The Drug and Alcohol Action Team, usually known as the DAAT , is managed by Shaheen Mughal.

The Drug and Alcohol Action Team is not a direct service provider of services but plans, commissions and monitors services to deliver the following four key elements of the National Drugs Strategy:

• protecting communities through tackling drug supply, drug-related crime and anti-social behaviour
• preventing harm to children, young people and families affected by drug misuse 
• delivering new approaches to drug treatment and social re-integration
• public information campaigns, communications and community engagement

Services funded through the Drug and Alcohol Action Team include:

• Drug and alcohol prevention work in schools
• Specialist drugs workers in the Youth Offending Team, the Children's Trust and a major service provider, Redbridge Drug and Alcohol Services
• Detoxification services for adults and young people
• Residential and day treatment programmes for adults and young people
• Support and advice services for families affected by drug and alcohol misuse
• Services targeted at offenders with drug-related problems

The Drug and Alcohol Action Team is currently exceeding its headline targets for getting drug users to enter and stay in treatment programmes. We want to build on that by delivering more services locally, and making those services easily accessible.

If you have any queries you can contact the Redbridge DAAT at daatenquiries@redbridge.gov.uk or on 0208 708 7829.

The annual Drug Treatment Plans, for adults and young people, provide a detailed account of the services currently provided through the Drug and Alcohol Action Team, and the targets for future work.

There is more information about the Government's strategies for tackling drug misuse on the Home Office website.

Help with drug or alcohol addiction

For more help, information and advice please call Redbridge Drug and Alcohol Service on 0844 600 11 80.

Drug and Alcohol service directory (PDF 3MB)