Change Grow Live Forth Valley Recovery Service (Stirling)

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Service Details Service Information
Service name Change Grow Live Forth Valley Recovery Service (Stirling)
Address Unit 2A, 30 Goosecroft Road
Town Stirling
Postcode FK8 1JX
Telephone number 08081962188
Fax number N/A
Organisation email fv.cglforthvalley@nhs.scot
Website www.changegrowlive.org/recovery-service-forth-valley/sites
Disabled access Yes
Health board area Forth Valley
Local authority area Stirling
Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) area Stirling
Catchment Area FK7, FK8, FK9,FK25, FK16, FK17, FK18, FK19, FK20, FK21, G63
Type of service Voluntary
Nature of service Community Based
Referrals Any Agency, Self Referral, GP, Health Professional, Social Work, Other (please specify below)
If other has been selected, please specify Police Scotland, Families and Friends, Employability Services
Client access (please select all that apply) 18+, 21+, Non-gender specific
Service Access  
Opening days and times Monday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Tuesday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Wednesday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Service access By Appointment, No Appointment Required, Home Visits, Out of Hours Service
Out of hours service details Telephone Helpline and Webchat
Telephone helpline 08081962188
Substances treated/targeted  
Substances treated/targeted? Yes
Selected substances treated/targeted Heroin, Dihydrocodeine or other Opiates/Opioids, Cocaine, Amphetamine or other Stimulants, Cannabis or Synthetic Cannabinoids, Diazepam (Valium) or other Benzodiazpeines, MDMA/Ecstasy or other Empathogens, Ketamine, Methoxetamine or other Dissociatives, LSD and other Psychedelics, Solvents/volatile substances, Prescription medication, Over the counter medication, Alcohol
Advice and information Yes
Mental health service  
Mental health: does your service provide mental health support and advice? Yes
Mental health support options Joint working with relevant agencies
Mental health support option types Depression, Anxiety/Phobic disorder, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Self Harming, Personality disorder
Mental health interventions Yes
Mental health intervention options Brief Interventions, Screening
Outreach service  
Outreach Yes
Outreach options Outreach Clinics, Streetwork
Advertise outreach? Yes
Rehabilitation and other services  
Rehabilitation and other services provided Drop-in sessions, Engage Volunteers, Engage peer volunteers, Groupwork, Sexual Health, Structured day programme, Talks/training, Stalls at exhibitions/seminars
Criminal justice services Yes
Criminal justice services options Prison aftercare, Arrest referral, Other (please specify below)
If other has been selected, please specify Condition of a CPO
Needle Exchange  
Needle exchange Yes
Opening days/times Monday: 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Tuesday: 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Wednesday: 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Thursday: 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Friday: 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Needle exchange services Citric acid, Water for injecting, Sterile spoons, Filters, Needles/syringes packs, Needles/syringe selection system, Specific Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs kits, Foil, Pre-injection swabs, Condoms, Lubricants, Other (please specify below)
Needle exchange services other Vitamin C
Do you provide additional services? Yes
Needle exchange additional services Mobile Exchange, Facility for the return of used equipment, Distribution to friends, family and carers, Other (please specify below)
If other, please specify Postal IEP
Do you provide specific clinic for clients who use Specific Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDS)? No
Information services Yes
Information resources available HIV, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Safer Injecting, Wound Care, IPEDS
Face to face advice services Yes
Face to face advice topics HIV, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Safer Injecting, IPEDS, Demonstration of paraphenalia use, Demonstration of safer injection practise
HIV and hepatitis services  
HIV and hepatitis Yes
HIV and hepatitis options HIV Testing, Hepatitis B Testing, Hepatitis C Testing, Specialist Worker, Dry blood spot testing
Naloxone services  
Naxalone training Yes
Training provision Overdose Training, Naloxone Training
Naloxone supply First supply of Naloxone kits, Re-supply Naloxone kits following use, Facility for the return of used Naloxone kits
Further information We can offer: -Advice and recovery support -Experienced Recovery Coordinators -Harm Reduction advice and interventions including Injecting Equipment Provision (IEP) and naloxone -Connections to a range of local partners and NHS substance use treatment options -Structured 1 to 1 support -Foundations of Recovery Group Work Programme -Community rehabilitation including access to volunteering, education and employment opportunities. We have a Recovery Hub at our sites where the team is joined by other support services. This includes Citizens Advice Bureau, Hepatology, the Forth Valley Recovery Community, Health and volunteers with lived experience. It's a bit like a ‘one-stop shop’ for support in relation to substance use, or difficulties arising from this use.