Post release

Men and women who have longstanding problems with substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, almost always need to become abstinent and to embrace recovery if they are to change the behaviours which have led them to prison.

New Connections recognises that ‘recovery’ means more than just being abstinent. We therefore facilitate ex-offenders in joining NA or AA and attending meetings and finding a sponsor as well as providing an introduction to a potential mentor who can be available to help and advise the client as they rebuild their life in the community.

We offer a variety of services including 'meet at gate', mentoring, phone support, helping our clients get to their meetings and helping them to develop their plans going forward.

We are also building our partnership network to help cover those services that we do not yet have the provisions to cover. If you want to access any of our partners services please contact us and we can facilitate this for you.