Below is a selection of different resources that may help you, somebody you work with, support, live with or just to expand your knowledge.
We will endeavor to keep these as up to date as possible – if you notice something is out of date or if you would like to add anything to this, please get in contact.
You can also down the the “Let’s Get” App (https://app.letsget.scot/list) that has a number of local resources in one place on your phone ! Alternatively the ALISS website www.aliss.org
- Advocacy & General Support
- Alcohol Focused
- Care & Treatment
- Children & Young People Support
- Family Support
- Community Justice
- Creative Arts
- Employability's
- Faith Based
- Food Help & Pantries
- Gambling Supports
- Gender Specific
- Hubs & Communities
- Homelessness & Housing
- LGBTQ+
- Mental Wellbeing
- Money Advice & Support
- Physical Wellbeing
- Recovery Through Nature
- Residentials
- Welfare / DWP
- 12 Step / Mutual Aid
- Other Supports
- Learning & Guidance Resources
- Volunteering & Other Opportunities
The Advocacy Project – Telephone: 01414200961 Email: enquiry@theadvocacyproject.org.uk
The Wise Group – Relational Mentoring – Email: srm@thewisegroup.co.uk
Partners In Advocacy – Contact: pauline@partnersinadvocacy.org.uk
Glasgow Council on Alcohol – Telephone: 08088029000
Drinkline – Anybody worried about their own or someone else’s drinking. Helpline – 08007314314
Naloxone Click & Deliver Service
Crisis Outreach Service – Telephone: 01412013102 Email: ggc.prog@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
North West Alcohol & Drug Recovery Service (ADRS formally CAT team) – 0141 328 4578
Glasgow Drug & Alcohol Crisis Centre – Opened 24hrs 0141 420 6969
GCA Young Person’s Recovery Service (16-24 year olds open to ADRS – Alcohol & Drug Recovery Service) – Contact: 01413531800 Email: YPRS@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org
Street Soccer – Youth Drop in – Powerleague Glasgow, Kennedy Street, G4 0PR. Thursday & Friday 4:30pm – 6pm
Rosemount Lifelong Learning Youth Hub (14-18 years) – Contact 01415530808
Youth Interventions (Paisley) Contact: 07799952937
Alateen – (For teenage relatives and friends of alcoholics) https://al-anonuk.org.uk/alateen/
Family Support
SFAD (Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs)
Helpline: 08080101011 Email: helpline@sfad.org.uk
Webchat available on website above
Naloxone Click & Deliver Service
FASS (Families Affected by Drug & Alcohol Use)
Helpline: 01417373699 Email: info@fassglasgow.org
Kinship Care Scotland – Helpline – 08088000006
MCAS Minority Communities Addiction Support
Al-Anon – www.al-anonuk.org.uk (Help and Hope for families and friends of Alcoholics) Helpline: 08000086811 10am-10pm
Gam-Anon – https://gamanon.org.uk/ (Persons affected by somebody else’s gambling)
You Decide Team – Email: contact@youdecideteam.scot
Hope Connections – Telephone: 08000025377
Sisco – Telephone: 07960 370548
POP (Positive Outcomes Project) A service to help people detained in the Glasgow Custody suites who have persistently offended to support an addiction – Telephone: 01412767456
Creative Change Collective – Facebook Page
Freed Up – Facebook Page
In Cahootz – Facebook Page
Sweet for Addicts – Contact: info@sweetforaddicts.co.uk
Ignite Theatre – 6 to 24 year olds
Weekday Wow Factor Daytime Discos – Email – weekdaywowfactor@gmail.com
Elevate – Recovery Employability Service
Smart Works – Giving unemployed Women the clothes, coaching & confidence to secure employment and change their lives
Salvation Army Employment Plus – Contact: Joanne – joanne.murray-zmijewski@salvationarmy.org.uk
The Wheatley Group Way Head – For current opportunities contact: 07867202859
Workingrite 18-24 work placements & training on the job
Christians Against Poverty – https://capuk.org/
Street Connect – Telephone for support: 07857735101
Hope for Glasgow – Road to Recovery – Terry – 07738277496
Alan – 07717358099
Bethany Christian Church – Bridge to Freedom
Hope Connections – Telephone: 08000025377
Glasgow Community Grocery – 37 South Portland Street, G5 9JL
The Blank Faces – 427 Great Western Road, G4 9JA Opened 10am-5pm Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Trussel Trust Glasgow North West Foodbank – Contact: 01419599813
