Our new Building Positive Pathways Timetable is now ready. The timetable includes a range of programmes based on feedback from staff, volunteers and service users.

The New Programme includes:

Outreach Programme - We are providing our Building Positive Pathways Programmes to other organisations.  Please contact the BPP team for more information.

Wellbeing Wednesday – A 6 week programme focusing on positive health and well-being including stress management, relaxation, self care and coping skills.  The group will include making a healthy lunch each week.  While service users can join at any point we are encouraging them to come along for the 6 weeks so please contact the BPP to register and encourage clients to attend.

Thursday – Reconnecting Women Programme - 1pm - 3pm.

Feel Good Friday – A variety of activity including cooking, art workshop and peer support.

Reiki - As an extension of FGF (1.30-3.30pm) we are running a 4 week Reiki course which will start on Friday 11^th November.  This is open to all service users including Reiki Beginners and those wishing to practice their Reiki skills.  Please contact a member of the Building Positive Pathways Team to sign up.  Please encourage clients to come along and sign up.

*Please note*
1-1 Support this available throughout the week. Please contact a member of the BPP Team to arrange an appointment.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Building Positive Pathways Team on 0141 353 1800 or buildingpathways@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org

Our Boardroom, Training Rooms, Counselling Rooms and Kitchen facilities are available for hire on a one off or block booking basis. We offer flexible working week rates and discouts for block booking. Our facilities have free WiFi and a networked overhead projector is available in our training rooms. Our Boardroom caters for up to 25 delegates and our training room offers spaces for up to 40 people.

The Feel Good Friday group offers a range of activities for our service users. These sessions offer peer support, health and nutrition advice, relaxation and range of computer skills. Some of the members attend an acu-detox clinic which runs 3 times per week. This clinic uses Auricular Acupuncture to help balance mental and physical wellbeing. We offer Qi gong and other types of meditation within this group to help relaxation.

Our recent Community work has involved in a women’s group called ‘the wee woman’s group’ in Govan. The group set up a small choir and they have been singing at local events and featured on local radio. The group were involved in a community litter pick recently – they then made sculptures using the rubbish collected with the local community artist. The sculptures they made were a 3D versions of art work contained in our service user written book ‘Singular Voices’ – a powerful book containing stories, poems and art work depicting 5 people’s journeys through recovery.

We recently delivered a pilot programme to the ‘Tomorrow’s women’ service which incorporated a mixture of therapeutic workshops, prevention and education and alcohol and justice work. We are looking into setting up new community groups across the city using volunteers.

Glasgow Council on Alcohol are one of more than 130 employers who have signed up to the Glasgow Living Wage. What is a Living Wage?...... The Living wage is a term used to describe the minimum hourly wage necessary for shelter (housing and incidentals such as clothing and other basic needs) and nutrition for a person for an extended period of time (lifetime). This standard generally means that a person working full-time, with no additional income, should be able to afford a specified quality or quantity of housing, food, utilities, transport, health care, and recreation.

The Glasgow Living Wage was launched in March 2009. It sets a new guaranteed minimum standard of income for all Council workers, set at £7.85 an hour.