Project 6's 2016 impact report summarizes the organization's activities and outcomes over the past year. It describes Project 6 developing new strategic goals and refreshing its core purpose to better support individuals struggling with substance use and complex needs. The report highlights Project 6 achieving positive outcomes for its service users despite increased challenges from austerity measures. It provides an overview of Project 6's services and outcomes in harm reduction, treatment, recovery, and community engagement.

1. IMPACT
REPORT
2016

2. VICKI BEERE CEO
Project 6 has had a year of
review and revitalisation
during 2015-2016. We have
spent time developing new
strategic goals which will
lead us over the next 10
years. We have refreshed
our core purpose and started
developing an incredibly
exciting Social Enterprise.
In addition to this we have
identified significant changing
needs of the people who
live in our communities and
are developing partnerships
in order to address the
challenges of complex needs,
mental health and misuse of
prescription medication.
First of all we want to say a
huge thank you to all our staff,
volunteers, trustees, peer
mentors, service users and
partners who have contributed
to making this year the
success it has been. We have
achieved better outcomes
for the people who use our
services than ever, despite
the turmoil of the political and
social environment we exist
in. During this year we have
won an award with Garfield
Weston Pilot Light and gained
significant funding from the
Big Lottery in order to develop
our Social Enterprise and
sustainability.
This has been a year of
increased financial austerity,
reduced public spending
alongside increased pressure
on health, social care and
VCS organisations. Leading
to increased stress on
vulnerable people who live
in the shadow of welfare
cuts and foodbanks. Drug
related deaths are increasing
for the first time in years as
a direct result of austerity,
budget cutting and small
local street drug agencies
closing as they lose the battle
in the scale of economies
war. Life is getting harder
and harder for the people
who access our services.
However by recognising the
positive outcomes we have
achieved and the incredible
stories of recovery that lie
behind these figures, we are
galvanised to continue to fight
to continue helping people
help themselves.
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3. JAN MAYOR CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
What makes me most proud to
serve as Project 6’s chair are the
Project 6 People. The austerity
agenda has made our work so
much harder. It is therefore even
more impressive to notice just how
cheerfully committed to making a
difference our staff remain. It was
the commitment of the staff that
first drew Project 6 to my attention
and I remain deeply impressed by
them and proud of their work.
The board has been working
closely with the senior leadership
team to improve our governance
of the organisation. It has given
me a chance to really admire
the great leadership Project 6
has. Vicki’s commitment and
passion are key to the success of
Project 6. She has also overseen
the good management of our
finances, despite the increased
demand.
I must also pay credit to the
rest of the Trustees – they have
worked hard this year to develop
our strategy and ensure robust
governance.
This year I have had the
opportunity to get to know more of
our service users. I have heard so
many stories of how Project 6 has
helped them face the challenges
in their lives. I am humbled by their
courage in taking the journey to
recovery.
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“ I am humbled
by their courage in
taking the journey
to recovery. ”

4. 4
OUR
VALUES
Our Values are integral
to every piece of work we
undertake.
We instil hope and promote
social justice
We trust each other and treat
people equally
We believe in the ability of
people to change and in our
ability to make a difference,
we do not give up
We fulfil our key aim to
develop self-efficacy and
build social capital
Consequently, ‘we help
people to help themselves’

5. 5
CORE
PURPOSE
Through enabling self-belief
and building inspirational
social networks, we will
support people to discover and
achieve their personal goals
and reduce harms caused by
substance use and multiple,
complex needs to individuals,
families and communities.
To achieve this we deliver
services in 4 key areas:
ONE Open Access and
Community Services
TWO Structured Treatment
and Family Services
THREE Alcohol Services
FOUR Recovery Services
and Volunteering / Enterprise

