by bssys | Sep 4, 2018 | news
Drug-related deaths in the UK are rising each year, but council spending on rehab centres has been slashed by up to 58%, HuffPost reveals today. As part of our ‘Austerity Bites’ series this week, we cover the closure of Chandos House in Bristol following “swingeing...
by bssys | Sep 4, 2018 | news
Austerity Bites: Councils reduce funding for residential treatment by as much as 58%. By Nicola Slawson. Original article posted by The Huffington Post click to read. Spending on residential drug and alcohol treatment is being “significantly de-prioritised” by local...
by bssys | Sep 4, 2018 | news
As Chandos House faces the end, a former resident reflects on how it saved his life. By Nicola Slawson Julian Maddern is back in Bristol for a visit, reminiscing about the city where he finally got clean after 32 years of being an alcoholic and a drug addict. He says...
by bssys | Sep 3, 2018 | news
It has saved hundreds of lives over the last 35 years, but it could close with funding slashed by Government and the local authority “They saved my life. I won’t be here without them.” That is the general consensus of the Chandos brothers - the men who have come...
by bssys | Sep 3, 2018 | news
A fundraising campaign supported by Will Self and Russell Brand has failed to save a drug and alcohol rehab centre for men with addiction. Chandos House in Bristol did not raise the £100,000 needed to “stay open and alive”, director James Dickinson said....
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