South Wales Evening Post - 6th February 2007
Cash boost helps give rehab centre much needed new look
A successful Port Talbot addiction rehab centre has received a much needed makeover. The Emroch House home of West Glamorgan Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (WGCADA), in Talbot Road has now become a more pleasant setting for clients following a £470,000 redevelopment.
The funding has enabled the centre to move its main operations from its site in Commercial Road, Taibach, which will now be redeveloped into an alcohol and substance misuse centre.
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South Wales Evening Post - 21st February 2006
Tributes pour in for leading light in the battle against drink
A leading light in Swansea’s fight against alcoholism has died aged 78. Former soldier Alan Douglas who was a founding father of the West Glamorgan Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse spent most of his active service in Germany guarding prisoners of war.
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The Guardian - 9th March 2006
MP praises aid for addicts
Older people can find help for addictions
A man of 93 is the oldest person to have been helped by a service which weans people of drug and alcohol abuse in Neath Port Talbot.
West Glamorgan Council for Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Victoria Gardens, Neath operates a unique programme to help those aged 55 and over.
This week Deputy Health Minister John Griffiths visited the scheme. Older person’s workers Anne Craven and Carolyn Foley visit the elderly in their homes and provide advice and support for a generation that is often forgotten.
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South Wales Echo - 5th November 2005
Group’s efforts backed
An MP is backing a community groups search for funding for their work in communities blighted by substance abuse.
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January 2004
Drink is most abused drug
Alcohol is overwhelmingly the most abused drug in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot with more people than ever hitting the bottle, according to a new report. West Glamorgan Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse says more of their clients are addicted to booze than every other substance put together.
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South Wales Evening Post - February 2004
Churches link up to curb drugs menace
FOUR churches in Swansea are joining forces to tackle the devastating effects of drugs in their community.
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South Wales Evening Post - April 2004
The ordinary folk - with extraordinary dedication
Swansea is a safer place to live, thanks to these hard-working people. These individuals are not police officers or people in power - they are just ordinary folk doing their bit for the city.
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The Guardian - September 2004
Green garden project helps addicts recover
An innovative project is helping drug and alcohol addicts from Neath and Port Talbot to win the fight against substance misuse.
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Neath Guardian - October 2004
Computer course with a difference
Recovering addicts have gained valuable qualification from a unique project which aims to get them back into the workplace.[Neath Guardian, October 2004]
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South Wales Evening Post - 11th November 2004
Safety drive drug use target
DRUG-USERS at risk of accidentally setting fire to their own homes could be targeted in a new safety campaign in Swansea.
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BBC News - 25th March 2003
Addicts given life-saving courses
Drug users in South Wales are being given life saving training in an attempt to reduce deaths from overdoses.
In the first project of its kind in Wales, addicts and the professionals they come into contact with are being taught techniques including heart massage.
Four courses are taking place in Neath, Port Talbot and Bridgend on Wednesday and Friday. They are a direct result of a conference held at Port Talbot’s Princess Royal Theatre earlier this month, which was attended by more than 200 people involved in the drug treatment field.
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The Western Mail - 11th May 2002
Sandfields youth to help Belarus
Help in fighting the drugs menace will go from Wales to Gomel in Belarus later this year. West Glamorgan Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is to join forces with Neath Port Talbot Council’s youth inclusion team to take a 7.5 tonne lorry full of supplies there.
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South Wales Evening Post - July 2001
Abuse fighters praised by AM
West Glamorgan Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse has been praised
for its work by South West Wales AM Peter Black.
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July 2000
Allotments win top green prize
A Swansea charity which works with people who have been adversely affected by alcohol or drug abuse has won first prize in this year's Sustainable Swansea Awards.
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The Courier - August 2000
Scheme aims to reduce offences by helping vulnerable addicts
A Crime Busting scheme which targets drug and alcohol addicts has been launched in Neath and Port Talbot.
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South Wales Evening Post - September 2000
Drug abuse centre 'best in country'
A leading drugs czar has praised a Swansea-based drug abuse treatment centre as the best and most effective in Britain.
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The Courier - November 2000
Treatment Centre for addicts opens
A controversial treatment centre for alcoholics and drug addicts
has opened its doors in Neath town centre.
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South Wales Evening Post - May 1999
Lottery cash to help drugs and alcohol victims
Victims of drug and alcohol abuse in Neath are to get extra help thanks to a cash boost from the National Lottery.
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August 1999
Neighbours fight drug centre plan
Dozens of people have signed a petition to try to prevent a
drugs and alcohol treatment centre form setting up in Neath.
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January 1996
£1m lottery windfall
Swansea today received a £1 million windfall form the National Lottery Charities Board.
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South Wales Evening Post - April 1996
£112,000 to tackle substance abuse
Social Services chiefs plan to spend more then £112,000 on
services to tackle drugs and alcohol abuse in the year ahead.
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1994
Walkers boost funds
Money continues to flow in from a sponsored walk and fun day held
to boost the coffers of the West Glamorgan Council On Alcohol And
Drug Abuse.
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1994
Cash Boost
West Glamorgan Council On Alcohol And Drug Abuse will now have a
new video and audio recording system for its Swansea centre thanks
to fund-raising efforts by Swansea Lions Club.
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South Wales Evening Post - June 1985
£20,000 relief for Alan's drug fight
Alan Douglas admits to being something of a relieved man. A
£20,000 cheque has just landed in the letter box of his Uplands
Crescent, Swansea office.
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Western Mail - January 1984
Ex-drink victim's top job
A man whose life was nearly ruined by drink has won a top post in
a new alcoholics-aid organisation.
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South Wales Evening Post IAS Conference - October 1983
Families can help in fight against drink
The Families of alcoholics have been strongly urged to help
victims beat drink and help rebuild their lives.
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South Wales Evening Post - January 1982
'Attitude' Attacked - West Glam should share alcoholism responsibility'
The director of West Glamorgan's Alcohol Advice Centre today
criticised the county council for taking the attitude that alcoholism
was primarily a health problem and the responsibility for the area
health authority.
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South Wales Evening Post - December 1980
Help with beating drink habit - Year-old Alcohol Advice Centre
starts to pay off
There was just one client waiting when Wales' first alcohol
advice centre opened its doors exactly a year ago at Uplands, Swansea.
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Herald of Wales - August 1977
Doctor fights to build city drink aid shop
A new battle to provide an information centre for Swansea alcoholics
began this week. With as many as 1,800 alcoholics in the city, drinking
is the major social problem of the area and needs urgent attention,
before it becomes worse.
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