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Birmingham Drug and Alcohol Action Team (BDAAT) part of Safer Birmingham Partnership, exists to reduce the harm caused by drugs and alcohol to improve well-being. BDAAT will achieve this through Strategic co-ordination, collaborative action, pooled resource investment, and the commissioning of evidence based, effective, quality services.
Drug Action Teams were established by the Government in 1995 to ensure the strategic co-ordination of local action on drug misuse. Since January 1998, Drug Action Teams have been pursuing the national strategy laid out in ‘Tackling Drugs Together to Build a Better Britain’. In 2008 the Government introduced a new second National Drugs Strategy ‘Drugs: protecting families and communities’. Through the ten year strategy BDAAT ensures to deliver at a local level, aiming to reduce the harm caused by drugs focusing on protecting families and strengthening communities
The activity of the BDAAT will improve health and well-being, economic, community safety and criminal justice outcomes for individuals, families and communities across Birmingham
This will be achieved by
• Developing a needs focussed culture
• Securing the required investment
• Delivering effective evidence based commissioning
• Involving individuals, families, communities and other stakeholders within the functions of the partnership
• Collaboratively working together as partners, stakeholders and providers
• Communicating effectively with the whole community
• Promoting prevention
• Transparent approach to its activity and functioning
• Competent and professional workforce across all levels – operational, management and strategic
