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Adfam has launched a new Online Survey, open to anyone who has experienced their own problems with drinking and/or drug use, and are now in recovery or are recovered. We would like to hear about any support you received from your family and the role that they played in your recovery. This survey will run…
The 2023 NHS APA Conference, titled ‘Living the Stigma: Understanding Addiction & Overcoming Prejudice’, will spotlight the impact of stigma against people who experience addiction and offer strategies for overcoming it through education and policy change. The conference will be held online and take place on Tuesday 28th November 2023 from 9.30 am to 4.00…
Adfam welcomes news from the Department of Health and Social Care that a further £267 million will be made available to local authorities across England to improve drug and alcohol treatment. This extra funding will improve access to, and quality of, drug and alcohol treatment services across the country. It’s vital that support is also…
Adfam is now recruiting for new Remote Sessional Workers to join our team. This role offers the opportunity to be part of a successful national remote service, offering support via the phone or Zoom to any adult by someone else’s substance use in England. We are looking to recruit experienced Family Support professionals to provide…
Adfam’s Policy and Communications Lead Rob Stebbings appeared on the latest edition of the Institute of Alcohol Studies Alcohol Alert Podcast, to talk about Adfam’s new State of the Family Support Sector 2023 research. During the interview he spoke about the research findings including challenges around funding, increasing workloads amongst family support staff, and the…
A new study by the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) shows that home drinking is a major contributor to alcohol-related violence. The study analyses police-recorded violent crime data from during the COVID-19 pandemic when access to on-trade premises like pubs and restaurants was closed, and found that this did not lead to major changes in…
Charity Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) has launched a new research project, Hear ME to explore and develop awareness and responses to adult child to parent abuse, focusing the voices of mothers and their experiences. The project includes a research report and toolkit for practitioners. The research highlights the widescale impact of this type of…
Adfam is pleased to launch its latest research report, State of the Family Support Sector 2023 (pdf), which examines current circumstances and practice in supporting families affected by substance use. This includes current trends, developments, strengths and challenges facing those working to support family members. Our 2023 report is the only research looking at family…
The Recovery Street Film Festival is an annual competition providing a platform for people with lived experience of recovery from drug and alcohol issues, and their family members, to share their story through film. Adfam is one of the Festival’s organising partners alongside Humankind, Phoenix Futures, Steps2Recovery, Project6 and Turning Point. Over the nine years the…
The University of Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre have published a new research study on the family dynamics of gambling harms. The research estimates that 11.8 million adults and children in Britain may be negatively affected by someone who gambles. The risk of harm is likely to be much higher for the estimated 3.6 million…
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