Our History

Blenheim CDP was created in 2007 from the merger of two leading London-based drug services – The Blenheim and The Community Drug Project (CDP) – both with a long history of providing quality services in this sector. 

The Blenheim was founded in 1964 by a group of local people in Kensington and Chelsea responding to concern over the number of itinerant young people converging on the area in West London around Portobello Road. By the 1980’s the project was well funded and purchased a permanent property to operate from.

In 2002, in response to continued growth in the activities and services offered, major works were carried out on the property to improve facilities and add extra space. More recently the Blenheim established day programmes in the boroughs of Lambeth and Hackney.

CDP was established in 1968 in Southwark by a group of parents, supported by the church, to address the rise in drug related problems in the local community. CDP remained a small organisation until the mid 90’s when it developed other initiatives to serve the boroughs of Lambeth and Lewisham.

Investment in the infrastructure of the organisation ensured that the quality of service delivery remained high during a period of further steady growth that encompassed the development of new projects in the boroughs of Wandsworth, Greenwich and more recently Harrow and Hillingdon.