University of Edinburgh is leading on a new study: Exploring the effects of attachment and care experience on intergenerational substance use, and are looking for people with experience of their own or a parent’s substance use, and participants with care experience....
We’re excited to share that Adfam’s Director of Finance, Omar Amin, is taking on the challenge of the London to Brighton bike ride on Sunday 15th June to raise money for Adfam! Omar will be braving the 54-mile cycle to help support families affected by substance...
Adfam is delighted to be working with the charity Kinship, to provide a number of free in-person and online workshops for kinship carers, on understanding the effects of drug and alcohol misuse on kinship families. Kinship carers are family or friends who step up,...
Adfam is thrilled to announce its new service for families affected by substance use living in Coventry, delivered in partnership with Change, Grow, Live. The service, officially launched today, provides remote 1:1 support for people living in Coventry that are...
Start counting. The Government spends many millions tackling drug and alcohol abuse but when it comes to families, sadly they don’t seem to count. We estimate that five million family members and friends are affected by someone else’s substance use. Their support is...
Adfam is proud to promote Beloved, a new exhibition by artist Antonia Rolls, after her two incredible previous works, ‘Addicts and those who love them’ and ‘A graceful death’. Antonia sadly lost both of her sons to suicide following many years...
In 2024, Adfam marked its 40th anniversary, and throughout the year we published a series of 10 articles featuring key individuals who have been instrumental in supporting families through substance misuse. We recently released the final edition of ‘Adfam at 40’,...
What does ‘good look like’? For the past 40 years Adfam has been advocating for and supporting people that are negatively affected by a family member or loved one’s substance use. Over that time we’ve learnt that no two families are the same and that...
To mark our 40th anniversary, Adfam has published a report that reviews the progress made in public policy and research relating to families, drugs and alcohol over the past forty years. The report documents key changes in national policy over that period and...
John Taylor’s new book ‘Dear… A book of letters from the forgotten families of addiction’ is a heartfelt collection of letters written by family members, expressing their experiences and emotions of the turmoil caused by a loved one’s addiction. “I remember you...
