol or drug use.

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Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs is a national charity that supports anyone affected by someone else's alcohol or drug use in Scotland. We give listening support and information to many people and help them with confidence, communication, general wellbeing, and we link them into local support. We also help people recognise and understand the importance of looking after themselves.

When we say family, we mean who you see as your family. It could be your spouse, your parent, your sibling, your partner, your friends, your friend's family, your colleagues, your neighbours, and anyone we may have missed.

We were created in 2003 by families themselves who came together to support each other and campaign for recognition. We've grown a lot since then!

We've won some awards including Pioneering Project at the 2021 Scottish Charity Awards for our Click and Deliver Naloxone service. We also won a 2022 GSK Impact Award and were finalists in the 2022 Scottish Charity Awards for Charity of the Year.

We have a number of local and national Family Support Services. Our four national Family Support Services are our Helpline, Bereavement Support, one to one Telehealth Support and Holding On. Our Local Family Support Services include one to one support and group support in Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire, Forth Valley, Fife, and Inverclyde. We also deliver workforce development through our training courses, communications and campaigning work, our young person's group 'Routes' in East and West Dunbartonshire, and wider community development including our Connecting Families programme.

We are one of the Scottish Government's Nationally Commissioned Organisations (NCOs) for alcohol and drugs and are recognised as Scotland's leading charity for families affected by alcohol and drugs.

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Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs

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Scottish Families is a national charity that supports anyone affected by someone else's alcohol or drug use in Scotland.

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Providing community based recovery support for those affected by substance abuse and addiction.

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Alternatives are a community based drug project which is overseen by a Board of Directors elected every year from the local community. The Project has been around since January 1995, covering Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven. However, the service received funding to allow development into the Clydebank area, which opened in mid February 2000. Alternatives now operates a West Dunbartonshire wide service operating from two community bases.

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Alternatives Community-based Recovery | Step-by-step, we help people to find their own path towards a fulfilling lifestyle

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Alternatives are a community based drug project which is overseen by a Board of Directors elected every year from the local community. The Project has been around since January 1995, covering Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven. However, the service received funding to allow development into the Clydebank area, which opened in mid February 2000.

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OKFP have a number of distribution venues around the Dalmuir/Old Kilpatrick area and deliver food parcels to anyone requiring some support with food
Contact them on: 07368 496836
Or visit their Facebook

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Do you need a hand with food?  If so you can contact Food for Thought on 01389 743908.

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WHO ARE WE? West Dunbartonshire's only charity who provides emergency food aid 5 days per week.

WHEN ARE WE OPEN? We are open ‪from 10am to 4pm Monday‬ to Friday.

WHAT DO WE DO? We provide emergency food aid parcels who are given out to people that are deliberately built to last for three days. Each bag contains breakfast, lunch, dinner, toiletries x3.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND US? We are based in St Augustine's Community Hall.

WHAT ELSE? You can join us for Community Lunch on a ‪Wednesday from 12-2pm‬ and ‪Thursday 11.30am - 1.30pm‬. This is a free lunch, or donation if you would like.

HOW DO WE SURVIVE? Solely on donations from the amazing community of West Dunbartonshire. Unfortunately, only Marks & Spencer's donate food to us, so we often must buy the contents of our bags on a weekly basis. You can donate both food or money. Unfortunately, we do not have any collection points in large supermarkets, but we do have one in Loch Lomand Craft Centre in Mitchell Way, Crafts for you in Lomand Outlets,The Coffee Station at Dumbarton Central and also drop any donations into the hall!

WHAT DO WE TAKE? UHT Milk, Tea, Coffee, Soup, Beans, Meat, Tuna, Pasta, Sauces, Rice, Tinned Meat, Tinned Potatoes, Tinned Veg, Puddings, Nappies, Toiletries, Sanitary products.

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WHO ARE WE? West Dunbartonshire's only charity who provides emergency food aid 5 days per week. WHEN ARE WE OPEN? We are open ‪from 10am to 4pm Monday‬ to Friday. WHAT DO WE DO? We provide emergency food aid parcels who are given out to people that are deliberately built to last for three days.

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Do you or your family need a hand with food? Community Foodshare can be contacted by calling 01389 764135