Blawarthill Parish Church, Millbrix Avenue, Scotstoun, G14 0EP
Gairbraid Parish Church, 1517 Maryhill Road, Maryhill, G20 9AB
Ruchill Kelvinside Parish Church, 15-17 Shakespeare Street, Maryhill, G20 8TH
ANYISO – Contact: 01419442930
Free food parcels every Tuesday 12-2pm
Drumchapel Foodbank Contact: 01419443335
15 Ladyloan Place, Drumchapel, G15 8LB
Najra Helping Hands – Contact: 07873190086
351 Bisland Drive, G20 9LT Wednesdays & Thursdays 10am-5pm Friday 10am – 4pm
Milton Food Hub – Contact: 01417720299
Milton food Hub, St Andrew’s Church, Liddesdale Square, G22 7BT
Milton Community Garden, Liddesdale Square, G22 7BT
St Augustine R C Church – Contact: 01417721905
Food Parcels and advice outreach, Tuesday 10:30am – 12pm
St Augustine R C Church, 393 Ashgill Road, G22 7HN
Glasgow Baby Food Bank – Contact: 07794422017
Studio G8, 110 Flemington Street, G21 4BF
Supply of baby formula stage 1 only, nappies, wipes, toiletries, breast feeding items, baby foods. Monday – Friday 09:30am – 2:30pm. Referral Required
Gambling Anonymous – https://ga-scotland.org/ 03700508881
GamCare – 08088020133 Open 24/7
Airdire Citizens Advice Bureau Gambling Support – bureau@airdriecab.casonline.org.uk – 01236754109
Self Exclusion & Blocking
For persons affected by somebody else’s gambling
Gam-Anon – https://gamanon.org.uk/
GamFam – gamfam.org.uk
Say Women – Telephone: 01415525803
Wise Women – Telephone: 01413700739 Email: info@wisewomen.org.uk
Glasgow Women’s Aid – Telephone: 01415532022 Email: getsupport@glasgowwomensaid.org.uk
AMINA The Muslim Women’s Support Centre – Helpline: 08088010301
Refuge for women and children against domestic abuse – Helpline: 08082000247 24hrs 7 Days a week
Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage – Helpline: 08082000247 24hrs 7 Days a week
Routes Out – Offering support to woman who sell sex – Telephone: 01412760737
Abused Men In Scotland – Helpline: 03300949395
Men Matter – Telephone: 01419447900
Recovery Communities
North East Recovery Communities (NERC) – https://www.northeastrecoverycommunity-glasgow.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/recovery_east
South Community Recovery Network (SCRN) –
https://www.facebook.com/southrec
Dumbarton Rock Recovery – https://www.facebook.com/groups/2110503885787048
Paradise Recovery Cafe @ Celtic Park
Recovery Hubs
With You North West Hub – https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/services/glasgow-north-west/
Telephone – 08081785901 Text – 07773186877
With You North East Hub – https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/services/glasgow-north-east/
Telephone – 08081644261 Text – 07773186904
The Mungo Foundation – Telephone – 01414235872
Email – southhub@themungofoundation.org.uk
The Second Chance Project –
http://www.secondchanceproject.co.uk/
Telephone – 01413367272
Simon Community – Contact: 08000277466 24 hour hotline
Or drop in to Glasgow Access Hub – 389 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8LR Opened Mon,Tues,Thurs,Fri,Sat & Sun 9am-5pm Wed – 10am-5pm
Glasgow City Mission – Telephone: 01412212630
Lodging House Mission – Telephone: 01415520285
Street Connect – Telephone for support: 07857735101
Bethany Christian Trust – Telephone: 0131 561 8930
Salvation Army – Housing First
Shelter – Currently not able to accept any new appointments. Shelter will be at our Knightswood cafe on a Thursday once a month. To find out which date each month email: info@nwrc-glasgow.co.uk
Accommodation for people living with Alcohol Related Brian Damage (ARBD)
LGBT Health – Telephone: 08004647000 Tues,Wed, Thurs 12-9pm Sun 1-6pm
Glasgow Council On Alcohol LGBT Wellbeing Service – Telephone: 01413531800
LGBTQI Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – Open meeting every Tuesday 6pm Woodlands Methodist Church, 229 Woodlands Road, G3 6LW
Mental Wellbeing
Samaritans – Helpline: 116 123 24hrs 7 days a week
SAMH – Helpline: 03448000550
SHOUT – A text based service which provides immediate support. Text SHOUT to 85258
Cruse Bereavement Support – Helpline: 08088026161
The Spark – Helpline: 08088022088
