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 Alcohol
& Community Outreach Services
The aim of our alcohol and community outreach
programme is to support people with alcohol related issues to seek advice
and options for permanent housing from statutory housing providers.
 In 2004 we established Damien House, a
purpose built accommodation facility comprising 12 units of accommodation
for men with alcohol related issues. ‘Damien House’ named after a
young man that was left with no other option but to sleep rough is an
award winning project located in Derry catering for street drinkers and
people sleeping rough in the North West. The project, which is a
partnership between First Housing, Supporting People and Habinteg Housing
Association, is designed to offer crisis intervention and street outreach
services to people with chronic alcohol difficulties who require
emergency interim accommodation.
Youth
Alcohol Outreach Services
In 2000 we established a youth alcohol service
comprising advice and street outreach services for young people and their
families in Enniskillen and Omagh. We offer information and
guidance to young people, parents, teachers, youth workers and community
organisations who have a concern about a young person and alcohol.
The project also offers training, awareness raising workshops and one to
one programmes on young peoples’ attitudes to alcohol, and provides
information on how young people can adopt healthier lifestyles.
At First Housing we provide a continuum of services,
ranging from advice and emotional support to lifeskills training and
family mediation so that young people are empowered to make positive
choices about their future. The primary objective of our Youth Alcohol
Outreach programme is to inform young people of the dangers of alcohol
misuse and support young people build positive social networks to enable
them realise and achieve their potential.
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