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The Cambridgeshire DAAT is working to reduce the harm that drugs and alcohol cause to communities across the county. The team raises awareness of what work is being done within Cambridgeshire to tackle drugs and alcohol issues through Community Support and Drug Awareness for Community Groups. The DAAT aims to get substance misusing offenders into treatment.

Our aim is to help Young People resist drug and alcohol misuse and to achieve their full potential in society. A wide range of programmes are in existence across Cambridgeshire supporting the education, prevention and treatment needs of Young People in relation to substance misuse.

The Home Office Community Safety Partnerships Programme is designed to strengthen the ability of communities to resist drug related problems and to develop multi agency approaches to reducing availability of drug.

The Drug and Alcohol Action Teams' Joint Commissioning Group leads on work commissioning treatment services that enable people with substance misuse-related problems to overcome them and live healthy and crime-free lives.

The Cambridgeshire DAAT Office is hosted by Cambridgeshire County Council CCC), the DAAT strategic direction is set by the DAAT Executive Board, which is serviced by the DAAT coordinator(s). Membership of the board includes senior leads from various partner agencies.

The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is a major new element of the Governments Drug Strategy. It aims to take advantage of the opportunities within the criminal justice system for accessing drug misusing offenders and moving them away from drug use and criminal behaviour and into treatment.