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Scottish Families always have news to share. If you need further information, please contact info@sfad.org.uk or follow our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram feeds.
We’re so excited to share with you that we are launching our first ever Celebrating Families Week from 10th-16th June 2024! Our Celebrating Families Week is dedicated to families affected by alcohol and drugs across the country. The week highlights the challenges families face and champions their love and power. Join us and together we […]
“Routes is my safe place where I know I will always be listened to and staff are always on hand when I need them personally, at school or at college. They made college so easy helping me apply, sorting my funding and of course taking me to my induction. I told a staff member my […]
By Lena McMillan, Family Support Development Officer – Forth Valley March’s book choice for our group was ‘Woman at Point Zero’ by Nawal El Saadawi. This book, written in the late 1970s, tells the heartbreaking story of Firdaus, whose impoverished, difficult life has led her to a death sentence in a Cairo prison. Ahead of […]
Artist Extraordinaire Antonia Rolls is visiting Glasgow to deliver workshops and her renowned exhibition “Addicts And Those Who Love Them” alongside charity Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs. The open and free exhibition will be displayed at Edward House in Sauchiehall Street on Sunday 24th March from 12pm – 6pm with Antonia there to […]
We were invited to contribute to the Inverclyde 3rd Sector Community Justice Forum week of engagement activities, focusing on how the Justice System impacts family members affected by alcohol and drugs. If you know someone who has an alcohol or drug problem, involvement with the Justice System is sadly common. This can negatively affect family […]
By Lena McMillan, Family Support Development Officer – Forth Valley ‘A Terrible Kindness’ by Jo Browning Wroe February’s book choice for our group was ‘A Terrible Kindness’ by Jo Browning Wroe. The book starts in 1966, at the time of the Aberfan disaster, when a landslide engulfed a primary school and houses in the village, […]
By Lena McMillan, Family Support Development Officer – Forth Valley ‘Winter Ghosts’ by Kate Mosse January’s book choice for our group was ‘Winter Ghosts’ by Kate Mosse. Set in France, 1928, this is the story of Freddie, a man struggling with the loss of his brother. While driving through the mountains in snowy conditions, he […]