Craigmillar Alcohol Interest Group, 1979-1982
Scope and Contents
Minutes, agenda documents, papers and correspondence around the Craigmillar Alcohol Interest Group (CAIG) and Craigmillar Day Centre. Meetings cover the activities of CAIG and the Craigmillar Day Centre, fundraising, the constituency of the Day Centre, staffing, and links with related professionals and local agencies. Also includes minutes of the "CAIG Day Centre Support Group" (9 Apr 1981).
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1982
Conditions Governing Access
Most of these documents are open to public access. However, the following minutes are closed to public access until January 2083 due to the presence of sensitive personal data: 2 Feb 1982; 6 Apr 1982. LHSA encourages the use of our records for legitimate clinical, historical and genealogical research purposes, and records that are designated as closed can be consulted by legitimate researchers if certain conditions are met. Please contact the LHSA Archivist for more details regarding procedures on how you can apply for permission to view closed records. Telephone us on: 0131 650 3392 or email us at lhsa@ed.ac.uk.
Biographical / Historical
Craigmillar Alcohol Interest Group was founded in August 1976 to support individuals with a problematic relationship with alcohol in this then extremely deprived area of south-east Edinburgh. Health Visitors observed a rise in young women and young mothers turning to alcohol as an antidote to their desperate social / economic situations, and then identified the need for a local service to offer counselling, help and support.
Volunteer counsellors were recruited at first in order that a local response could be offered (after which individuals would be referred to services in central Edinburgh): however, this approach proved unsuccessful in practice. A local therapy group was formed in 1979, accommodated in premises regularly used by CAIG, a flat provided by the Craigmillar Festival Society (CFS), who were involved in the management of CAIG.
CAIG founded a day centre (Craigmillar Day Centre) in May 1980, funded by the Mental Health Foundation, Lothian Regional Council Social Work Department, and Lothian Health Board. The Day Centre was to provide a community space for counselling and activities (such as artwork, which was sometimes sold to raise money for the Centre): it welcomed people with problems with alcohol, but was not exclusive to them.
Full Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
English
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
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