Family Drug Support Australia
Support Line: 1300 368 186
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Family Drug Support
Supporting families affected by alcohol and other drugs in Australia.
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FDS and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
In these changing and uncertain times because of the Corona Virus, FDS is trying to maintain a balance of continuing to provide appropriate support to families, with being socially responsible and implementing hygiene protocols.At this stage, we have postponed all Support Groups. We are looking at various online options. Please check the website regularly to find out the status of your nearest Support Group. We will get back to face to face Support Groups when the current restrictions are lifted. In the meantime please call the support line: 1300 368 186
Media Release - International FDS Day 2020 Families Welcome Significant Announcement
24 February 2020Founder and CEO of Family Drug Support (FDS), Tony Trimingham OAM, who started the organisation after the death of his son Damien 23 years ago to the day welcomed the Australian Government funding announcement on such an important day:
“In the 20 years, Family Drug Support has been supporting families dealing with alcohol and other drugs we have had many ups and downs.
Today has been an excellent day thanks to the announcement from the Health Minister, the Hon Greg Hunt, announcing funding to allow FDS to continue our national toll-free telephone support line for families.
Interviews with family members and FDS CEO
Stages of Change preview - Stepping Forward Session
Presented by Chrissie Kelly from Family Drug Support.
In this video Chrissie Kelly, Queensland State Manager, Family Drug Support explains the work of Family Drug support and discusses the stages of change for families model. This model can be helpful for families to understand where they are at on their journey and start to learn how to cope depending on what stage they may be at.
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We hear you - Families matter during COVID 19
At Family Drug Support Australia the health and wellbeing of family members is paramount. In the ever-changing climate of COVID-19 the uncertainty is real, and for a family member supporting someone with a drug and/or alcohol dependence, the challenges they face have been exacerbated with limited access to services and means of support.
Media
- abc.net.au - Campaigner who lost his son to heroin calls for radical overhaul of drugs policy (24 Feb 16)
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Remembering Lives Lost – Families Come Together - (18 Jul 15) - smh.com.au - Families need to be at centre of ‘Ice’ strategy - (10 Apr 15)
Items of Interest
- ‘Half a Million Steps’ documentary that was produced by Uniting and has been shown all over NSW/ACT and now available to view online at https://www.fairtreatment.org/
. This is a powerful documentary portraying the difficulties for people living in rural NSW to receive treatment for drug dependency. Several people take the journey on foot from Dubbo to Sydney to show how far people need to travel for treatment. Compelling stories are told along the way. Marianne Jauncey, director of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Sydney is the narrator. - Breaking the Ice in our community
- From Senator Richard Di Natale:
Parliamentary Drug Summit, Wednesday 2nd March, 2016 - Family Drug Support Day will be held on the 24th of February of each year beginning in 2016
- Harm Reduction Australia - (HRA) was launched at Parliament House in Canberra. (26 Nov 15)
- Ampuni (Mercy) Concert and Vigil - Federation Square, Melb. (18 Feb 15)
- News.com.au - Tony Trimingham: Why the worst thing that could happen to Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran is their execution (27 Jan 15)
- Compassion for Bali nine on death row: Audio - Video - (21 Jan 15)
- INTERVIEW WITH DR. DAVID CALDICOTT (16 Sep 14)
- A LETTER TO FAMILY & FRIENDS
- EVIDENCE ON THE VALUE OF FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS
- Tony's latest book - NOT MY FAMILY, NEVER MY CHILD
- A GUIDE TO COPING HANDBOOK