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Working with young people: A profile of projects funded by the Partnership Drugs Initiative
East Dunbartonshire: Recreate Project
Recreate Project offers art therapy to young people affected by their parents' addiction problems. It also provides a range of community-based programmes on substance misuse mainly delivered by art and sports teams.
November 2001
The PDI funded post is that of a sessional Art Therapist. The therapist works six hours per week on the project; the PDI funding pays for this and the art materials used in the sessions.
The Art Therapist's work is carried out on the project premises and the community-based programmes take place in various locations around the community.
Children of substance misusing parents
The age profile of the clients on the project is as illustrated in Figure3.
Figure 3
The gender profile of the clients is as follows:-
The project normally receives referrals from the Addiction Service.
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