Welcome to Clondalkin DATF
The Clondalkin Drug and Alcohol Task Force (CDATF) works to reduce drug-related harms to individuals, families and communities by working in partnership with key stakeholders in the community, voluntary and statutory sectors on the coordination and delivery of services.
CDATF is one of 14 task forces established by the Government in 1997 as an area-based policy response to the concentration of problem drug use, poverty and social exclusion in specific areas in Ireland. Currently, eight organisations are funded through the CDATF to deliver ongoing activities and interventions along the continuum of care of targeted prevention, family support, treatment, rehabilitation, supply reduction and coordination.
Call Us
(01) 457 9445
Local Services
We fund, support and in some cases directly provide a wide range of drug and alcohol services in the Clondalkin area.
National Service Finder
National Directory of Drugs and Alcohol Services in Ireland, provided by the HSE
Open LinkLatest News
Youth drug and alcohol project plays a huge role in community
“THERE is a huge need for the Youth Drug and Alcohol Project (YDAP) service, we...
Traveller at High Risk of Drug and Related Harms
Drug support groups in Clondalkin reported large increases in recent years of Travellers doing ‘home...
CDATF Community Reps Launch 2023
Excluding voices of those living in the most “neglected and forgotten” areas from initiatives to...
Training
We provide a variety of training programmes around addiction, drug and alcohol support to schools, community workers and healthcare professionals.
Latest Resources
CDATF Annual Accounts 2023
As a registered charity and CLG CDATF publishes a copy of our audited accounts each year.
View All ResourcesCDATF Annual Accounts 2022
As a registered charity and CLG CDATF publishes a copy of our audited accounts each year.
View All ResourcesCDATF Annual Report
This Annual Report highlights the work carried out by and through the Clondalkin Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (CDATF) in 2022. Established in 1997, CDATF is one of 14 local Drugs Task Forces which are local area responses to the causes and consequences of drugs use in the areas most badly affected by these issues.
View All ResourcesCDATF Strategic Plan 2018-2025
Clondalkin Drug and Alcohol Task Force Strategic Plan 2018 - 2025 Reclaiming Community Development as an Effective Response to Drug Harms, Policy Harms, Poverty and Inequality
View All ResourcesClondalkin Recovery Month 2023
Well done to everyone who took part in recovery month in Clondalkin this year. Here's a video that looks back on everything that was done througout September 2023.
View All ResourcesRecovery Choir Christmas video
And that's a wrap for Clondalkin Recovery Choir for 2023. The choir has had a great time singing for people throughout the year. They've especially enjoyed the hectic schedule of events over the past month that involved the performances featured in the vide.
View All ResourcesDrug Information
Drugs.ie is managed by the HSE National Social Inclusion Office. They are responsible for providing services connected to a range of issues and vulnerable groups.
This UK web-site provides information and advice to anyone concerned about drugs
Drug Treatment, Education & Training; Basic – University Level
Government Agencies / Research & Policies
The Drug Misuse Research Division of the Health Research Board
Health Services Executive
International Harm Reduction Association
The National Advisory Committee on Drugs
The National Treatment Agency is a special health authority, created by the Government in the UK in 2001 to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for problem drug use in England
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Drug Policy
National Documentation Centre – search our repository of Irish drug-related research and use a range of other valuable material
Support
The Drug Treatment Board
Anna Liffey Project
Samaritans
Recovery through Art, Drama and Education
Childline
Narcotics Anonymous
Al Anon for family and friends of alcoholics
Dublin Aids Alliance
Merchants Quay Ireland
The National Charity for Alcohol related Issues
Other Useful Websites
The Local Drugs & Alcohol Chairpersons Network is a network of chairpersons of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Chairpersons are voluntary and independent. The primary purpose of the LDATF Chair’s Network is to be the representative voice of the Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Forces Task Forces
In 2021 CDATF established a group of local community representatives to re-establish the voice of the community at the heart of the work of CDATF. Over the past three years the group have met regularly to discuss the issues local people face related to substance use. In 2022 the group produced a handbook to improve the sustainability of the group and form a basis for the group’s future development. The handbook is linked for anyone interested in getting involved in the group.
You can learn more about the work of the community representatives by viewing the video below.
Building Voices Project
In 2023 the Reps took part in a creative project with artists Sadhbh Lawlor and Gary Gowran. The project resulted in the production of an animated video that reflects on what it is like to live in the area and what issues are faced by residents.
Click Here to contact us if you are interested in learning more about the work of the Reps or to get involved yourself.