The Marie Trust – For people affected by homelessness, including trauma and drug & alcohol use
Penumbra Self Harm Network – For more information, or to request a self-referral application form, please email: SHNSGlasgow@penumbra.org.uk
Healing for the Heart – Telephone: 01414061320
Moria Anderson Foundation – Support for Children & Adults affected by Childhood Sexual Abuse
Children 1st Parentline – Helpine: 08000282223
Christians Against Poverty – https://capuk.org/
Citizens Advice – Helpline: 08000281456
National Debt Line – Helpline: 08088084000
HEAT Home energy Advice Team – Contact: heat@wisegroup.co.uk
Physical Wellbeing
Recovery Rhythms – New Rhythms for Glasgow
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RecoveryRhythmsGlasgow
Street Soccer – Men’s Football Drop in – Powerleague Glasgow, Kennedy Street, G4 0PR. Monday – Friday 1pm-3pm
Woman’s Drop in – Powerleague Glasgow, Kennedy Street, G4 0PR. Monday,Wednesday & Friday 11am – 12:30pm
Anybody seeking to access residential rehabilitation options can do so via their care manager if they are open to their local ADRS (Alcohol & Drug Recovery Service) There are also options to self fund a residential place. How To Access Residential Services in Glasgow City
Crossreach Residential Recovery
Phoenix Futures Residential Service
Harper House (Phoenix Futures Specialist Family Service)
Turning Point Scotland – Crisis Service, Stabilisation Service, Turn Around & Moving On
Benefits Telephone Numbers
Jobseekers Allowance New Claims – www.gov.uk/jsaonline
Universal Credit – www.gov.uk/universal-credit/how-to-claim
Employment and Support Allowance New Style (New Claim) – 08000556688
Benefit Enquiries (Income support, Jobseekers Allowance, Incapacity Benefit & Employment & Support Allowance) – 08001690310
Jobcentre Enquiry – 08001690190
Universal Credit – 08003285644
Social Fund – 08001690140 – www.gov.uk/budgeting-help-benefits
Bereavement Benefit – 08007310469
Maternity Allowance – 08001690283
Industrial Injuries Disablement – 08001218379
National Insurance Number – 08001412079
Disability Living Allowance – 08001214600
Attendance Allowance – 08007310112
Carer’s Allowance – 08007310297
Scottish Welfare Fund – 01412761177 www.glasgow.gov.uk
Tax Credit Helpline – 03453003900
Child Benefit – 03002003100
Social Security Scotland – 0800182222 – mygov.scot/benefits
12 Step Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous – https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/members/regional-&-local-websites/Glasgow-Region (Always check the website for the most up to date lists of Meetings) National Helpline – 0800 9177 650
help@aamail.org
Narcotics Anonymous – https://www.glasgowna.com/physical-meetings (Always check the website for the most up to date lists of Meetings) Helpline – 08001404645 – pi@west.scotland.ukna.org
Cocaine Anonymous – https://www.cascotland.org.uk/meetings?tsml-day=3 (Always check the website for the most up to date lists of Meetings) Helpline – 01419596363
Marijuana Anonymous – https://www.ma-uk.org/online-meetings (Online Meetings Only)
Crystal Meth Anonymous – “CMA SCOTIA” Thursday 6:30 – 7:30pm Rainbow Room, Quaker Meeting House, 38 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow, G2 4PS.
Gambling Anonymous – https://ga-scotland.org/ 03700508881
Sexaholics Anonymous – https://www.sauk.org/activities/find-meetings/
Overeaters Anonymous – https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=0&country=Other&city=Glasgow&other_country=Scotland&sort=ASC&distance=25&limit=20&paged=1&submit=true
Mutual Aid
Smart Recovery (“Smart Recovery helps participants decide whether they have a problem, builds up their motivation to change and offers a set of proven tools and techniques to support recovery”) – https://uk.meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/?location=Glasgow&coordinates=50
Support for Carers – Helpline: 01414453070
Veterans Support – Pearce Institute
Veterans Support – Smart Recovery
Who Cares ? Scotland – For care experienced people and those supporting them. – Helpline: 03301077540 12-4pm Mon-Fri
Quit your Way – For help stopping smoking
Scotland’s National British Sign Language Interpreting Relay Service