History of Northlands
Northlands began work in 1974 and was officially set up in 1975 with the purchase of Westbank Nursing Home at 68 Northland Road. This was a natural development from The House in the Wells, a night shelter set up the previous year for men with a drink problem who were sleeping rough in the city. The ambition of the Northland Road initiative was to provide something beyond shelter - its aim was recovery. It also looked to a wider population of problem drinkers than the street drinkers. A period of development - that involved staff training, establishing a network of wide ranging contacts in the field, organising conferences and seminars.
| 1975-1979 A Period of Development, that involved staff training, conferences and seminars. wide ranging contacts in the field, organising establishing a network of |
1975-1980 Awareness & Education 1977 saw the setting up of Northlands Education Team to Board area. youth sector and schools in the Western Education and Library provide alcohol education for the |
1981 Alcohol Advice Centres were set up in Strabane, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen, Coleraine, and Limavady. These centres liaised with GPs, Health Visitors Social Workers, Probation Service and Schools in these areas and provided An initial point of contact locally for People looking for help. |
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| 1982 Addiction Studies Course devised by Northlands and staff from St, Conal’s Hospital Letterkenny and offered at University Of Ulster, Magee. |
1982-87 Production of first ‘home-grown’ audio-visual material dealing with the issues of alcohol and drug use. These included the prize-winning The Best Man, as well as No Problem, Druglife, and a series of six Half-hour radio programmes. |
1988-90 Awareness Campaign centred around sponsorship of Derry city FC. Linked with this was the opening of Northlands first downtown office in Magazine Street. |
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| 1993 Opening of Northlands City Centre premises at 13 Pump Street Housing its Education, Prevention and Training Team and Administration. |
1994-96 Bayview Terrace: a pilot project providing a long-stay rehabilitation Social supports. programme for those with little or no |
1994-96 Setting up of the Nucleus. an interagency Youth Health Project Entertainment Centre. in the setting of a Youth Drop-in and |
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| 1995 Opening of new Treatment Centre at Shepherds Way, Dungiven Road. This is a joint Management project with North and West Housing. |
1997-2003 Consolidation of Northlands Community Team which included Lottery funded project on community development approaches To alcohol and drugs issues. |
2000-2009 Development and Delivery addiction problems. partnership with WHSST to provide a youth counselling service for Young People with of NYPD/DAYS project in |
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| 2000-2009 Development and Delivery of HMP Magilligan Project, a joint problems with addictions. which provided non residential Treatment Services to individuals within the Prison setting who were experiencing Programme with the Prison Service |
2009 onwards … Ongoing exploration of new developments for Northlands continued provision of a comprehensive Treatment Service |