Telford After Care Team (TACT)

General information

Telford Aftercare Team (TACT) was founded in 2012 and incorporated as a community interest company in 2014. The main aim of TACT is to help people in their on going recovery from using drugs or alcohol. This public health commissioned service was set up for recovering service users and service users who were still struggling to come to terms with their addiction.

This is achieved by empowering people to continue their recovery after their substance use. We believe that people can go on to lead a productive and fulfilling life in the community.

At present we offer many varied services which aid people in their on going recovery, these include but are not limited to:

•Encouraging people to have their say

•Weekly women’s group which helps women deal with the on going issues which many men do not face, in a safe environment.

• Weekly men's group which helps men to deal with on going issues which many women do not face.

•A weekly service user group which gives our clients an opportunity to feedback about the services available and make a positive impact on how things are run.

• T weekly Dual-Diagnosis group to support people with both mental health issues and issues surrounding addictions.

•Running consultations that feed into the strategic monitoring and planning of local service provision.

•Improving the physical and mental health of the public

•Hepatitis c support group. The group helps people understand the problems that the illness can bring to their lives and offers care and understanding via mutual aid.

•Twice weekly therapeutic art group to help people express their emotions through art and encourage creativity.

•Gardening Group, held weekly to encourage people to be more active and increase positive social networks.

•Peer support

•Facilitate regular mutual aid support groups (Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Smart Recovery)

•Recruit and manage volunteer recovery peer support workers to offer services to the drug and alcohol using communities.

•Housing and benefit/debt advice drop in service.

•Providing support and access to opportunities
•Access to a range of holistic support groups

•Signposting and referrals made to education, training, employment and volunteering opportunities.