How we make a difference

We commissioned Dr Sarah Senker from ATD Research and Consultancy to report on the impact of our services. Her paper, 'Evaluating and Evidencing the Impact of Open Road' is the result. Sarah is an expert on the study and treatment of substance misuse and addiction, working with male offenders, women in hostels and young people.

Read Sarah's paper.

If Sarah's paper inspires you to help, you can make a donation here.

Latest

Appropriate Adult Insight Denise

Read about Appropriate Adult volunteer Denise and her experience in the role. Open Road are always on the look out for enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers like Denise. If you are interested and inspired by Denise get in contact with us and visit our website for more.
Appropriate Adult Insight Mike

Find out about the Appropriate Adult role from Open Road Volunteer Mike Hector. Open Road are always on the look out for enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers like Mike. If you have been inspired by Mike's story and want to start volunteering, then get in contact or apply through our website.
Administrator - Part Time Harlow

The role of the Administrator is to input to, maintain and update all client records on the Case Management system, ensuring thorough and comprehensible notes are recorded.
Young Person's Substance Misuse Worker

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.

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.
Colchester Centre

Open Road's Colchester site is our longest established treatment centre, conveniently located in the town centre. We offer open access for anyone who would like advice, information, support, assessment and access to more formal treatment.
Appropriate Adult Service

The Essex Appropriate Adult Service operates at Essex Police custody suites in police stations across Essex, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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.
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.
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.
Harlow Centre

Open Road's Harlow Centre offers advice for anyone wanting advice, information, support, assessment and access to more formal treatment.
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.
Basildon Centre

Open Road's Basildon Centre has an open access drop-in is available for anyone to access for advice, information, support, assessment and access to more formal treatment with drug or alcohol recovery.