0191 226 3440
(open everyday 9am - 9pm)
PROPS is a specialist service for people whose lives are affected by someone else’s alcohol or drug use.
We create a safe place for you to voice your concerns, offload your worries, and manage your emotions.
Volunteering can make a real difference to your life and the lives of those around you.
We offer support to help you cope with difficult situations and behaviours.
A specialist service for young people aged 5 to 18 years old living in Newcastle and North Tyneside.
Our tailored approach ensures you’ll receive the support that meets your specific needs.
Multi-service and bespoke in-house courses to give a solid understanding of CRA, ACRA and CRAFT.
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Our work is only possible due to the support we receive from a wide range of sources.
Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training is an internationally renowned program designed to teach you different approaches to addressing the problems caused by alcohol and drugs within your family.
CRAFT encourages you to replace nagging, pleading and threatening behaviour with a more positive motivational approach.
Evidence suggests that compared with similar programmes, CRAFT is four times more likely to result in substance users entering into treatment and three times more effective in helping them to stop their substance use.
CRAFT aims to:
* With help from you, your family member will be better placed to:
Treatment could be GP, alcohol and drug services, hobbies, peer support meetings such as, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and SMART meetings.
CRAFT gives you the skills and knowledge to manage your situation. The program is delivered by our team of qualified and experienced CRAFT Therapists over eight one to one or group sessions.
Please contact us for more information.
Behavioural Couples Therapy is the process of working with two people to strengthen and support behavioural change.
We use BCT with families to rebuild trust, help people to achieve and maintain abstinence and to improve the relationship between you and your family member who uses alcohol and/or drugs.
BCT has three main objectives:
The BCT process:
BCT covers the following areas:
BCT may not suitable for all families. Please contact us for more information
Family Mediation is a process which can help decrease conflict within families and find new ways to positively communicate and strengthen relationships.
The mediation process:
You can call PROPS on 0191 226 3440 to speak to somebody any time between 9.00am to 9.00pm every day, including weekends and bank holidays.
If the line is busy, please leave your name and contact details and we will call you back.
You can leave us a message to request a call back at a safe and convenient time via the website here.
If you are contacting us via the website your message will be picked up on Monday, or Tuesday if it is a bank holiday weekend.
You can send us a message on WhatsApp to 07791 246049 to chat somebody any time between 9.00am to 9.00pm every day, including weekends and bank holidays.
If you message us after 9.00pm we will reply the next day.
