Service

Service is an important part of recovery and carrying the message. Details of service positions at Intergroup level, including current vacancies, are detailed below.

Further information can be found in the Service Handbook

PositionDescriptionRequired SobrietyLength of PositionVacant/Filled
ChairThe Chair has the responsibility of convening and conducting the meetings, and approving the agenda and minutes before they are published3 years2 yearsFilled
Vice Chair
Region Rep1 vacancy
12th Step List
Armed Services Liaison OfficerAn Armed Services Liaison Officer is responsible for establishing local links with the Royal
Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force and any other organisation that is connected with the
Armed Services.
2 years2 - 3 yearsVacant
Electronic Communications Liaison OfficerThe principal role of the ECLO is one of liaison, communication and co-ordination between
groups, intergroup, region, and the Electronics Communications Sub-Committee (ECSC)
– and to facilitate correlation and dissemination of relevant information between these
principal service areas.
3 years2 - 3 yearsDue to rotate (July)
Health Liaison OfficerThe
HLO establishes contact and maintains communication with healthcare professionals, and
reports back to intergroup and/or region.
Filled
Prison Liaison OfficerResponsibility for sponsorship of prison groups has been placed by Conference with the
intergroup and is exercised through the intergroup Prison Liaison Officer.
Vacant
Public Information Liaison OfficerPI work is sometimes referred to as “Carrying the message to the general public”. This
includes giving talks to doctors, nurses, social services, police, magistrates, community
groups, business groups, schools, colleges and trade and professional unions and associations.
Open and public meetings, exhibitions, displays, posters, newspapers, magazines, radio and
television also come under the heading of PI.
Vacant
Secretary3 yearsDue to rotate (April)
Telephone Liaison OfficerThe main purpose of telephone services is to put the suffering alcoholic in touch with an
individual contact or AA group.
Filled
TreasurerFilled
Young People's Liaison OfficerThe YPLO will be someone who came into AA at the age of 30 or younger, and so will have
experience of getting sober at a young age, the better to relate to the particular problems
faced by young people seeking to live sober.
2 years2 - 3 yearsFilled
ArchivistAA members have responsibility to gather and take good care of the Fellowship’s historical
documents and memorabilia. Correspondence, records, photographs, newspaper and
magazine articles from the past need to be collected, preserved and made available for the
guidance and research of AA members and others (researchers, historians and scholars from
various disciplines) – for now and for the generations to come.
Vacant
Employment Liaison OfficerThe responsibility of ELOs is to carry AA’s message to employers within their local area
supported by intergroup and region and a PI/Service Committee if one exists.
Vacant
Share Liaison OfficerVacant

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings In South Devon

For all local enquiries please email: help@aasouthdevon.org

Below is a list of online and live meetings for South Devon Intergroup updated 02/08/23

 (A printable copy of this list can be downloaded by clicking here: SDIG Meetings List)

Next South Devon Intergroup Meeting:  Tuesday 16th January 2024 - St George's Church Hall, Barn Road, Goodrington TQ4 6NG



Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings In South Devon :-

Monday

ONLINE

LIVE

  • Teignmouth Monday, 7.30pm (with sobriety chips) - St James Church, Bitton Park Road, Teignmouth TQ14 9BU
  • Totnes Monday Morning Women's Meeting, 11.00am - Quaker Meeting House, 3 Ticklemore Street, Totnes TQ9 5EJ
  • Babbacombe Lunchtime, 12.30pm - All Saints Church Hall, Cary Avenue, Babbacombe, Torquay TQ1 3NY
  • Torquay Monday Evening LIVE, 7.30pm - St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, 165 Union St. TQ1 4BX
  • Totnes Monday Evening, 7.30pm - Quaker Meeting House, 3 Ticklemore Street, Totnes TQ9 5EJ

Tuesday

ONLINE

LIVE

  • Paignton Tuesday Lunchtime, 11.30am - Baptist Church, 43 Winner Street, Paignton TQ3 3BN
  • Kingsbridge  Tuesday Lunchtime, 12.30pm - Quaker Meeting House, Leigham Terrace, 81b Fore Street, Kingsbridge TQ7 1AB (entrance opposite Cafe Bewlays "The Shambles" between shoe shop and barber shop)
  • Newton Abbot Tuesday Evening, 7.30pm, St Joseph's Church Hall, Oak Lane (off St Paul's Rd), Newton Abbot TQ12 2HP - Click here for map


Wednesday

ONLINE

LIVE

  • Paignton Lunchtime - 11.30am to 12.30pm, Baptist Church, 43 Winner Street, TQ3 3BN.  This is a 12 Steps and 12 Traditions meeting.
  • Paignton Evening - 7.30pm, Methodist Church, Palace Avenue, Paignton TQ3 3EQ
  • Bovey Tracey - 7.30pm, Bovey Tracey Methodist Church Hall, Fore St,. Bovey Tracey TQ13 9AD

Thursday

ONLINE

LIVE

  • Newton Abbot Thursday Lunchtime, 12.00 noon - The Methodist Church, The Avenue, TQ12 2BY
  • Dartmouth Thursday Evening, 6.30pm - Health and Wellbeing Centre, Wessex Way, Dartmouth TQ6 0JL (access round the back through glass doors)
  • Kingskerswell Thursday Evening, 7.30pm - St Mary's Parish Centre, Church End Rd, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot TQ12 5LD
  • Ashburton Thursday Evening, 7.30pm -St Lawrence Chapel, St. Lawrence Lane, Ashburton, TQ13 7DD

Friday

ONLINE

LIVE

  • Totnes Friday Lunchtime - 12.30pm, St John's Church, 26 Bridgetown, Totnes TQ9 5AB
  • Dawlish - 7.30pm, Methodist Church Hall, Brunswick St., Dawlish  EX7 9PB
  • Torquay Friday Night - 7.30pm, St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, 165 Union St. TQ1 4BX

Saturday

LIVE

  • Ashburton Saturday Lunchtime, 1.00pm:
    St Lawrence Chapel, St. Lawrence Lane, Ashburton, TQ13 7DD
  • Paignton Saturday Evening, 7.00pm: Coverdale Centre, Paignton Parish Church, 1a Church Path, Paignton TQ3 3DZ
  • Torquay Saturday Night, 6.00pm: The Boardroom, Torbay Hospital, Torquay TQ2 7AA (bring your own refreshments)

Sunday
  • ONLINE
  • 7.30pm Dartmouth Sunday (ZOOM) - Meeting ID: 915-0302-9989 Password: 100635

LIVE

Paignton Sunday Lunchtime, 12.00 noon: Coverdale Centre, Paignton Parish Church, 1a Church Path, Paignton TQ3 3DZ

Newton Abbot - A New Life, 7.30pm: Bradley Community Centre, 1 Mill Close TQ12 1UR (off Chercombe Valley Rd)


Simply click on the meeting you'd like to join and follow the instructions below  -

ZOOM:

Desktop - You may be prompted to download Zoom, but there will also be an option to join as a guest from your browser.

Mobile - you will need to download the Zoom app and use the meeting ID to join.


LITERATURE:

Preamble - https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/smf-92_en.pdf

Steps - https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/about-aa/the-12-steps-of-aa

Traditions - https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/about-aa/aa-traditions

Big Book - https://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/alcoholics-anonymous

For many of us meetings are a real life line. We are lucky to live in an age where isolation doesn't have to mean loneliness. Please pick up the phone, text people, video call them and make use of the meetings that are available - https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/AA-Meetings/Find-a-Meeting/Online