6. Project 6 works to achieve
its aims and core purpose
through the delivery of an
integrated treatment system
for substance use across
Keighley and surrounding
areas. We believe the best
entrance into treatment is a
wide front door, with multiple
entrance points in to a warm,
friendly and non judgemental
environment.
Our Harm Reduction service
is delivered through the
specialist Needle Exchange
which works to reduce harm
to individuals, families and
the community through
offering direct support to 522
injecting drug users with a
returns rate of 108%. This
reduces BBV transmission,
promotes safer use and also
provides a key route in to
Structured Treatment. We
have also worked this year in
various community settings
across the south Asian and
Central and Eastern European
Communities to encourage
equitable access in to
treatment.
Structured Treatment
Services are the cornerstone
of our interventions, offering
evidence based psychosocial
interventions to 431
individuals in this period.
The outcomes demonstrated
below by these services are
extremely impressive and
compare favourably nationally.
These services include our
specialist stimulant service
which offers specialist advice
for stimulant and new and
emerging substances,
delivery of PSIs and Care
co-ordination within a
specialist prescribing service
and a worker who works
primarily with individuals from
the south Asian community
to encourage access in to
treatment.
Family Services and
interventions have
strengthened during the
course of the year under
our restructure and for
delivery and integration
purposes are now managed
by our Structured Treatment
Manager who has adopted
an impressive
27 individuals
finding full-time
employment
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OUR SERVICES

7. a whole family approach.
These services are aimed
at specifically reducing harm
to families. The interventions
provide direct benefit to
families, young people and
children, concerned others
and grandparents/kin
carers. Over this period we
supported 108 parents , 208
young people, 42 Concerned
others and 21 pregnant drug
and alcohol users through our
Maternity and Families work.
Our Alcohol Services are
predominately based in
primary, secondary care
and the community.
We work across the whole
of AWC delivering a range
of screening, advice and
info sessions and Brief
interventions to alcohol
users. Last year we worked
with 488 individuals to
assist them to reduce their
alcohol consumption to safer
levels or stop completely. In
Secondary Care we continued
to support some of the most
chaotic and frequent attenders
in the area to engage, then
make and sustain positive
changes to their lifestyles.
Working with 156 individuals
to assist them to make these
changes. In addition to this
we screened 8640 individuals
in secondary care, offered
1280 individuals brief advice,
assessing 271 individuals
in to structured treatment
support and recovery.
Within our Progress Recovery
centre our Structured
Recovery Programmes
(SRP) and Aftercare
provision continue to develop
exceptional outcomes to
the individuals who engage
with them. The programmes
supported 229 individuals in
both SRP and Aftercare: SRP
is a 12 week programmes to
consolidate their recovery
goals and build social capital.
106 individuals engaged on
our aftercare service, an
impressive 27 of individuals
finding full time employment.
We have further consolidated
our pathways in to peer
mentoring and volunteering
creating a clear pathway
through the service. The
exciting development of our
new social enterprise will
strengthen these further in
the coming years.
Our WaVE project continues to
deliver excellent social value
to the individuals involved,
the organisation and the
community. Volunteers are
recruited, trained, inducted
and supervised by a dedicated
Volunteer Manager. 70
Volunteers undertook a
number of key roles across
the organisation including:
Duty and Reception Cover,
Buddying and Support, Group
Support and delivery, activities
support and delivery and
other specialist roles within
activities such as cook and eat
and at our Allotment.
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Through enabling self-belief
and assisting individuals to
build inspirational networks
we can support individuals to
develop their social capital and
sustain their recovery goals.
At Project 6 we give people
the time, space, skills,
support and toolkits to make
and sustain positive behaviour
change. We achieve this
through believing in people’s
ability to change and using
evidence based psychosocial
interventions to assist them.
The journey down our street
is based on building
motivation and aspiration,
installing hope and having
expectations of recovery.
Our Open access services
provide a vital wide front door,
enabling access to individuals
from across the whole of
AWC. Our Needle Exchange
referred 28% of the individuals
accessing the service in to our
Structured Treatment Service.
Our Structured Treatment,
Family and Alcohol services
worked with 431 individuals
to encourage self-belief and
make and sustain positive
changes. 36% of those
individuals moved on to access
our Recovery Services.
Finally while accessing
our Recovery Services and
re-building social networks;
HELPING PEOPLE
HELP THEMSELVES

9. In our annual service
user survey the following
outcomes were captured:
100% of individuals
asked would recommend
Project 6 to friends or
family
89% said that they
were developing tools and
techniques that help them
help themselves
63% were starting to
develop social networks
87% of people would
come back to Project 6 if
they needed to
54% of individuals moved on
to Aftercare. In addition to this
27 people found work and 66
moved on to Peer Mentoring
and Volunteering.

