Expression of Interest Form - Family Recovery College Autumn 2024 |
About the Family Recovery College
The Family Recovery College offers a free informal 12 week course, Understanding Substance Use and Holding on to Hope, for anyone living in Scotland who are concerned about someone else’s alcohol or drug use.
It will be delivered with 12 online sessions.
We will support you to build knowledge, skills, and confidence to support yourself and your loved one.
The course will take place online every Wednesday 7-9pm, starting on the 18th of September and finishing on Wednesday the 11th of December 2024.
Students on the course will:
- Increase their positive connection with others
- Develop communication strategies to improve relationships
- Improve self-care and emotional wellbeing
- Improve understanding of substance use through new knowledge and skills
Feel empowered to influence change in their lives and the lives of their loved one.
We developed this course in spring 2019 with a group of family members who have their own lived experience of supporting a loved one with problematic drug/alcohol use. Our course advisors worked with us to design, deliver and evaluate the project to ensure that it was helpful and relevant to participants needs. This will be the 7th Family recovery college and each time we continue to learn with you and tailor the course to suit the needs of the families we support.
Eligibility:
We developed this course in spring 2019 with a group of family members who have their own lived experience of supporting a loved one with problematic drug/alcohol use. Our course advisors worked with us to design, deliver and evaluate the project to ensure that it was helpful and relevant to participants needs. This will be the 7th Family recovery college and each time we continue to learn with you and tailor the course to suit the needs of the families we support.
Eligibility:
Anyone who is affected by another person’s drug or alcohol use is warmly welcomed – that includes biological and non-biological families, BAME families, LGBT+ people and families, families with or without children, friends, partners, siblings, young people, older people, foster carers, kinship carers, neighbours, work colleagues, etc.
This Autumn course will be delivered online using Zoom so that as many people can join us regardless of location. We will do our best to ensure everyone can get online whatever their circumstance may be.
We hope to make the Family Recovery College accessible to all. Please do not hesitate to contact us if there is anything additional we can do to make you feel welcomed and included.
Why the Family Recovery College is important:
Families and concerned significant others often take on the primary role of caring for or supporting their loved one. Due to the secrecy, shame and stigma of supporting a loved one with problematic drug and alcohol use often there is little acknowledgement or support for those doing the supporting. Many people find themselves experiencing long-term mental health and physical health conditions, often related to the challenges and stress of their caring role. We hope that the Family Recovery College will enable students to feel empowered to support both themselves and their loved one.
Please note: If you have any concerns or difficulties completing this form please phone - Tich 07775252380.
The programme is certificated by Scottish Families as the Scottish Government’s Nationally Commissioned Organisation (NCO) for families affected by alcohol or drug use.