Projekt zagovaranja oporavka

LAAS has been busy over the last few months working along with the Alcohol and Drug Partnership, Reach Advocacy and the Scottish Recovery Consortium to establish advocacy provisions for people in Argyll and Bute who are seeking assistance with recovery.

We received funding from the ADP and Bank of Scotland Foundation to provide 3 part time peer advocates in Bute, Helensburgh and Kintyre. We welcome them to the team:

Fotografija Jamiejeve glave i tijela. Stojeći pokraj jezera u Arrocharu. Oblačan dan. Nosi sivi šešir

L to R: Jamie Campbell (Bute), Chelsea Willis (Kintyre), Jane Methven (Helensburgh)

Jamie shared his story with us:

Zovem se Jamie Campbell. Većinu svog života živim na Buteu i volim otočni život. Strasti su mi šetnja i golf. Bavio sam se golfom 4 godine, kada sam se pokušavao oporaviti od ovisnosti o alkoholu. Kako sam ulazio u oporavak, Postao sam vrlo strastven u pomaganju drugima u njihovim ovisnostima. Pohađao sam lokalnu skupinu za uzajamnu pomoć za osobe s ovisnostima i kroz to sam dobio nagradu za priliku za osposobljavanje za Recovery Advocacy Award. This was through Reach Advocacy, in partnership with Lomond and Argyll Advocacy Service (Laas).
I completed my award by August 2020 and applied for a job on the Recovery Advocacy Project within LAAS. I was delighted to secure the position and started working part time in November 2020 as a Recovery Advocacy Project Worker on the Isle of Bute.
I am confident that my lived experience along with my passion for helping people and my positivity for recovery will hold me in good stead for assisting others. I have a good knowledge of addiction services on the island and I am building my knowledge and connections with these services.

 

Contact details for Peer Advocates:

Jane Methven: jane.methven@laas.org.uk 07920 027411

Jamie Campbell: jamie.campbell@laas.org.uk 07736 872791

Chelsea Willis: chelsea.htjetiis@laas.org.uk 07553 891035

You can also contact us at our Main Argyll & Bute office 01546 606056