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Skills to restore lives

Back On The Road provide opportunities for those experiencing addiction to gain work experience and community

Skills to restore lives

Back on the Road (BotR) is a Community Interest Company (CIC), helping individuals gain volunteer experience in the restoration of vintage vehicles and learn metalwork projects. Originally founded in 1999, Back on the Road is a unique employability programme based within Glasgow’s east end working with those in recovery from alcohol and/ or substance misuse issues.

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I would like to thank you for the tour and information today. I found it very interesting and I felt very nostalgic, taking me back to my childhood and seeing the transport that were on the roads when I was young. I think that the work you all do is fantastic in restoring and preserving the history of transport.

Mark Ravenscroft

Outreach Worker from the North East Recovery Community (NERC)

I am really enjoying the workshop, using the machinery and getting to know others. You never really see these types of vehicles anywhere else.

Back on the Road Participant

This programme is more than about grease and oil, it is about community and employability for participants too.

David MacDonald

Senior Officer from the Alcohol and Drug Partnership

I feel more confident now.

Back on the Road Participant

Hosting the East End Networking Event at BotR was fantastic for both facilitators and participants.  The venue was a great space to hold an event, and had the option for break out rooms if required. The staff were really friendly and knowledgeable about the services they provide. All participants were offered a tour of the venue to see all the buses and workspaces. It really added to the day and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves! We always look forward to going to BotR!

Yvonne Liddell

Community Worker, Thriving Places

I have volunteered here for 7 months now. I have really loved it, it’s been brilliant. 

Back on the Road Participant

Preserving History.
Changing Futures.

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1999

Back on the Road (BotR) was established in 1999 as the first of six Employment Projects of Scotland Against Drugs (SAD) which was a Scottish Government initiative to tackle drug misuse in Scotland.

2022

Back on The Road now operates as a Community Interest Company (CIC). The programme hopes to offer 25 individuals per year a space to improve their employability skills and gain volunteer work within community-based projects.

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Providing a programme which allows people to feel welcome and wanted is a key aspect of what BotR provides. “Listen to Bridgeton”, a short documentary directed and produced by Callum Rice was filmed in 2017. It gives an insight into what BotR and the facility has meant to one of the BotR participants, seen through his eyes. He talks about how unique the facility is and the sanctuary it had given him which helped him come to terms and overcome previous traumas associated with his experience of addiction. He now volunteers with a community rehabilitation service supporting people in their recovery. He continues to keep in touch.

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