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Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (SFAD)

Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs is a national charity that supports anyone concerned about someone else’s alcohol or drug use in Scotland. We give information and advice to many people and help them with confidence, communication, general wellbeing, and we link them into local support. We also help people recognise and understand the importance of looking after themselves.

When we say family, we mean who you see as your family. It could be your spouse, your parent, your sibling, your partner, your friends, your friend’s family, your colleagues, your neighbours, and anyone we may have missed.

We were created in 2003 by families themselves who came together to support each other and campaign for recognition. We’ve grown a lot since then!

We support people through our helpline, bereavement support service, Telehealth (National one-to-one support), and our family support services in Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire, Forth Valley, Inverclyde, Fife and South Lanarkshire (in collaboration with a peer led family support charity). We also deliver workforce development through our training courses, communications and campaigning work, our young person’s project ‘Routes’ in East and West Dunbartonshire, and wider community development including our Connecting Families programme.

We are one of the Scottish Government’s Nationally Commissioned Organisations (NCOs) for alcohol and drugs and are recognised as Scotland’s leading charity for families affected by alcohol and drugs.

Last reviewed:

15/11/2021

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Services

Aberdeenshire Family Support Service

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Regions:
  • Aberdeenshire

Scottish Families offers support to anybody age 16+ who has a concern about someone else's substance use. Support can be given on a one-to-one basis, or in a group setting at a local family support group. ...

Bereavement Support Service

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Regions:
  • Scotland

Scottish Families offers a FREE and confidential support service to anyone age 16+ who has lost a loved one and that loved one had used alcohol and/or drugs problematically prior to their death. It does n...

East Dunbartonshire Family Support Service

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Regions:
  • East Dunbartonshire

Scottish Families offers support to anybody age 16+ who has a concern about someone else's substance use. Support can be given on a one-to-one basis, or in a group setting at a local family support group. ...

Fife Family Support Service

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Regions:
  • Fife
  • Fife

Scottish Families offers support to anybody age 16+ who has a concern about someone else's substance use. Support can be given on a one-to-one basis, or in a group setting at a local family support group. ...

Forth Valley Family Support Service

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Regions:
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Falkirk
  • Stirling
  • Forth Valley

Scottish Families offers support to anybody age 16+ who has a concern about someone else's substance use. Support can be given on a one-to-one basis, or in a group setting at a local family support group. ...

Inverclyde Family Support Service

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Regions:
  • Inverclyde

Scottish Families offers support to anybody age 16+ who has a concern about someone else's substance use. Support can be given on a one-to-one basis, or in a group setting at a local family support group....

Naloxone Click & Deliver postal service (Free)

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Regions:
  • Scotland

Anyone in Scotland who wishes to access a naloxone kit can request one from our national postal service. To access a kit you must have completed training in overdose awareness and naloxone. This could have...

One to One Family Support Service

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Regions:
  • Scotland

Scottish Families offers support to anybody age 16+ who has a concern about someone else's substance use. Support can be given on a one-to-one basis (via phone calls or video calls) and/or in an online gro...

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