Addiction Family Support

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The leading UK-registered charity for people affected or bereaved by a loved one’s addiction, supporting more than 3,500 people per year through our helpline, one-to-one, couples and group services.

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Website: Home – Addiction Family Support
Helpline: 0300 888 3853

Average 600,000 UK deaths per annum + Covid19 deaths 2020/21 – approximately 130,000 = 730,000 deaths
One person dies every minute in the UK
Every 22 minutes a parent dies, leaving 112 children left bereaved every day
The UK does not have a statutory bereavement policy for all schools
85% of young people between 20 and 24 years old who take their own life have had a bereavement *(1)
85% of 300 universities recently surveyed do not have a bereavement policy in place *(2)
A significant risk factor of suicide when someone is bereaved through suicide
The bereaved often say they feel as though they are going mad – there is a need to normalise grief through peer support
Risk factors: isolation, loneliness, trauma, PTSD, alcohol, drug abuse, self-harm
95% of young offenders have had an average of 6 bereavements by the time they are 18 years old *(3)
- (1) manchester university study
- (2) bbc sounds research
- (3) revolving doors study

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