Scottish Families Reports

A collection of reports that we have published through the years – also including our campaigns such as ‘Hour by Hour with Holding On’, ‘Behind the Numbers’ and ‘Rewriting the Media’.

Families on the Frontline

A two-day national conference held in March 2023 bringing together families with those delivering and influencing treatment, care and support services.

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Just Ask Families

We know that families have the answers to Scotland’s drug deaths crisis – but they need to be heard, and for change to happen as a result. We need to Just Ask Families.

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'Here's to Us' - Friendships and Alcohol Project

‘Here’s to Us’ was created to address a gap in conversation around how young adults can be affected by a friend’s alcohol use.

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If It Wasn't For Routes

Reflections on the 3-years of our national young person's demonstration project (Routes).

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Hour by Hour with Holding On

A storytelling project for the response to the 2021 Scottish drug death figures.

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'What about Families?!' - A Report by the Family Reference Group 2022

Our companion report goes alongside the Drug Deaths Taskforce final report 2022.

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'There's Only So Much One Person Can Do'

The purpose of this study was to gather an idea of the landscape of family support across Scotland and gain knowledge on this from the perspective of services themselves.

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Ask The Family!

A national report delivered in partnership on the experiences of families affected by alcohol and drugs (2021).

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Constantly Just Holding It Up and Together

This research attempts to address the gap in our understanding of family member experiences of support in Scotland (2020).

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Rewriting the Media

A research project looking at the Scottish media's stigma towards people with addictions, and the lack of lived experience highlighted in the media (2020).

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Behind the Numbers

Our campaign highlights and champions the hidden and unrecognised contribution of families in saving and preserving the lives of those harmed through alcohol or drugs (2018).

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