Bristol 24/7 has written a great article, which features Ara, for their 2019 Charity Advent Calendar. This discusses the great work at the Arc Cafe, which supports people in recovery.
The Arc Cafe provides people with skills in cooking, customer service and running a business.
We provide:
Find out more about our services for addiction recovery.
Supported housing for substance misuse recovery in Bristol: Find out more about Pathway 4 and related services.
Free, confidential support for problem gamblers: see information about our Gambling Service.
Ara’s confidential 1:1 counselling with trained experts are here to help. We ask you to complete a short assessment and you will then be referred to telephone or in-person sessions. These can be arranged during the day and in the evenings to fit around your work schedule.
Our most important message is people suffering gambling harms are not alone.
There are an estimated 30,000 people with experiencing disordered gambling in Wales alone.
This doesn’t include those at risk of developing harm, or the average of 7 affected others who also experience harms from another’s gambling. We provide services in the regions of Wales, Wiltshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Cornwall and Somerset.
Please get in touch via our Get Support page or give us a call on 0330 1340 286
We have a range of interventions on offer, but our most important one is to listen.
Are you struggling with gambling outside of office hours and need someone to talk to straight away?
The National Gambling Helpline operates 24 hours a day on 0808 8020 133
This is run by our partners at GamCare.
