Find out about CARDS Rowan Alba alcohol awareness service and volunteering opportunities

We are looking to recruit more volunteers to be part of our CARDS community. CARDS (Community Alcohol Related Damage Services) work with individuals who have a problematic, long-term history of alcohol use in the local community who are currently receiving little or no support in terms of their mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.  The basic idea of the service is to identify the hard-to-reach vulnerable adults in Edinburgh through a community referral system and referral direct from the NHS Integrated ARBD Care Pathway. We offer the support of a relationship with one of our volunteers and this becomes the vehicle to positive health and social outcomes.  The role of the volunteer befriender is to visit the service user they are matched up with once a week for two hours.