SOS Buses and Festivals

Festival & Events Welfare Services

Open Road operates experienced festival welfare services and event welfare services throughout England. Find out about our Festival Welfare services and Event Welfare Services and get in contact to arrange our support: 01206 369782 Read more

SOS Buses

Open Road operates SOS bus services in Colchester High Street and Chelmsford City Centre. Our specially adapted buses are on site at weekends to provide a safe haven and medical support to people who need it. Read more

Latest

Open Road to release a charity single

Open Road has announced that it is set to release a new charity single. The track titled "Keep Moving" written and performed by Lorraine Gray will be available for download on 27th September 2019

Young Person's Substance Misuse Worker (Part Time)

As the Young Person's Substance Misuse Worker, you will be responsible for the assessment and management of a caseload as well as the delivery of both structured and semi structured interventions in both one to one and group sessions.

Open Road’s “A Team” supports Ed Sheeran’s homecoming in Ipswich.

Open Road provides welfare services to Ed Sheeran’s homecoming legs on his record breaking Divide World Tour.

Clacton centre gets a spring clean

Open Road's Clacton Centre has received a spring clean in a project taken by those associated to the centre. Read here..

What we do

Open Road is an established Drug and Alcohol Recovery support charity in Essex and Medway. Open Road provides a variety of services to support individuals on their journey to recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Open Road headlines welfare services at Latitude

Open Road returned to provide welfare services at Latitude in 2019. Read the article to find out how we got on.

Make a referral

If you are a professional working with a client who requires support around their drug or alcohol usage, then make the referral here.

New funding for Women Only Workshops

Open Road has received funding for its Women Only Workshops from the Essex Community Foundation to supply welfare packs to our engaging members.

Young People's Services

We offer a young people's Drug & Alcohol services from age 10 - 18 and beyond (25) for those in looked after care across Medway. Within Essex, we work with our partners EYPDAS as part of the Childrens Society.

Need help now

Reach out to Open Road and start your journey to recovery today.

How we make a difference

Read our Occasional Paper 'Evaluating and Evidencing the Impact of Open Road'

Open Road’s “A Team” supports Ed Sheeran’s homecoming in Ipswich.

Open Road provides welfare services to Ed Sheeran’s homecoming legs on his record breaking Divide World Tour.

Chelmsford Centre

Open Road's Chelmsford centre is located in Mansard House, on New London Road. Our Open Access service provides the opportunity for support, advice and information on a daily basis. We can do Personalised Assessments on the same day, which will signpost the service user to effective interventions and treatments.

Who we work with

Open Road work with a number of agencies to deliver the best possible service and facilities to people requiring addiction and recovery support.