Drug and Alcohol Service - Kirklees

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Support from our family team

Our friendly team will work alongside the person affected by drug or alcohol use and their family during their recovery journey. They will help them to feel empowered and meet their recovery goals.

Our team will also bring the family together to explore how drinking or drug use impacts the person and their loved ones. Early support can be offered to families who are facing challenging times and might need some extra help.

Our family support coordinators will start off by finding out what help is needed and support the family to find solutions and overcome challenges.

The Moving Parents and Children Together Group Programme offers a safe space for families to come together and talk about how substance use has affected them.

The programme aims to support families build on their communication and improve relationships. You can visit The Moving Parents and Children Together Group website for more information.

If you want to know more about the programme, please speak to your recovery coordinator or contact the team on 01484 353333.

Contacting our team for help and support

Support is available for adults and children impacted by a loved one’s substance use from our family worker. This can be offered in a one-to-one setting or in a group.

If you want to know more about the family offer at Change Grow Live Kirklees, please visit us at the times and places below for a chat, or call us on 01484 353333.

Tuesday, 14:00 - 16:00

Dewsbury Moor and Scout Hill, 100 Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury Moor, Heckmondwike, WF13 3NT

Wednesday, 13:00 - 14:00

Birstall and Birkenshaw, Fieldhead Crescent, Birstall, WF17 9BP

and

Chestnut Centre, 2a Chestnut Street, Deighton, HD2 1HJ

Thursday, 13:00 - 14:00

Slaithwaite Town Hall, Carr Lane, Slaithwaite, HD7 5AF

“I would like to thank everyone from M-PACT group for making our sessions so enjoyable. It has definitely helped to bring our family closer together again and we have gained so much from the sessions. It is lovely to see the children in the group really getting along and sharing their feelings, and most importantly that we are all in the same boat. So many thanks”

- Parent accessing the Moving Parents and Children programme

Other support services for families in Kirklees

  • The Base

    Change Grow Live's free drug and alcohol service for young people up to the age of 21 in Kirklees.

  • Home Start Kirklees

    A volunteer-led organisation that offers emotional and practical support to local families with children from birth, right up to their first term of school.

  • Kirklees in Recovery: Family Lives

    A charity that helps parents, grandparents and other relatives to deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life.

  • Carers Count

    A not-for-profit organisation that supports unpaid carers within Kirklees.

  • The Kirklees SEND Local Offer

    Information, services and activities for people from birth to age 25 with special educational needs and disabilities.

  • Haven Kirklees

    A support group for family and carers in Kirklees who are affected by a loved one’s use of drugs and/or alcohol.

  • Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust

    Improving the lives of children and young people who face difficulty accessing mainstream services or are disadvantaged through poverty, illness or lack of safety.

  • Parents of Children with Additional Needs

    An independent, parent-led forum in Kirklees for all parents and carers of those with additional needs, aged from birth to 25 years.

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