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
Bradford
- Date: 11th June 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Leonardo Hotel Bradford 2 Thornton Road, Bradford BD1 2DH
- Find out more and register
Durham
- Date: 27th June 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Ritson Hall, Alington House Community Association, 4 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET
- Find out more and register
Nottingham
- Date: 11th July 2025, 10am – 1pm
- Venue: Marina Suite, Holiday Inn Nottingham Castle Bridge Road, Nottingham, NG7 1GX
- Find out more and register
Online workshops
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/