This research brings together women’s perspectives on effective substance use treatment and support, identifying six key characteristics of effective treatment and providing recommendations for central government, local authorities and service providers.

This report – which we co-authored with the Youth Endowment Fund – provides guidance on how to deliver diversion effectively for children and young people. 

The third Family Drug and Alcohol Courts annual report pulls together key figures on the activity and impact of these courts over 2024.

To mark International Women’s Day, we reflect on the appetite for change to how the justice system responds to women. 

This report presents compiled data shared by the 13 FDACs in England for the period 1 October to 31 December 2024, to offer a live picture of the circumstances facing families in FDAC, the work that is done to support them and the outcomes that have been achieved.

We spoke to Jasmin Hernon, Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) at Gloucestershire Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC), about their role and the importance of having an SLT within this problem-solving court model.

This briefing aims to support practitioners seeking to develop or improve gender-specific pre-court diversion schemes.