Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs (QAAD) works in accordance with Quaker principles to address the widespread use and misuse of alcohol, prescribed and illegal drugs and gambling.
We aim to promote Awareness, Information and Responsibility
– A I R.

Director
Helena Chambers
21, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5PD
Telephone: 01684 299247
E-mail: helenaqaad@hotmail.com

 

ABOUT US
Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs is a listed group of the Religious Society of Friends and a registered charity (number 1059310), which became a company limited by guarantee (number 3265669) in 1996. It is managed by a Committee of Trustees who are appointed and conduct their business in accordance with Quaker Practice as observed by the Religious Society of Friends – Quakers.

Trustees draw their experience from a wide variety of backgrounds, including education, medicine, social and legal work and therapy.

 

HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT
The Charity was formed in 1870 as the Friends Temperance Union and expressed the Quaker witness for total abstinence. Moral Welfare was added to the title in the 1960s, when Quakers provided help for families who were trying to recover from the effects of alcohol. The name was changed again in the 1990s when the title Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs was adopted.

QAAD no longer expresses a single approach to the use of substances, but reflects the wide range of perspectives among Quakers and the various interventions that exist within the fields of misuse and dependency. QAAD also has a concern with the problems and addictive behaviours that can arise from gambling.
QAAD seeks to address gambling and the use and misuse of all substances, legal, illegal and prescribed, within a framework of Quaker values.

 

FUNDRAISING
The activities of QAAD are funded by donations and investment income and drawing around £30,000 a year from reserves to cover the deficit. Further donations from individuals, charitable trusts and Friends Meetings would enable us to reduce the deficit and extend and continue the work over more years.

Please send donations to:
Ron Barden, 33 Booth Lane North, Northampton NN3 6JQ