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The new government drug strategy: a moment of recovery?

The Forward Trust’s Chief Executive Mike Trace welcomes the promise of investment in the addiction treatment sector but explains there is work to do to make sure this reverses the declines of the last 10 years.

• Drug & alcohol support
• Recovery support

Making a difference: Forward’s Social Impact Report 2020-21

• Family support
• Forward Connect (peer-led community)
• Housing & resettlement support
• Mental health support
• Recovery support
• Probation support

Think global, act local: how we’re supporting people into greener jobs

AS COP26 draws to a close, Iquo and Asi of Forward’s Employment Services Division share how our green sector jobs and training pathway is supporting a ‘green’ recovery from Covid-19.

• Employment support

‘There is more to do’ – Forward’s Director of Employment Services Asi Panditharatna responds to the Autumn Budget announcements

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review announcements were a step in the right direction, but there is still work to do in order to revitalise the employability sector.

• Employment support

The Duchess of Cambridge gives keynote speech at launch of Forward’s new campaign Taking Action on Addiction

Ant and Dec hosted the charity event to improve understanding of addiction during Addiction Awareness Week

The Forward Trust welcomes the Lords Public Services Committee recommendations on the support of vulnerable children

In the latest Forward blog Katherine Jenkins, Head of Centre for Addiction Treatment, sets out why we support the Lords Public Services Committee’s recommendations to address child vulnerability and how better is possible for children, young people and families across the UK.

• Family support
• Drug & alcohol support

Young people and the pandemic: living with addiction

Our recent YouGov research found that up to 1 million children and young people could be showing an increase in addictive behaviour during lockdown. Katherine Jenkins, Head of the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies, explains how our services are responding.

• Drug & alcohol support
• Family support

Forward delivers Restart Scheme in Thanet to support unemployed people

The Forward Trust today begins providing the Department for Work and Pension’s Restart Scheme to jobseekers in Thanet.

• Employment support

The Forward Trust responds to the Dame Carol Black Review on addiction treatment

The long-awaited review into drugs policy by Dame Carol Black has been released today.

• Drug & alcohol support

We must tackle the rise in addictions caused by the pandemic

The Forward Trust CEO Mike Trace comments on our new poll showing the rise in addictive behaviour during the pandemic, and the steps we’re taking to address it.

• Drug & alcohol support