Projects
Work in many different areas is required to help families affected by drugs and alcohol
Adfam grandparent carers project
The Adfam Grandparent Carers project is looking at existing services in London and developing new ways of supporting grandparents who are bringing up their grandchildren because of parental substance misuse.
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Bouncing Back! Prevention programme
This project centred around preventative work with drug using parents and their children, and also produced a learning pack for resilience work with young people and their families.
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Criminal justice work
Adfam’s criminal justice services aim to reduce the potential for substance related harm to prisoners, families and the wider community and to improve the potential for successful rehabilitation following a substance users release from custody.
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Domestic violence, substance misuse and families
In partnership with the Stella Project and the University of Bedfordshire, this 2-year, Comic Relief funded project explores the relationship between substance misuse and domestic violence.
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Including Diverse Families
Men, people in rural communities and those from minority ethnic backgrounds are underrepresented in the drug and alcohol family support sector. Including Diverse Families is a recently completed 3-year project which examines, and provides guidance and training around, this underdeveloped area.
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Somali development project
This project ran from 2006-09 and examined ways of engaging London’s Somali community around issues of drugs and alcohol. The final report is available as a free download. more information
Workforce development
This Department of Health funded project, as part of the Drug Sector Partnership, aims to examine workforce issues realting to family support in terms of key competencies, role profiles and qualifications. more information
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