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| Milestones In Northland's History
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| 1975-1979 | A period of development - that involved staff training, establishing a network of wide ranging contacts in the field, organising conferences and seminars. |  |
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| 1975-1980 | Awareness & Education |
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| 1977 | Saw the setting up of Northlands Education Team to provide alcohol education for the Youth Sector and schools in the Western Education & Library Board area. | ||||
| 1981 | Alcohol Advice Centres were set up in Strabane, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen, Coleraine, and Limavady. These centres liaised with GPs, Health Visitors, Social Workers, Probation Officers and Schools in these areas and provided an initial point of contact locally for people looking for help. | ||||
| 1982 | Addiction
Studies Course Devised by Northlands and staff from St.Conal's Hospital Letterkenny and offered at University of Ulster, Magee. |
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| 1982-1987 | Production
of the first 'homegrown' audio-visual material Dealing with the issues of alcohol and drug abuse, these included the prize-winning The Best Man, as well as No Problem, Druglife, and a series of six half-hour radio programmes. The award-winning film The Best Man dealt with how drinking affected the lives of "two ordinary Derry fellas". |
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| 1988-1990 |
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| 1993 | Opening
of Northlands City Centre premises At 13 Pump Street, housing its Education, Prevention and Training team and administration. |
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| 1994-1996 | Bayview
Terrace; a pilot project |
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| 1995 |
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| 1997 | Consolidation of Northlands Community Team. | ||||
| 1998 | The
Nucleus separates formally from Northlands to become an independent
organisation in its own right. It continues to operate from 13 Pump
Street in the City Centre. The Community Action Team is set up with funding from the Community Fund (formerly the National Lottery). Funding for a programme Co-ordinator and two Facilitators/Development Workers is secured. The team operates in the Derry City Council area, Strabane and Limavady. |
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| 2000 | Northlands begins work in Magilligan Prison. Initially a one person initiative delivering training and information programmes on drug awareness to inmates at Magilligan. The Programme also offers one-to-one counselling. Northlands celebrates its 25th Anniversary. |
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| 2001/2002 | Foyle Haven is established as a centre for street drinkers in Derry. Developed partly as a result of work done by Northlands under the EU funded URBAN scheme, the project is supported by a number of organisations and individuals concerned about the welfare of street drinkers in the city area.
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| 2002 | Northlands relocates all of its operations to Shepherd's Way and carries out a substantial renovation of the premises to facilitate the consolidation. The premises at Pump Street is put up for sale. | ||||
| 2003 | Two counsellors appointed to work directly in the non-residential counselling area. Northlands begins to develop this side of its work. | ||||
| 2004 | Visit to Northlands Residential Centre by former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds including an address by Mr Denis Bradley Chairman of Northlands: Theme Ireland awash with drink. | ||||
| 2005 | Research undertaken by University of Ulster at HMP Magilligan Prison regarding effectiveness of substance misuse project. Findings to be reported in 2007 Northlands Non smoking building March 2005 | ||||
| 2006 | Visit to Northlands by Sean Woodward MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to view proposals for a new alcohol and drug residential treatment centre at Magilligan Prison. Oct 2006 launch counselling service for young people between ages 8-18 years | ||||
