Alcoholics to get one-to-one help

Many of the volunteers are expected to have recovered from alcohol addiction

More than 100 people in the east end of Glasgow are to be given one-to-one help to beat alcohol addiction.

A befriending service run by Greater Easterhouse Alcohol Awareness project has been given £448,083 - five years funding - by the Big Lottery Fund.

It is expected that many of the 100 volunteers recruited will themselves have recovered from alcohol addiction.

The initiative is one of nine Scottish projects to share just under £3m in the latest round of lottery funding.

The volunteers recruited by the Easterhouse group will help people with alcohol misuse problems access specialist services such as counselling.

The scheme's befriending service manager, Mary Fisher, said: "By providing one-to-one support these befrienders can assist in accompanying individuals to activities or to access other agencies.

"This grant will enable us to continue recruiting and training volunteers who in turn will provide a vital service by building the self confidence of local people and supporting them to reintegrate back into their communities."

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