Families affected by parental alcohol misuse

• I think you need someone to show you what help there is produced with Office of the Children's Commissioner, promotes best practice on how local areas can discover and respond to the needs of children affected by parental alcohol misuse.
• Swept under the carpet makes recommendations aimed at reducing the service gap, including the training of social workers, improvement in joint working arrangements - specifically with adult services - and the need for bespoke resources for young people, professionals and the parents involved. 

Our work with children and young people has helped us create a number of booklets. These can help you start discussions about the impact of a parent's drinking.

The resources below include activities, ways to talk about treatment and recovery and how young people feel growing up in a home affected by alcohol misuse.

• You are not on your own booklet
• Help me undertand booklet
• I feel...when you drink booklet

We gave evidence at the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Children of Alcoholics. The APPG was set up to represent and give a voice to the one in five British children living with a parent who drinks too much.

In February 2017, the APPG launched the first ever Manifesto for Children of Alcoholics, which was the catalyst for the new funding.

We are also a member of The Alcohol and Families Alliance, an alliance of organisations from across the voluntary and statutory sectors united in reducing the harms experienced by families as a result of alcohol.