Useful links
Other organisations with information for families
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- General information
- Parents and families
- Grandparents and kinship carers
- Young people
- Criminal justice
- Domestic Violence
- Bereavement
General information
Alcohol Concern
Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse campaigning for effective alcohol policy and improved services for people whose lives are affected by alcohol-related problems.
Counselling Directory
Lists details of qualified counsellors and psychotherapists nationwide.
DrugScope
DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drugs field.
FDAP
FDAP (the Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals) is the professional body for the substance use field and works to help improve standards of practice across the sector.
FRANK
National drug information service with factfiles and FAQs.
Parents and families
Al-Anon
Al-Anon family groups provide support to anyone who is, or has been, affected by someone else’s drinking.
Parentline Plus
Provides help and support for anyone caring for a child.
Families Anonymous
Support for families and friends concerned about drug abuse or related behavioural problems.
PADA
PADA (Parents Against Drug Abuse) delivers support and services for the families of substance users and also operates a national helpline.
Relate
Relate offers advice and relationship counselling for couples, and also provides advice for parents and other family members to help families deal with difficult times.
SFAD
Scottish Families Affected by Drugs. Contains information on the support available for families throughout Scotland.
Grandparents and kinship carers
Grandparents Association
Services include a helpline, welfare benefits advice, publications and support groups especially for grandparents.
Grandparents as Parents
Working with grandparents and other kinship carers who are bringing up relatives’ children full time.
Grandparents Plus
The national charity which champions the vital role of grandparents, especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances.
Family Rights Group
Advice for parents and other family members whose children are involved with, or require, social services.
Young people
COAP
COAP (Children of Addicted Parents and People) is a website for young people affected by someone else’s addiction to drugs, alcohol or other form of behaviour.
NACOA
NACOA (National Association for the Children of Alcoholics) works to address the needs of children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism.
Criminal Justice
Action for Prisoners’ Families
Promotes the just treatment of prisoners’ families by the prison system and society across the UK. Also runs the national helplinehttp://www.prisonersfamilieshelpline.org.uk
Ormiston Children and Families Trust
Ormiston works with children and young people who have a family member in prison.
Domestic Violence
Broken Rainbow
Suuport for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people experiencing domestic violence.
Refuge
Domestic violence help for women and children.
Respect
The national organisation for professionals working with people to end their abusive behaviour.
Stella Project
The Stella Project works across all 33 London boroughs for positive, sustained improvement in the way services are delivered to survivors, their children and perpetrators of domestic violence affected by problematic substance use
Women’s Aid
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children and supports a network of over 500 services across the UK.
Bereavement
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse exists to promote the wellbeing of bereaved people and to enable them to understand their grief and cope with their loss.
If you would like further information on living with drug related bereavement, you can order a free copy of our booklet in the publications section.
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