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Founded in 1869 by the Rev. Thomas
Stevenson the oranisation has since its inception, provided
services for children, young people and their families
in a manner that has been responsive to the changing
needs and demands of local populations and communities.
NCH Scotland established its first
project in Glasgow in 1954 and now over 50 projects
exist across Scotland which aim to provide support and
assistance to young people affected by, amongst others,
leaving care, disability, homelessness, drugs and alcohol
and criminal involvement.
Developed in partnership with South
Ayrshire Council and funded by ADAT, CSDF and through
the Youth Crime Review, the Youth Solutions Project
is managed by NCH Scotland and has a number of fundamental
objectives.
Development and delivery of drug
and alcohol education and training to young people,
individual practitioners, local authority staff groups
and key voluntary sector partners.
Development and delivery of effective
research-based preventative and diversionary initiatives;
intervention programmes and assessment models and advising
and informing key partners of them.
Promotion of harm reduction and positive
lifestyle approaches to youth drug and alcohol difficulties.
Collation and analysis of local information
and need regarding drug and alcohol use/misuse amongst
young people in south Ayrshire.
The provision of information support,
co-working opportunities and consultancy to Social Work,
Youth Support, Education and key voluntary sector partners
in relation to working with young people and their families
affected by drug and alcohol related difficulties.
The development and maintenance of
an up to date resource directory and resource library
to ensure the regular sharing of current relevant information
and initiatives related to alcohol/drugs/youth crime
is available practitioners.
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