News — 2022
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Episode 19 of Life with Alcohol and Drugs is now live!
The next episode of our podcast series Life with Alcohol and Drugs is now available! We are joined with Rebecca McColl, the Policy and Research Assistant here at Scottish Families, who chats about the Scottish Families Alcohol Action Group’s first report ‘It’s Everywhere’. The Group designed a survey to get a better idea of how […]
Scottish Families Book Group Review – ‘The Giver of Stars’ by Jojo Moyes
By Lena McMillan, Family Support Development Officer October’s book choice for our group was ‘The Giver of Stars’ by Jojo Moyes. This novel, set in Depression-era America, is an historical fiction, which draws inspiration from the Pack Horse Library Initiative: a project launched by President Roosevelt that saw librarians delivering books on horseback, to remote […]
‘I Started My Own Family Support Group’ – Nancy (Family Member)
With Nancy How and when did the Caithness Family Support Group start? Well, I’ve got a son who has drug problems. He’s coming up for 40 and I’ve had problems with him since he was 15. We’ve had good times and bad times. I tried when I was living in Inverness to start up a […]
My Family My Rights Skills Sessions
These skill sessions will help you to feel empowered and learn and develop skills to increase your knowledge and understanding of your Rights. In turn this can help you advocate on behalf of yourself or your loved ones. The sessions are set up to begin to give you an understanding of you and your family’s […]
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund – now offering grants up to £5000!
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF) now offers one-off grants of up to £5000 to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland. The aim of FRIF is to improve the wellbeing of family members affected by someone else’s harmful substance use based on creating opportunities for people to connect with other […]
Scottish Families Book Group Review – ‘Euphoric Recall’ by Aidan Martin
By Lena McMillan, Family Support Development Officer September’s book choice for our group was ‘Euphoric Recall’ by Aidan Martin. Covering themes including sexual abuse, substance use, childhood cancer, suicide, violence and mental health, it’s a memoir that doesn’t pull any punches. Gritty, raw and honest, Martin’s book tells his story of growing up in Livingston, […]
Episode 18 of Life with Alcohol and Drugs is now live!
The next episode of our podcast series Life with Alcohol and Drugs is now available! In this episode, we are sharing stories from our Hour by Hour with Holding Campaign that was launched in July as a response to the 2021 drug death statistics. The families supported by Scottish Families’ Holding On service are living […]
Alcohol is everywhere and ‘in your face’ across our homes and communities – new research findings by Scotland’s Alcohol Action Group
Alcohol is everywhere in daily life in Scotland, according to new research published by Scotland’s Alcohol Action Group. The Group, whose members include families and individuals personally harmed by alcohol, surveyed the presence and visibility of alcohol in their homes, communities and online spaces. Members of the Group recorded each reference to alcohol they noticed […]
Make a Donation to us on Overdose Awareness Day
Today (31st of August) is International Overdose Awareness Day and we have staff members out and about across the country talking about our support services and letting people know we are here for them. Too many families in Scotland lose their loved ones every year to overdose. But there is hope, as Scottish Families is […]
A New Suicide Prevention Strategy for Scotland: Our Response
– A series of blogs about families and substance use by our Policy and Research Assistant, Rebecca McColl The Scottish Government opened a consultation on the new Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, which Scottish Families responded to on the 23rd of August 2022. The Strategy and Action Plan laid out a series of principles, outcomes, […]