Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust

"1991 RAPt started as the Addicted Diseases Trust when Peter Bond, a recovering alcoholic, observed the success of abstinence-based programmes in the United States. Following this a charity was founded to meet the needs of drug addicts in UK prisons. The founding members/trustees were Peter Bond, Jonathan Wallace, Michael Meakin, Matthew Wilson, Louise Gibbings, and Isabelle Laurent...

"1993 Strong demand for the RAPt programme encourages the treatment programme to move to a portakabin in the grounds of HMP Downview for which the actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, an early supporter, provided much-needed funds. He remains a patron today...

"2006 RAPt launches The Island Day Programme, a new community project in London. This centre is a 12 Steps day programme for men and women with drug and alcohol problems who live in Tower Hamlets...

"2009 RAPt won a contract to set up The A-Team in Birmingham. The A-Team is a primary care alcohol and healthy living service for people over 18 who live in Birmingham. This is a partnership contract with Nacro and involves working, in conjunction with GP’s, to screen people for alcohol misuse and either refer them into treatment if they are dependent or establish and deliver a range of brief interventions to help them to drink sensibly if they are in the ‘hazardous/harmful’ range of drinking..."

Trustees

Accessed October 2012:

• Kate Alliott
• David Bernstein (UK)
• Lady Louise Gibbings
• Ben Houghton
• Isabelle Laurent
• Ann Smith
• John Wates
• Michael Wilks
• Ujjwala Bagwe
• John Mason (UK)

Patrons

Accessed October 2012:

• Dame Judi Dench
• Emma Soames
• Tony Adams
• Sir Anthony Hopkins
• Roger Graef
• Lady Puttnam
• Lord Woolf of Barnes

Contact

Web: http://www.rapt.org.uk

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Adam Sampson - former ceo (1998-2002)
• Addiction Recovery Foundation