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...

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...

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...

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...

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. He said the...

Fundraising efforts backed by numerous celebrities have failed to keep the rehab centre open. Chandos House, the last residential drugs rehab in Bristol, has announced that it will close after 35 years. The Redland rehab centre has been fundraising recently to stay...

Bristol’s last residential rehabilitation centre will close after a ‘crisis appeal’ failed to raise enough funds. Chandos House in Redland has helped hundreds of men battling addiction and trauma during the past 35 years. Earlier this year, the treatment centre...

The clinic is under threat due to funding cuts Earlier this month it was reported the last remaining residential rehab centre in Bristol is facing closure due to severe funding cuts. Chandos House in Redland could shut its doors before the end of the year unless it...

After overcoming his own addiction, writer Will Self is back in rehab, this time to help keep it open. Original article posted by The Bristol Cable click to read. By Matty Edwards on 17th August, 2018. Photo: Chris Close "At a spiritual level it’s a disaster, it’s...

Chandos House is threatened by closure. Former residents there speak out about how treatment got them clean. "I was literally near death. I was skinny, I couldn't work, I couldn't function without having a drink inside me." Just 18 months later Dave Hill gave up...

A drug and alcohol rehab centre which helps men with addiction is facing closure due to a funding crisis. Chandos House in Redland, Bristol, is the city's last residential centre and may close within weeks unless £100,000 is raised, executive director James Dickinson...

“Everybody knows that I was a junkie, I know it every time I look in the mirror.” Will Self’s deep, hypnotic voice booms through the Boston Tea Party. The writer and political commentator has already torn into the Tories, Brexit – “when it happens I’m leaving” – and...

"All I can say about this place is that it saves people’s lives – transforms them," says Paul, a former Chandos House resident. But the future of Bristol's only residential addiction centre is precarious in the wake of Government funding cuts and help is desperately...

Our year in review, 2017. This report focuses on the impact Chandos has, not only on the men who come to us but also in their families and communities. Click to view: Our year in review,...

We are delighted to have weekly deliveries from the "Five-a-Day" Fruit and Vegetable shop on Gloucester Road - helping us provide well-being from the inside-out as well as bringing beautiful colours to our kitchen table at Chandos House!