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REDUCING THE HARM
TO INDIVIDUALS
This is a fundamental aim of Project 6 which remains true
to our Harm Reduction roots while fully embracing Recovery.
In this period we achieved
the following exceptional
outcomes:
In our annual
service users survey 100%
of individuals said that
“since coming to Project
6 the harm caused to me
by drugs or alcohol has
reduced”
83% of Individuals
leaving our Brief/
Enhanced Brief
Intervention Service leave
drinking at controlled
safer levels or abstinent
77% of individuals
leaving our Structured
Treatment Services leave
in a planned manner,
either using at controlled
safer levels or abstinent
88% of those
individuals leaving our
Structured Recovery
Programme also leave in
a planned manner, either
using at controlled safer
levels or abstinent
In addition to this we
have exceptionally low
levels of people coming
back in to service, as
their recovery goals have
been overwhelmingly
sustainable. On average
only 7% of individuals
come back to our services
within 6 months of being
discharged.

11. REDUCING THE HARM TO COMMUNITIES
Project 6 has been embedded
in the community we serve
for 27 years. Our aim is to
meet the emerging and
often complex needs of our
diverse communities whilst
challenging and reducing
the stigma that people using
substances often face. AWC
has unique demographical and
geographical challenges, we
In this period we
have also:
Delivered over
12000 Interventions in the
community
Delivered 3500 BIs
across the whole of AWC
Delivered over
3,800 crisis and duty
intervention to over 2,000
individuals
Worked in
partnership across
multiple communities;
awareness raising and
giving advice and info
for Carers week, Self-
Care week, Safeguarding
week, Alcohol awareness
week and specific Young
Peoples CSE events
Trained 100 staff/
professionals in various
interventions substance
use interventions
Our volunteers
have committed
approximately 5000 hours
of volunteering within P6
and the community
have areas of high, multiple
deprivation in Keighley, wealth
in Ilkley and of rural isolation
and poverty across Craven.
In addition to being based in
all 17 primary care practices
across the region we have
developed a satellite service
in Ilkley to meet the unmet
needs of the community there.

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REDUCING THE HARM
TO FAMILIES

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This year we have restructured
our Family Services,
integrating the team in to our
wider Structured Treatment
Team and incorporating
our new post of a Young
Peoples Resilience worker.
This has resulting in a much
more seamless service for
individuals and their families
and the ability to adopt a whole
family approach. The whole
organisation has become
much more family focused as a
result from our specialist NEX
to our Aftercare service.
In this period we achieved
the following outcomes:
71% of people asked
in our annual survey
reported that since coming
to Project 6 things had
improved for their family
100% of the families
we supported directly
reported being happier/
able to cope
83% of Concerned
Others supported
reported an improvement
in their wellbeing
72% of Concerned
Others supported
reported an improvement
in family relationships
100%
of young people supported
reported increased self-
confidence, self esteem
and resilience
70% of young people
supported felt more able
to identify risks and
60% of young people
supported reported
reduced substance use
The whole
organisation has
become much
more family
focused

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Jane initially self referred to
Project 6 for support with her
alcohol use. At the time of
referral she was drinking daily,
had lost her job and driving
licence and was self-harming.
The Family Worker conducted
a family assessment and
quickly ascertained that
the Janes family were also
experiencing difficulties due
to her alcohol use. She was
referred in to the Family
Service and was offered
support for her husband
through the Concerned Other
Worker and for their child
through the Family Worker.
All three family members
were able to be supported
with a holistic, integrated
approach. Through this
approach we were able to see
the whole picture.
Dad, who worked full-time,
was struggling to manage
the situation, was unclear
how to support Jane and
ensure that their daughter
was kept both emotionally and
physically safe. The fact that
all the family were attending
appointments at the same
time also meant that the
parents were immediately
available to discuss any
concerns about the daughter
that had arisen during the
session with the Family
Worker. Working with the
whole family also offers an
assurance to the child that
they are valued and included.
Difficult situations in the home
or with the parent can be
JANES STORY

