Ballyfermot Local Drug
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Ballyfermot LDATF
Ballyfermot Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force (BLDATF) is one of 12 Local Drug and Alcohol Taskforces around Dublin, which were set up in the late 1990s to address the drug crisis of the time.
We are a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary group who support the funding, activities and development of a range of substance misuse and rehabilitation services as well as related community, family and child intervention services across the area.
Our Key Services
Blue Door
Families/individuals (over 18) who are engaging in or experiencing harmful behaviour
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Anyone aged 18 and over living in the Ballyfermot, Chapelizod or Palmerstown area and seeking addiction support
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Range of programmes dedicated to employment, education, community, enterprise, parenting, health and wellbeing.
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Individuals in recovery from addiction and those in contact with the criminal justice system
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted. For #RecoveryMonth we are launching a contest to find out what recovery means to Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard. We are looking for people in our community let us know, 'what recovery means to me' expressed through a poem, an art piece, a photograph, or a short written piece.
The best entry will win €100 and will be featured on the cover on our dTalk Magazine. Other entries will be featured inside the magazine.
To enter, send in your information at this link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/HmvJ7CLXsB
and then send your art or writing via email to: rsiersbaek@liffeypartnership.ie
Or you can download the entry form here: ballyfermotldatf.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026_RM_Competition_application-form.docx and return it via email to rsiersbaek@liffeypartnership.ie or via post to Rikke Siersbaek, Liffey Partnership, 4 Drumfinn Park, Dublin 10, D10 AY66 with your art/writing attached.
Our own Clara Geaney and Rikke Siersbaek will be on Together FM on Sunday morning. Give a listen to learn more about our upcoming Recovery Festival next Saturday 12 September!Rikke and Clara from the Ballyfermot Drugs & Alcohol Task Force are guests on The Platform this Sunday Morning at 10am where they will be chatting about the upcoming Recovery Festival which takes place in the People’s Park and Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre on Saturday 12th September next from 1pm- 4pm. They will also announce details of a special competition which is being launched during September to celebrate Recovery month. Tune in at home or in the car on 96FM from 10am on Sunday or listen online at TogetherFM.com, or on your Alexa! Just say Hey Alexa, play Together FM on Tune In!
