Our Projects

The Buvidal Project at Wirral Ways provides access to Buvidal, a long-acting injectable form of buprenorphine used to treat opioid dependence. Given weekly or monthly, Buvidal offers greater stability and reduces the need for daily supervised dosing, helping people better manage routine, independence, and wellbeing. This innovative project supports around 100 individuals who experience challenges with traditional opioid substitution treatment. The programme is delivered by a dedicated team, including two specialist keyworkers, a group facilitator, and a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP), offering personalised, wraparound support tailored to each person’s needs and recovery goals.

Wirral Ways offers tailored, compassionate support for people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), recognising the strong links between long-term physical health, mental wellbeing, and substance use. Our approach focuses on helping people manage breathlessness, fatigue, anxiety, and low mood alongside any alcohol, drug, or smoking-related needs. We work closely with local health partners to support smoking cessation, medication adherence, and healthier lifestyle choices, while also offering emotional support, practical advice, and onward referrals where needed. By taking a whole-person, non-judgemental approach, Wirral Ways helps people with COPD feel supported to improve their quality of life, maintain independence, and make changes at their own pace.

The Healthcare Caseload at Wirral Ways supports people with complex physical health needs alongside substance use, ensuring health concerns are identified, monitored, and managed safely. This includes working with individuals who have long-term conditions, multiple health needs, or barriers to accessing mainstream healthcare. The caseload approach allows for closer clinical oversight, coordinated care planning, and strong links with GPs, hospitals, and specialist services. The focus is on improving health outcomes, reducing risk, and helping people feel supported to manage their physical health as part of their wider recovery and wellbeing.

The Women’s Worker role at Wirral Ways provides dedicated, gender-informed support for women who may face additional or complex barriers when seeking help. The Women’s Worker offers one-to-one support and group-based interventions that recognise the impact of trauma, domestic abuse, caring responsibilities, and stigma on women’s substance use and mental health. Working in a safe, non judgemental, and compassionate way, the role helps women feel heard, supported, and empowered to access the right support, build confidence, and make positive changes at a pace that feels right for them.

Holistic Work at Wirral Ways recognises that recovery and wellbeing go beyond clinical treatment alone. Our holistic offer supports people to improve their overall health through a range of complementary activities that nurture both mind and body, including mindfulness, breathwork, yoga, relaxation, creative therapies, and wellbeing-focused groups. These approaches help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and physical tension, while building self awareness, confidence, and emotional resilience. Holistic work sits alongside clinical and psychosocial support, giving people practical tools to feel more balanced, grounded, and in control of their wellbeing.

The OTC and Prescribed Opiate Pathway at Wirral Ways supports people who are experiencing difficulties with over-the-counter or prescribed opioid medicines, such as codeine, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, or stronger pain relief. The pathway offers confidential, non judgemental support to help people understand their use, manage dependence safely, and reduce harm. This includes medication reviews, safer use advice, support with tapering where appropriate, and access to clinical and psychosocial support. The focus is on helping people regain control of their medication use, improve wellbeing, and find safer, sustainable ways to manage pain or health needs.

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) at Wirral Ways helps people move into paid employment as part of their recovery journey, based on the principle that work can play a positive role in health and wellbeing. The service provides personalised, one-to-one support to help people find and keep a job that matches their interests, strengths, and circumstances, without requiring them to be “job ready” first. IPS works closely with local employers and health services, offering ongoing in-work support for both the individual and employer, and supporting people to progress at a pace that feels achievable and sustainable.

Wirral Ways also offers access to a dedicated gym programme, delivered in partnership with Nightingales Recovery, providing a safe, supportive space for people to build physical strength, confidence, and routine as part of their recovery journey. The gym offer is inclusive and flexible, supporting people at all fitness levels, including those living with long-term health conditions or returning to exercise after a period of ill health. Sessions focus on improving physical wellbeing, boosting mental health, and supporting positive lifestyle change, while being firmly grounded in recovery values. Working together, Wirral Ways and Nightingales Recovery use physical activity as a practical tool to support wellbeing, motivation, and long-term recovery.

The Female Health Huddle at Wirral Ways is a supportive, women-only space designed to create open, honest conversations about health and wellbeing. The group provides a safe environment to explore topics such as menstrual health, menopause, sexual health, mental wellbeing, body image, and the impact of alcohol or drugs on women’s health. Led with compassion and sensitivity, the huddle encourages peer support, shared learning, and confidence-building, while also offering access to information, signposting, and specialist support where needed. It is about empowering women to better understand their health, feel heard, and take positive steps at their own pace.

The Re-engagement Team at Wirral Ways works proactively with people who have disengaged or are finding it difficult to stay connected with support. Using flexible, person-centred approaches, the team focuses on rebuilding trust, reducing barriers to access, and offering outreach-based and practical support tailored to individual circumstances. This includes meeting people where they are, re-establishing contact at a pace that feels manageable, and helping individuals reconnect with services that support their health, wellbeing, and recovery. The aim is simple: to ensure no one is written off and that everyone has the opportunity to re-engage with support when they are ready.