At The Forward Trust, we believe meaningful change happens when knowledge meets practice and staff are supported to continuously develop their skills and understanding.
At The Forward Trust, we believe meaningful change happens when knowledge meets practice and staff are supported to continuously develop their skills and understanding.
Our Family Support & Specialist Programmes (FS&SP) department offers high-impact training, webinars, and consultancy services. These are designed to empower individuals and organisations to better support people affected by addiction, mental health issues, offending, and trauma.
Bring evidence-based programmes to your organisation through our licensing model – complete with practitioner training, online resources, and ongoing support.
Whether you're a frontline practitioner, service leader, or HR professional, our courses are designed to equip your team with the tools to improve wellbeing, foster resilience, and support sustainable recovery – both in your workforce and the communities you serve.
Our webinars and workshops are also valuable resources for other organisations wishing to enhance their staff wellbeing programmes.
Perfect for ‘lunch-and-learn’ sessions, these one-hour workshops support staff wellbeing while delivering insight and practical tools.
Topics include:
Addiction and recovery.
Impact of addiction on families.
Safeguarding lived experience.
Free writing as a mindfulness tool.
Softening the critical mind.
‘Socratic Dialogue’: Enhancing conversations.
Cost: £300 per session | Max Group Size: 50 staff | Dates: On request
Bespoke Webinar Option: Tailored to your organisation for £450.
Deepen your understanding and enhance practice through our range of one-day online courses:
Working with addiction.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
‘Whole Family’ Recovery.
Hidden Harm: Children & Parental Substance Use.
Safeguarding lived experience.
Family systems and ‘Attachment Theory’.
Managing difficult dynamics in groupwork.
Exploring and understanding the importance of roles in groupwork.
Blended Models for Addiction Treatment Aftercare Provision.
Cost: £200 per person | Max Group Size: 25 | Dates: Scheduled throughout the year or available on request for groups of 10–25 at a discounted rate.
Every organisation is different. We can provide bespoke training tailored to your needs and consultancy services to support organisations and commissioners to continuously improve practice. Whether you’re upskilling your team, building a new service or wanting recommendations for innovative service design and delivery, our team can support you.
Our areas of expertise include:
Addiction and recovery.
Criminal justice.
Reflective practice and supervision.
Family support.
Cost: Based on your project or training goals | Dates: Flexible, on request.
Our PREPARE & PRACTICE model equips experienced professionals to deliver reflective supervision to groups of staff, to support and enhance practice. A must-have for managers and facilitators of therapeutic or psychosocial programmes.
Delivery: Online across 3 days | Cost: £600 | Planned throughout the year
Bring evidence-based programmes to your organisation through our licensing model – complete with practitioner training, online resources, and ongoing support.
Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT)
M-PACT is a structured, psychosocial, educational group programme for families affected by addiction.
Supporting children aged 8 years and over and their adult family members, it is delivered to up to 8 families at a time over 10 sessions. The programme provides a safe space for children and their families to talk about the impact addiction has on them, meet others with similar experiences and find better ways to function, communicate and cope as a family.
The programme has been independently evaluated for over 2 decades and has been shown to improve family functioning, family coping and family communication.
“I learnt that my Dad’s drinking was not my fault” (13-year-old M-PACT participant)
Relationships play a significant role in our lives and the quality of our relationships has a direct impact on our wellbeing, recovery and rehabilitation.
Relationships Matter is a psychosocial group intervention, delivered over 8 one-hour sessions, which helps people to understand and focus on their relationships and explore how those relationships interact with their own behaviour.
“It’s made a big impact on my way of life. I’ve spoken to my family – they’re so proud of me.” – Participant
Both programmes are informed by a strong evidence-base and are robustly evaluated. They are suitable for delivery across prisons, residential services, and community settings.
If you're committed to improving practice this training offer is for you. Whether you're booking for yourself, a colleague, or your whole team, we’re here to support you every step of the way. Contact us to express your interest by emailing familysupport@forwardtrust.org.uk.
