About Us
Teen Challenge London is a 12 month, faith-based, residential drug rehabilitation programme located in East London which offers men aged 18 and over freedom from drug and alcohol addiction. Based on Christian principles and funded through donations, the programme offers spiritual and academic training, equipping individuals to return to society as responsible adults.
Teen Challenge holds a remarkable high documented cure rate. Statistics show that many secular government-funded drug rehabilitation programmes have less than a 10pc cure rate after treatment. Independent research in the United States has consistently shown that over 70pc of Teen Challenge graduates have remained drug-free – when surveyed five years after graduation!
What We Do
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We minister primarily to men with drug and alcohol problems, who abuse substances on a daily or several times weekly basis.
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Our age group is 18-40 years of age.
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We believe strongly that as a man yields himself to God, he will change. At all points we preach, teach and counsel that God can change any life with an emphasis on daily practical application.
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Our ministry is entirely based upon a relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
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Our counselling is not psychological but Biblical in perspective.
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We are a Christian Discipleship programme endeavouring to make men into disciples of Jesus Christ, based on inter-denominational teaching.
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We teach basic life skills, such as responsibility, good work habits, integrity, self-discipline and ethical morality.
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We prepare our students to re-enter society as good employees, husbands & fathers, functioning as ‘substance-free’ individuals.
We Are Not
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We are neither a psychiatric facility nor a medical facility. We do not admit persons who have existing mental problems that would prohibit the individual from cooperating with the programme schedule and overall agenda of activities.
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We are not qualified to dispense psychotic medicines and thus we do not accept applicants requiring these medications
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We currently do not make referrals on mental health conditions as we are not a mental health facility and feel it should be the responsibility of the family and a qualified professional.
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We are not a government agency. We do not accept government funding but are privately funded.
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We are not an alternative to prison. All applicants (where possible) must resolve legal issues before entering Teen Challenge.
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We reserve the right to refuse admission to applicants at our discretion and to dismiss students who disrupt the programme.
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We do not exclude people who are:
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HIV positive
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Hep. A, B or C positive
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ex-convicts
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those with multiple addictions
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We do not give long-term care to the consistently violent, unteachable, or game-players. These are character traits that warrant dismissal from the program.
