The Drug and Alcohol Team

Gloucestershire Safer & Stronger Communities Partnership

Drug And Alcohol Team (DAAT)

Gloucestershire Safer & Stronger Communities Partnership (GSSCP) is a team of statutory agency chief officers and partnership leads assisted by the voluntary sector, which ensures the countywide delivery of the national ‘Updated Drugs Strategy’ and Gloucestershire’s Alcohol Strategy. It has responsibilities for the Safer and Stronger outcomes of the Local Area Agreement (LAA) 2007- 2010 where It brings together the work of the county’s six district Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships.

The GSSCP is chaired in 2007/8 by Mick Matthews, Assistant Chief Constable, Gloucestershire Constabulary, and the Health Community is represented by Jan Stubbings, Chief Executive, Gloucestershire PCT.

The Drug and Alcohol Team (the DAAT) is a small staff team working countywide on behalf of the GSSCP, with a lead role for coordinating and commissioning the national Updated Drugs Strategy and local Alcohol Strategy. It leads on the delivery of the Drug and Alcohol outcomes within the LAA.

Colin Hassall, Head of DAAT, leads on the LAA Outcomes, Reducing Supply, Tackling Drug Related Crime, Young People's Substance Misuse Plan and the Alcohol Strategy

Steve O'Neill, Adult Treatment Joint Commissioning Manager, leads on Adult Treatment Services, supported by Christine Godfrey, DAAT Finance and Information Officer.

Alison Hustwitt, Communities Manager, leads on the inter-agency work with Communities, and the district based Substance Action Groups (SAGS). She manages the Service User Team, Dave Stork and Nigel Calvert, and the Parents, Carers and Concerned Others Development Worker, Andrea Wilson.

Contact Us

The DAAT team can be contacted at:

Gloucestershire PCT
43 Central Way
Arle Road
Cheltenham
GL51 8LX

DAAT Secretary
Tel: 01242 548841
Parents, Carers, Concerned Others Development worker
Tel: 01242 548832
Service User Team / Advocacy Worker
Tel: 01452 543546
Email
The Specialist ‘Young People’s Substance Misuse Service’
Tel: 01452 503186
Visit the Gini website
Local Advice and Information about all aspects of Substance Misuse
Tel: 01452 552801
Visit the Gloucestershire Drug and Alcohol website