For Kinship Care Week 2026 (5-11 October), Dr Lindsay Reid, Adfam’s Kinship Care Support and Development Coordinator, has published a comprehensive new research study exploring the experiences of kinship carers who care for their grandchildren because of their child’s drug or alcohol use.

The study addresses an important gap in existing research by focusing specifically on the experiences of this group of kinship carers. It explores how they understand and navigate their role within the family, as well as the emotional impact of maintaining a relationship with their child who uses drugs or...

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Tina and Dave have been supporting our son with co-occurring disorders since 2008. We joined Al-anon in 2012, and volunteered on the UK National Helpline. We have attended SMART Recovery since 2015 and we are both UK/USA SMART CRAFT trained volunteers. Dave has co-facilitated the UK on-line weekly meeting. Since 2016, we have been running two face-to-face groups, one for the Birmingham City Hospital Alcohol Team and the other for our local CGL Drug and Alcohol Recovery Centre. Since March 2020, we have been facilitating two Zoom global groups to support families on Tuesday and Wednesday...