Day Centre

Providing life skills for people in recovery

We exist to reduce the harm alcohol and drugs causes to individuals, families and the communities they live in.

Turning Point Craft Initiative offers hope for those who are serious about wanting to recover from alcohol and/or drug misuse and work towards a new life - free from their addiction.

At the Day Centre, the Project Manager will work closely with clients to restore self-confidence, dignity and other life skills needed to equip them to live in the community once more.

Programme of Recovery: Recent studies have shown that recovery programmes offering 'practical skills' have the widest appeal in terms of benefit to the greatest number of people.

Aims & Objectives:

Aims:

TPCI's aim is to teach basic woodturning and woodworking skills, in a purpose built workshop, for people throughout Shetland, who desire to build stable, productive lives free from alcohol or drugs.

Objectives:

enable the client to gain progressively higher status and responsibility.
to raise self worth.
to develop self control.
to set realistic goals, based primarily on the persons own issues.
to promote personal growth.
help meet clients need to achieve personal employment goals.
provide a positive alternative to the seemingly endless 'merry-go-round' of abuse, detox and relapse.

Referrals:

We do not have a formal referral procedure - all you need to do is to phone, write, email or call in to make an appointment. We welcome referrals from all statutory and voluntary organizations, from the faith community, from family and friends and from any individual who has an alcohol or drug problem and has a genuine desire to change.

If you feel this project would benefit you, do get in touch. For agencies, organisations or local faith community please send for a referral form by post or email.

Download our Referral form (MS Word format)

email: info@tpci.shetland.co.uk

There are no charges or fees, this service is provided free, inclusive of transport to and from the Day Centre. (15 mile radius of Wadbister)

The Day Centre is funded through supporting funding agencies, Day Centre sales, donation and gifts.

We rely on fundraising and donations to continue the work and development of the Day Centre. In the Day Centre our service users develop self esteem and learn basic skills to help them back into employment to support not only themselves but also their families, this also makes a difference in our community.

We at Turning Point Craft Initiative are enormously grateful for all the help we receive, faithfully, from so many. Help in the form of time, practical service, volunteering, prayer, encouragement and finance. Thank you!

Public donations:
If you would like to make a donation to this work, please make cheques payable to, "Turning Point Craft Initiative". If you are a UK tax payer and would like to Gift Aid your donations, please call us and we will forward a Gift Aid form to you.

A few of the items made by our clients:

Our services are free and confidential.

At TPCI we recognise that for some people talking can be a great help when working through an alcohol or drug problem.

On many days the Clients and Project Manager will never get to the Workshop, taking time out to talk problems through and identify ways to move forward.

TPCI is a confidential service.

TPCI is free.

TPCI provides follow-on support.

People can refer themselves by telephone, letter or visit the Day Centre.