This strategy sets out the city's vision for reducing harm from alcohol and other drugs between 2026 and 2030.
In 2024 the Bristol Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (now called Raft) was formed and this strategy has been co-designed with them and others who are experts through experience of substance use in our city.
Their insight has created the vision, principles, and priorities of this strategy.
Read the pdf Drug and Alcohol Strategy for Bristol(3.15 MB) .
Our vision
Bristol aspires to be an inclusive recovery city working together with individuals, families and communities to reduce drug and alcohol harms, promote education and understanding, and provide compassionate, inclusive services.
What the strategy includes
The Bristol Drug and Alcohol Strategy reflects on the national and local context before going on to explain what we are going to do.
The strategy is suppoted by a set of core principles that shape every aspect of our approach. These core principles are detailed in the document.
The strategy sets out 6 priority areas which are:
- Prevent and reduce harms
- Address inequalities
- Children and young people
- Treatment and support
- Criminal justice
- Recovery
If you would like more information on the strategy or need it in an alternative format, email PH.Business@bristol.gov.uk