Humankind - Platform Gateshead Young People's Substance Misuse

Platform Gateshead allows young people to make an informed choice about their lifestyle regarding substance and alcohol use.

We provide:

• Early intervention and prevention support to reduce substance misuse
• Harm reduction education and awareness to ensure the safety of young people
• Family interventions such as family conferences and family support groups to improve families relationships
• Health assessments and smoking cessation to improve health and wellbeing
• Information, advice and practical support to young people, parents/carers and others
• Support to reduce wider risk taking behaviour such as sexual exploitation and self-harm

Platform Gateshead focuses upon building on positives and strengths to enable all young people to be healthy, stay safe and raise aspirations.

Self referral or via other agency