Finglas-Cabra Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force

Finglas Cabra Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force began in 1997 following a Government report into the heroin epidemic at the time. Since then the Task Force has provided local leadership in the response to the impact of substance use on individuals, family and community in Finglas and Cabra. This strategic approach represents the collective commitment by the community, voluntary, statutory and elected public representatives involved in the Task Force to working together to reduce substance use related harm in the Finglas and Cabra areas.

Finglas Cabra LDATF is a local inter-agency body involving all stakeholders focused on the impact of substance use on the individual, family and community. This role is recognised by Government in its National Drug Strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, A Health-Led Response to Drug and Alcohol Use in Ireland 2017 – 2025 (RHSR)

Some of the important community-based services that have been developed over the years with the support of Finglas Cabra LDATF include:

• Better Finglas

• Cabra Community Policing Forum

• Family Therapy Project

• Aftercare Support in Finglas and Cabra

• The Voyages Programme (Finglas Centre Centre)

• Community Response small grant scheme

• Finglas Addiction Support Team

• Prevention Through Resilience Programme

• Cabra Resource Centre (Now Local Outreach Family Therapies (LOFT) (mainstreamed)

• Finglas Cabra Health Promotion

• Finglas Community Safety Forum

• Sankalpa (formerly Millennium Carving) – Drug Rehabilitation Programme (mainstreamed)