Newcastle Treatment and Recovery (NTaR) Drug and Alcohol Service

Newcastle Treatment and Recovery Service (NTaR) is a community drug and alcohol service for anyone in Newcastle experiencing problems with or affected by drugs and alcohol. Support is available for people of all ages and with all substances. This service is for people who:

worry about their drinking or drug use
feel their drinking or drug use is out of control
experience medical or mental health problems because of their drinking or drug use
think their drinking or drug use could be having negative effects on their family and friends

They offer:

help to young people and adults
harm reduction: safer injecting support and needle exchanges
medical support: this includes prescribing substitute medications and detoxification programmes
nursing care for addiction
a dedicated Recovery Coordinator to motivate and support you
recovery support: ongoing services to help with your next steps into employment, housing and health
support, however long your recovery journey takes
activities such as gardening, exercise therapy and peer support

They have a number of sites across the City and sites for needle exchange.

This is ran in partnership with CNTW NHS Foundation Trust, Humankind and Changing Lives.