Fife Alcohol Support Service
Welcome to the Fife Alcohol Support Service (FASS) website!
FASS provides a free, Fife-wide, community based, confidential, one-to-one alcohol counselling service for individuals and family affected by alcohol problems.
Counselling is available day and evening in many towns throughout Fife including:
Anstruther; Buckhaven; Burntisland; Cardenden; Cowdenbeath; Cupar; Dalgety Bay; Dunfermline; Glenrothes; High Valleyfield; Inverkeithing; Kelty; Kennoway; Kirkcaldy; Leven; Lochgelly; Lochore; Methil; Newport on Tay; Oakley; Rosyth; St Andrews
Information about our counselling and other help services may be found under the Services menu.
Our Referrals menu provides relevant information and advice for people who are experiencing alcohol problems. Information is also available if someone close to you is experiencing a problem with alcohol and you would like to know how you can help.
Referral Forms for GPs, Primary Care Staff, Employers, Social Workers and Other Agencies can be downloaded from our Referrals menu if you wish to refer a patient or client to FASS.
Latest:
Alcohol Diversion Scheme to expand Fife-wide!
Fife Alcohol Support Service, working closely with partners in Fife Constabulary, the NHS and St Andrews University, will be taking the Alcohol Diversion Scheme Fife-wide to benefit communities across the region.
Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing MSP said: "I congratulate Fife on the success of the Alcohol Diversion pilot. This brief intervention allows a key group the opportunity to find out more about the dangers and consequences of their alcohol misuse and shows them ways in which they can change their behaviour.
Alcohol misuse is costing Scotland dearly. We need to rebalance Scotland's relationship with alcohol and enable people to make more positive choices about their alcohol use. We know there are no quick fixes, which is why we set out a package of measures in our Alcohol Framework last year.
If we work together with shared objectives we can make a real difference to the health of the people of Scotland, to our economy and to our communities."
Donald Watt, chairman of Fife Alcohol Support Service (FASS) hailed the huge success of the Alcohol Diversion Scheme: “It’s a brand new package,” said Mr Watt, “and highly innovative. We at FASS were more than delighted to be selected as the lead agency for this project, and it is hugely gratifying for all concerned to see the excellent results obtained.
The Fife Alcohol & Drug Partnership is now funding the scheme and it will be rolled out across the whole of Fife in September.”
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Fife Alcohol Support Service is a member of Alcohol Focus Scotland and is a Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered in Scotland. Company Registration No. 97502 Registered Charity No. SCO10422
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