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Community Response, CKU Counselling and Therapy. Devaney, Eva (2020) The new communities street drinking assertive outreach project review. An evaluation of the pilot project. Dublin: South Inner City Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force.

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This report will present the findings of an evaluation of the ‘New Communities Street Drinking Assertive Outreach’ pilot project. Funded by the South Inner-City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (SICDATF), the project was delivered by Community Response and the CKU Centre for Counselling and Therapy, aiming to utilise existing service skills and expertise. Other local services, Merchants Quay Ireland and Coolmine, also supported the project. The pilot project was developed in response to a recognised need to strategically address the health needs of street drinkers from new communities and to enable new communities with addiction and mental health issues to access treatment and support services. In addition to the intervention, the project also included an action research component and a specific referral pathway to the CKU service. 

The evaluation included a review of literature, a review of assessments conducted during outreach work with 45 participants, and interviews with eight project stakeholders from the five agencies involved in the pilot. Of the 45 people that the project engaged with, three-quarters were male. Over half in this group had children, but most did not live with their children. Three in ten were sleeping rough, while another third lived in hostels or with family/friends. Almost 70% spoke Polish as their preferred language.

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