Helping Children and Young People Stay Safe and Well

This page supports schools in promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing the risks associated with alcohol and drug use. It brings together trusted information, teaching resources, and local support services to help schools meet the needs of all pupils and foster positive health and wellbeing outcomes.

Bucks Youth Drug and Alcohol Support Service

The Buckinghamshire Children and Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Support Service, provides free, confidential support for anyone under 18, and for young adults aged 18 to 24, who are affected by their own or someone else’s drug or alcohol use.

The service offers tailored one‑to‑one support, psychosocial interventions, screening, harm‑reduction advice, family focused work, education based prevention, and specialist help for children affected by parental substance use. Young people can be seen in schools, colleges, community settings, or other safe spaces that suit them, and the service also runs targeted interventions, group work, and professional training.

The service is free, confidential and non-judgemental with age appropriate support.

Telephone: 01494 527000

Email: buckscyp@cgl.org.uk

Website: Bucks Youth Drug and Alcohol Support Service

Referral form: online referral form

Training for professionals

The service provides training for professionals on drug and alcohol use in relation to children and young people.

Email: buckscyp@cgl.org.uk

Be Healthy Bucks – Help to cut down on alcohol

Be Healthy Bucks offers support to help you cut down on alcohol. With trained health and wellbeing coaches by your side, you are never alone in making the changes.

Interactive online modules also support you week-to-week, as a positive reminder of all those benefits you are looking for from having less alcohol in your life. 

Visit Be Healthy Bucks.

One Recovery Bucks

One Recovery Bucks (ORB) is the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery support service for adults in Buckinghamshire who are experiencing harmful and or problematic drug and or alcohol use.

The Service operates from two main Hubs in Aylesbury and High Wycombe, and satellite Hubs in Chesham, Burnham and Buckingham.

The service provides support and interventions including:

• a Clinical and Prescribing Service
• harm reduction and open access Service
• brief advice and Information, psychosocial interventions including counselling
• access to residential rehab and inpatient detoxification service and support
• Enhanced Recovery Network and Support

The service is free, confidential and non-judgemental.

Telephone: 0300 7729 672

Email: orb@mpft.nhs.uk

Website: One Recovery Bucks

Training for professionals

The service provides information and advice, and training for professionals on Basic Drug and Alcohol awareness, Overdose Awareness and Naloxone training, Alcohol Brief Advice and Information Training and Extended Alcohol Brief Advice Training.

For training, contact:

Email: orbtraining@mpft.nhs.uk
Website: One Recovery Bucks training

Support for families and carers affected by a loved one’s harmful or problematic drug or alcohol use

One Recovery Bucks delivers a Families and Carers Support Service specifically for any adult in Buckinghamshire who is affected by a loved one's use of substance.

Problematic drug and / or alcohol use affects many people beside the individual directly using the substances. Family members and friends can experience stress and health problem as a result of being close to and concerned about their loved ones harmful or problematic drug / alcohol use. It is recognised that families and carers need support in their own right , and the vital role they play in enhancing and improving recovery outcomes.

They offer a range of interventions including face-to-face, telephone and email information advice and support interventions.

The service is free, confidential and non-judgemental.

Telephone: 0300 7729 672

Email: orb@mpft.nhs.uk

Website: One Recovery Bucks family and carers

Alcoholics Anonymous

A support group for people to help each other overcome alcoholism. There are lots of support groups across Buckinghamshire that you can attend. Find your nearest venue.

Narcotics Anonymous

Help for anyone with a drug problem.
Website: Narcotics Anonymous in the United Kingdom