Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership

17/06/2026

Help dad smell beautiful instead of like a brewery this

A bottle of scent beats a bottle of booze!



Alcohol Focus Scotland

16/06/2026

This Wednesday!
Orkney Alcohol and Drugs will be coming to the hall to share an interesting talk. Wed 17th June at 7:00pm
Q&A Session and Refreshments to follow!

03/06/2026

We are looking forward to this event!

📣 NEW DATE! 📣
Orkney Alcohol and Drugs will be coming to the hall to share an interesting talk. Wed 17th June at 7:00pm
Q&A Session and Refreshments to follow!

20/05/2026

Our Development Officer (Cameron) visited both Westray Junior High and Sanday Community School this week. During these school visits discussions were had with the young people around various topics including:

1. What does alcohol and drugs mean to us in Westray / Sanday?
2. Why do people use illegal drugs?
3. What are the potential negative impacts of drug use?
4. How can we reduce harm from alcohol & drugs and keep ourselves safe?

The young people aged from primary 6 up to S4's engaged really well with the content and shared some great feedback after the sessions:

"Don't be controlled by peer pressure and stick to boundaries"

"Power of consent, be respectful at all times"

"Try to find another coping habit than alcohol and/or drugs"

"Va**ng can cause headaches and damages your body"

"You don't know what is inside drugs unless it's a prescription from the doctor. Be careful and responsible for yourself and others"

"Reduce alcohol amount when you are 18 and over, spread this out if you do decide to drink and don't binge"

And the discussion(s) had with primary aged children was also important as one primary child said simply "don't overdo it and be silly" when we were talking about alcohol use.

07/05/2026

Our Development Officer (Cameron) was out on a trip to Stronsay yesterday. As he visited the local community and Stronsay Junior High, during the school visit discussions were had with the young people around various topics including:

1. What does alcohol and drugs mean to us in Stronsay?
2. Why do people use illegal drugs?
3. What are the potential negative impacts of drug use?
4. How can we reduce harm from alcohol & drugs and keep ourselves safe?

The young people engaged really well with the content and shared some great feedback yesterday:

"I learned more about the impacts of different drugs. I also recapped the different categories which was useful"

"Don't mix drugs especially with alcohol"

"The more you know about the consequences of having drugs, the less likely you will take them"

"Always have someone responsible around to keep you safe"

"Don't pressure others and don't let others force you"

"Never have medical drugs if you don't need them"

"Drugs can erode certain organs"

Next stops for Cameron is Westray & Sanday in under 2 weeks time.

27/04/2026

Come along to an interesting talk from Orkney Alcohol and Drugs on Wed 27th May at 7:00pm
Q&A Session and Refreshments to follow!

17/04/2026

🌟 Introducing Protect Orkney – a brand new website for adults and professionals

www.protectorkney.co.uk is your go-to hub for information and resources - whether you're a young adult, a parent or carer, or an older adult looking for guidance.

For professionals, it also brings together multiagency guidance and training resources in one handy place.

Alongside the existing Growing Up in Orkney website, this means support information is now available for everyone in our community, at every stage of life. 💙

👉 Visit www.protectorkney.co.uk to explore - and share your feedback while you're there!

08/04/2026

We have another session of Naloxone training coming up on Wednesday 22nd April, delivered by Cameron from ADP.
If you'd like to take part in this training please contact [email protected]

13/03/2026

We had the pleasure of having Tom & Natalie from Scottish Recovery Consortium in Orkney over the last two days delivering training on introduction into recovery essentials. This was attended by our vibrant recovery group participants alongside professionals working in this field. It was a great learning experience covering a wide range of topics including:

-The Power of Recovery
-Mastery / Self-Efficacy
-Recovery Capital - Building a Recovery House
-CHIME Model (Connectedness / Hope / Identity / Meaning & Empowerment)
-Cycle of Change Model
-Recovery Communities
-Human Rights in Recovery
-Asset Mapping
and many more

If you or anyone you know would like to get involved or find out more about this recovery space here in Orkney, do get in touch with us via this page or feel free to drop past Kings Street Halls on a Thursday afternoon. You will be warmly greeted by group members and staff who can offer advice, guidance or support.

Thanks to all those who attended over the two days (we also had a few folk drop past) and to Tom & Natalie for travelling here and we hope to see them again in the near future!

03/03/2026

A great learning experience available here by a national organisation - Neurodiversity Training UK. For more information, please email [email protected]