FDAC in the news
Inside the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts keeping children out of care
Writing for Channel 4 News Substack, Jamie Robertson writes on Family Drug and Alcohol Courts: their life-changing impact and the urgent need for sustainable funding.
Inside the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts keeping children out of care
Channel 4 News report on Family Drug and Alcohol Courts in this news segment looking at the transformative power of these courts and need for sustainable funding.
Expert Voices: In Conversation with Diana Skelton, Head of Giving Poverty a Voice Programme at ATD Fourth World
Diana Skelton, Head of Giving Poverty a Voice Programme at ATD Fourth World, speaks about her work supporting people experiencing poverty.
Expert Voices: Natalie Queiroz MBE, Victims Advocate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
For this Expert Voices blog, Natalie Queiroz MBE, Victims Advocate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, shares her reflections on Coventry and Warwickshire FDAC.
It gave me and my children a proper life
The life-changing impact of Leeds Family Drug and Alcohol Court as service marks ten years. The Yorkshire Post reports on the life-changing work of the Leeds FDAC service over the...
These courts save families — we can’t let them close
Writing for the Times, Cherie Blaire reports on Family Drug and Alcohol Courts- their success in supporting families, potential to save money, and why they need better funding to keep...
Evidence to the Justice Committee
(see from 16:38:03) Giving evidence to the Justice Committee in October, Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the High Court family division, speaks to MPs about the effectiveness of Family Drug...
Family drug and alcohol courts are at risk of closure
Catherine Baksi writes for the Times on the benefits of FDAC and why we need to properly fund it, painting a picture of the current funding difficulties the model faces.
Without the FDAC… I’d be dead’: On the fringes at Labour in Liverpool
Writing for the Law Gazette, Monidipa Fouzder covers an event at the Labour Party Conference on FDAC, also detailing the power of the model to transform outcomes for families and why in the...
Speech from District Judge Richard O’Hagan at the Black Country FDAC Open Day, 8 May 2025
Family Law article on a speech by the lead FDAC judge at the Black Country FDAC open day, who reflects on his experiences as a solicitor representing a parent in care proceedings...