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Volunteer for the Stirling Family Support Service

Stirling Family Support Service relies on the efforts of volunteers to deliver the service. Volunteers are welcome from all walks of life - you may have personal experience of drug use, or of coping with someone else's drug use, or have some spare time and want to use it productively.

You don't need any experience to become a volunteer - just enthusiasm and commitment to do something positive in the fight against drugs.

Main Duties of Volunteers:

Provide information and support to families and friends affected by other peoples drug use.

Deliver promotional events, workshops and training.

Carry out research.

Develop promotional and publicity material.

Full training is also provided on such areas as:-

Attitudes towards drug use.

Responses to drug use.

Drugs and Effects.

Telephone Helpline Skills.

Drug Services and Treatments.

Living with a Drug User.

Listening/basic counselling skills