Ms Jackie McKenna:

There is the potential to have this rolled out on a national basis but because we are a voluntary organisation and are living from hand-to-mouth every day, we are focusing as best we can on our region. The model is there and it grew organically from the needs of families who had no access to services whatsoever. We responded by developing the appropriate or relevant services which were needed. It is very much from the ground up all of the time.

What makes us unique and wonderful is that our family members are involved in the development, the management and the servicing of it. We have developed this continuum of care where family members who have come through their own self-development and the seven stages of addiction behaviour want to give something back to their community because of the help they have received. People want to give back through fundraising or more of them want to give back by becoming a facilitator with their own lived experience to help other people. We have developed a peer-led family support model of working.