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, often during an unexpected crisis, to care for a child when their parents aren’t able to. Many children are in kinship care as a result of parental substance use.
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to:
- understand how drug and alcohol misuse directly and indirectly impacts family life and child wellbeing
- identify potential safeguarding risks of drug and alcohol users to children, and how to keep them (and other family members) safe
- consider practical strategies to employ when encountering drug and alcohol misuse and related issues like neglect, contact issues
- understand child experiences, including the impact of parental substance misuse
- find and explore further information and support
These workshops are open to all kinship carers living in England whose families have been affected by drug and/or alcohol misuse, or who want to learn where to get support around this topic. They are also an opportunity to meet other kinship carers, connect and learn together.
The workshops are being organised at venues across the country, as well as online, via Zoom. Please find further details and registration links to all workshops below:
In-person workshops
Derby
- Date: 21st January 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby DE1 1BS
- Find out more and register
London
- Date: 5th February 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS
- Find out more and register
Birmingham
- Date: 26th February 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7AP
- Find out more and register
Leeds
- Date: 6th March 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Aspire Leeds, 2 Infirmary Street, Leeds LS1 2JP
- Find out more and register
Manchester
- Date: 18th March 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: University of Manchester, Core Tech Facility, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9WU
- Find out more and register
Brighton
- Date: 26th March 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton BN1 1GE
- Find out more and register
Middlesbrough
- Date: 1st April 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Teesside University Union Campus Heart, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA
- Find out more and register
Online workshops
- 16th January 2025, 10am – 12 noon
- 4th February 2025, 7-9pm
- 27th February 2025, 10am – 12 noon
- 4th March 2025, 10am – 12 noon
- 21st March 2025, 10am – 12 noon
- 2nd April 2025, 7-9pm
These workshops are part of a wider series of training and events being organised by Kinship, covering a range of different issues and topics relating to the experience of kinship families. For a full list of events that are taking place visit the Kinship website: https://kinship.org.uk/support-and-advice/training-and-events/