UNAD (Network of attention to addictions)

The Network of Attention to Addictions, UNAD, was established in 1985 and is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that intervenes in the field of addictions with and without substance and the problems that derive from them. It encompasses around 230 entities that share a common model characterized by being integral and integrating, focusing on the person and addressing the gender perspective. Likewise, partner organizations maintain a commitment according to common criteria in the management of organizations. Mission UNAD is the Network of Attention to Addictions that offers quality services, defends the rights and improves the lives of the recipients and their families. View UNAD will be the reference network in addictions for society, it will adapt by responding to social needs and political reality, and will promote autonomous people with full rights. Values Commitment: UNAD is a network of entities with a high commitment to social transformation with the general public, with the target people and their families in general and with the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in particular. Participation: UNAD is a network that believes in participation as a right and as a differential value in the achievement of common objectives and therefore, promotes the internal democracy of its associative movement and encourages the linking of citizenship with the social cause of the movement associative Adaptation: UNAD and its network of entities adapt continuously to the social needs, emerging phenomena and the new demands of the recipients to offer effective responses and be at the forefront of the intervention. Quality: The UNAD network and its member entities demonstrate, before the financing entities and the society in general, measurable and optimal results in the intervention and transparency in the management. Cooperation: UNAD has a wide culture of networking and believes in cooperation with other public and private agents in the sector and the environment, at the service of the common good. UNAD was created in 1985, and is currently the Network of Attention to Addictions and the largest non-governmental organization (NGO) in Spain and Europe dedicated to the subject of addictions with and without substance. Today we are around 230 entities spread across the country. Through these organizations we serve more than 200,000 people with addiction problems and more than 1,000,000 citizens thanks to the work of more than 3,000 volunteers and close to 35,000 professionals. Our work is also possible thanks to the subsidies from the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, the European Union, the Autonomous Communities and the City Councils, and the contributions of various private entities.