The Northumberland Recovery Partnership (NRP) is a dedicated service for anyone in Northumberland aged 18 and over, and is experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol. We are here to help you get well and stay well. We believe recovery from addiction and substance misuse is possible for everyone, and we’re here to help you achieve it. Our aim is to make recovery a reality in Northumberland – whether you’re dealing with problematic drug or alcohol use or helping support others that are.
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust are the lead provider in partnership with Waythrough
We offer the following support which is tailored to help you on your recovery journey:
Abstinence programmes – group and community-based 12 step programmes
Harm reduction – safer injecting support and needle exchange
Medical support including prescription of substitute medications and supporting detoxification programmes
A dedicated Recovery Navigator to motivate and support you through every stage of your recovery journey
Recovery support – ongoing services to help with your next steps into employment, housing and health
How can NRP help me?
Whatever your experience and whatever stage you’re at, we can help you plan a route towards recovery and well-being. We can work with anyone from Northumberland who is 18 years old or over and wants support. If you are not registered with a GP, we can support you to register.
NRP is here for anyone who:
Worries about their drinking or drug use
Feels their drinking or drug use is out of control and affects their life
Needs help to build links with other agencies because of medical or mental health problems because of their drinking or drug use
Thinks their drinking or drug use could be having negative effects on them as an individual or their family and friends
Has been directed to us from Criminal Justice System
What happens next?
Once we’ve taken your name and contact details you’ll then be contacted by one of our Recovery Navigators to arrange an initial appointment. The Recovery Navigators provide one to one support to help you build a Personal Recovery Plan which addresses your short-term and longer-term recovery needs. They’ll stay with you throughout the recovery journey, providing help and support at each stage along the way.
Medical Services
Specialist prescribing and detoxification treatments, including managed maintenance and reduction plans
Harm Reduction
Blood Borne Virus screening and immunisation, needle exchanges and safer injecting support
Recovery Academy
A range of groups and 1:1 interventions focusing on wellbeing, behaviour change support, SMART Recovery and 12-Step abstinence approaches
Counselling and behavioural therapies
Support from a community of local peers in recovery
Volunteering and Peer Mentoring opportunities
Ongoing Recovery Support
Practical support and advice for day-to-day needs including housing, volunteering, employment and training
Recovery check ups and relapse prevention and support
Whether you use some of these services or all of them your Recovery Navigator will also provide access to:
Motivation support and interventions
Interventions to help you change problematic behaviours
Family and friends support programmes
Peer support from Recovery Peer Mentors with their own experience of recovery from addiction
NRP can arrange for interpreters to be present during appointments, please ask when you are referred to the service in order for us to arrange this for you.
There are two main ways to access the service. You can either contact us directly yourself, or you can ask your GP or another professional to make a referral for you. To do this you need to ring 01670 333 299 (Option 1)
We can also take referrals from carers of people experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol with their consent. We have bases in Ashington, Blyth and Berwick.