15. mental and physical health
and her familial relationships.
Dad engaged well during his
Concerned Other sessions
and therapeutic interventions
follow the evidence based
PACT programme.
The child engaged in regular
therapeutic interventions with
the family support worker
whereby the therapeutic tool
called ‘My Web’ formed the
direction of the sessions.
This approach has proved very
successful in working with
this family and a number of
positive outcomes have been
achieved across the family
unit.
discussed in a safe, supportive
environment. The daughters
feelings were recognised
information given in an age
appropriate way to help the
daughter manage and cope
with the situation.
In order to have an inclusive
package of care for the child
a CAF (Common Assessment
Framework) was instigated
and a Family Action Plan
created.
Working with the Cycle
of Change the Structured
Treatment Worker ascertained
that Jane was initially
ambivalent about her alcohol
use. Through the use of
Motivational Interviewing and
the associated tools such as
decisional balance activities
Jane was able to consider for
herself the negative impact
of her alcohol use on her
positive outcomes
have been
achieved across
the family unit
Jane’s alcohol use
decreased therefore
reducing physical harm
to her
Jane’s mental health
improved and there have
been no instances of self
harm and subsequent
hospital admissions
Jane engaged with
bereavement counselling
on site which reduced her
depression and anxiety
Daughter reported
20/20 improvements in
physical health, wellbeing,
happiness and ability to
deal with problems
Furthermore, the
family relationship had
also significantly improved
Since the Dads
initial engagement
he measures a high
‘personal welfare’ score,
overall, a good sense of
‘general well being’ and
importantly a significant
increase with his ‘family
and close relationships’

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OUR PEOPLE
Our Trustees
Jan Mayor Chair
Jenni Farrow Treasurer
Dawn Townend Secretary and Safeguarding Lead
Enid Feather
Milton Pearson
Pam Essler
Senior and Operational Managers
Vicki Beere CEO
Lynn Lawson Director of Development and Communications
Corinne Yeadon Structured Treatment
and Families Service Manager
Debra Chalmers Volunteer and Enterprise Manager
Jack Spalding Harm Reduction Co-ordinator
Phil Taylor Alcohol Services Manager
Phil Woodward Recovery Services Manager
Christine Steel Finance Officer
PARTNERSHIPS
Project 6 recognises that the people who come through our
door often have multiple and complex needs. We would like
to say thanks to our partners who we have worked with this
year to help us provide the time, space, support and skills for
the people we work with to make and sustain positive changes.
Many of these organisations work with us on site to provide
a one stop shop service therefore reducing gaps between
services and maximising opportunities for recovery.
Addaction
Airedale NHSFT
Bangladeshi Welfare
Bradford Community Environment Project
Bradford District Care Foundation Trust
Cellar Trust
Cruse
Freedom Counselling
Keighley DVS
Lifeline Bradford
Salvation Army
GP Surgeries
West Yorkshire Probation Services
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
PEOPLE AND
PARTNERSHIPS

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PEOPLE AND
THE FUTURE
The austerity agenda which
has impacted on local
authorities in particular
and the increasing financial
gap facing the NHS are
impacting on the VCS in an
unprecedented manner. We
can expect this situation to
worsen over the next few
years. Achieving sustainability
is our key challenge for this
coming year. Measuring
our outcomes, impact and
sustainability are a key focus
for the organisation.
Over the next 12 months
Project 6 faces the critical
challenge of a re tender
situation for our Core
Services. In order to meet this
delighted to announce that we
will be launching our Social
Enterprise; Training@p6.
challenge we have formed
the Ignite Partnership with
our local partners Bridge
Project and Addaction. We are
working together to develop a
recovery focused community
model for all substance users
across Bradford and AWC.
In addition to this we will
use the next year to broaden
our strategic objectives and
develop our highly successful
model in to the fields of
complex needs and wellbeing/
mental health. Our therapeutic
interventions belief that
recovery is achievable and
sustainable in Keighley
will provide much needed
support to those whose needs
are so complex it prevents
them engaging effectively in
substance use services.
As the final piece of the jigsaw
in our recovery journey we are
We have been supported in
developing these innovations
by a number of sources.
We were delighted to win a
Garfield Weston Pilotlight
award this year and have
started the process of
strategic analysis and
business planning with
our business mentors this
summer. We also received
a grant from the Big Lottery
Sustainability Fund which will
be invaluable in developing the
initiatives above and ensuring
the success of Project 6 for
many years to come.
This enterprise will
initially provide
training and volunteer
opportunities for
individuals completing
their treatment with
Project 6 and allow them
to develop skills in:
Marketing
Business
administration
Financial
management
and budgeting
Research and
development
Training planning
and delivery
Evaluation

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YOU GET IN
TOUCH?
By telephoning us on
01535 610180
By emailing us at
reception@project6.org.uk
By coming into the project
reception at 11-19 Temple
Street
Visiting the harm reduction
service at
6 Temple Street.
Tel: 01535 610480
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service, between 1-5 Monday
– Friday so that you can call at
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can make an appointment.
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Tuesday 10am-6pm
Wednesday 1pm-8pm
Thursday 10am-5pm
Friday 10am-5pm
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