Alcohol and drug addiction

For over 18s

 LASARS

For access to support and treatment for drug and alcohol misuse, please contact Local Area Single Assessment and Referral Service (LASARS) on 01865 403261.

The service is at Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford. Telephone 01865 403261.

LASARS will undertake an assessment and, together with the individual, refer on to the treatment service that best meets their needs.

LASARS also provide assessment for residential detoxification and rehabilitation.

Harm Minimisation Service

Rectory Centre, Rectory Road, Oxford. Telephone 01865 455601

This service offers brief advice and information, open access sessions across the county, medical treatment for opiate use, structured support, groups, information and advice on recreational drugs, legal highs and performance and image enhancing drugs, and specialist needle exchange.

For up to date times and dates of the open access sessions, please visit www.oxfordshiredaat.org

Recovery Service

Backstage, The Old Music Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford. Telephone 01865 403247

This service provides abstinence-focused drug and alcohol recovery services tailored to the needs of service users, including group therapy, alternative therapies, employment and education support and training.  The service also provides a community rehab group and alcohol detoxification. Referrals for the service are via a LASARS assessment.

Howard House

Iffley Road, Oxfordshire

This is a 10-bed residential detoxification project for men and women over the age of 18, who are resident in Oxfordshire and are seeking abstinence from

• Class A drugs
• alcohol
• chaotic poly drug use
• opiate substitution therapy
• co-dependence with any of the above with benzodiazepines.

For under 18s

For access to support and treatment for anyone aged under 18, please contact the Addaction worker at your local Early Intervention Hub.

There is an Addaction drug and alcohol worker based at each of the seven hubs across the county.

Access to this support is via a Request for Service form to the hub.

Hub locations and contact details

The hubs are in the following locations. Click on the hub name to view a boundary map of the area that the hub serves.

• Abingdon (pdf format): The Net, Stratton Way, Abingdon, OX14 3RG, EIAbingdon@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029279 / 01865 328400
• Banbury (pdf format): Banbury Youth Centre, Hilton Road, Banbury, OX16 0EJ, EIBanbury@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029288 / 01865 328440
• Bicester (pdf format): The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre, Launton Road, Bicester, OX26 6DJ, EIBicester@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029298 / 01865 328470
• Didcot (pdf format): The Vibe Youth Centre, Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QX, EIDidcot@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029299 / 01865 328480
• East Oxford (pdf format): Union Street Centre for Young People, Union Street, East Oxford, OX4 1JP, EIEastOxford@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029315 / 01865 328490
• Littlemore (pdf format): Oxford Academy Campus, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 6JY, EILittlemore@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6416424 / 01865 816202
• Witney (pdf format): Witney Youth Centre, Witan Way, Witney, OX28 4YA EIWitney@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029284 / 01865 328730

More information

For more information on drug and alcohol support or services, please contact the Oxfordshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team on 01865 328607 or email oxfordshiredaat@oxfordshire.gov.uk. Website www.oxfordshiredaat.org