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Service / Project	Alcohol Related Brain Damage
Sector	Voluntary / Community
Address Line 1	Penumbra
Address Line 2	31 Summer Street
City	Aberdeen
Postcode	AB10 1SB
Phone Number	01224 644134
Fax	01224 644134
Send Email >>	blair.anderson@penumbra.org.uk
Visit Website >>	http://www.penumbra.org.uk
Brief Outline of Service	Penumbra provides person-centred housing support to people who experience alcohol related brain damage. Contact and frequency of support varies according to individual need. Referrals are accepted from health and social work professionals. Staff from the project will also provide awareness sessions for those working with ARBD.

Area of Operation
City Wide	Yes	North	Yes
South	Yes	Central	Yes


Who is the Service for?
Male	Yes	Female	Yes
Children	No	Families	No
Age range	18+

Personal Circumstances catered for
Pregnancy	No	People with children	No
People on benefits	No	People with pets	No
People who smoke	No	Former Prisoners	No
Offenders	No	Ex Armed Forces	No
Physical health & wellbeing	No	Diagnosed mental illness	No
Mental health problems	Yes	Discharged from hospital	No
Domestic abuse	No	Alcohol misuse	Yes
Drug misuse	No	People in drug treatment	No
Rent arrears	No	Mortgage problems / repossession	No
Evicted / asked to leave by landlord	No



Access to the Service
What is the charge to the client?	Dependant on financial assessment
Is the client expected to pay personally?	Yes
Additional Info (if necessary)	Also dependant on financial assessment
Who can refer clients?
Professional referral	Yes	Self referral	Yes

How?
In person (drop-in)?	No	By telephone	No
By appointment	No
Other (please specify)	Referral Form
Any other relevant details	Referral forms available from above address

Opening Times
Which days are you open?	Weekdays Only	Do you open 24 hours?	No
Opening Hours	Monday-Friday
Emergency / out of hours service?	No

Do you operate year round or seasonally?	Year-Round



Additional needs catered for
Literacy	No	Hearing Impairment	No
Visual Impairment	No	Physical Disability	No
Wheelchair Users	No	Learning Disability	No
Dementia	No	Other	No
Please give Details	Service provided in person's own home.

Additional Information
Details of all selected categories	Housing Support, Alcohol Misuse and Mental Health Services. They would provide support to someone with ARBD to enable them to access suitable housing.

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This project is funded by The Aberdeen Homelessness Strategy © Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 2008

This project is funded by The Aberdeen Homelessness Strategy
© Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 2008