Swindon Drug and Alcohol Team

Swindon Drug and Alcohol Action Team (SDAAT), part of Swindon Community Safety Partnership, exists to reduce the harm caused by drugs and alcohol to improve well-being. SDAAT will achieve this through Strategic co-ordination, collaborative action, pooled resource investment and the commissioning of evidence based, effective, quality services.

Drug Action Teams were established by the government in 1995 to ensure the strategic co-ordination of local action on drug misuse. Since January 1998, Drug Action Teams have been pursuing the national strategy laid out in 'Tackling Drugs Together to Build a Better Britain'. In 2008 the Government introduced a new second National Drugs Strategy, 'Drugs: protecting families and communities'. Through the ten year strategy SDAAT ensures to deliver at a local level, aiming to reduce the harm caused by drugs focusing on protecting families and strengthening communities. The activity of the SDAAT will improve health and well-being, economic, community safety, and criminal justice outcomes for individuals, families and communities across Swindon.

This will be achieved by

• Developing a needs focussed culture
• Securing the required investment
• Delivering effective evidence based commissioning
• Involving individuals, families, communities, and other stakeholders within the functions of the partnership
• Collaboratively working together as partners, stakeholders and providers
• Communicating effectively with the whole community
• Promoting prevention
• Having a transparent approach to its activity and functioning
• Having a competent and professional workforce across all levels - operational, management and strategic