Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT)

The Programme

M-PACT supports children/young people aged 10-17 who are experiencing the effects of parental substance misuse within the family.  The programme offers a ‘Whole Family Approach', working with parents and children from up to eight families at any one time in different group combinations. The programme is made up of 10 sessions, this includes an individual family assessment, eight consecutive weekly core sessions and a family review session. The programme is run by experienced professionals who work with the young people and parents to reduce the harmful impact that parental substance misuse and addiction has on family life. 

The programme has been evaluated by the Mental Health Research & Development Unit (MHRDU) at the University of Bath. Their findings have shown that all the families involved felt that they had been helped by attending the programme.  Follow the link to read the full Research Briefing.

Future M-PACT programmes are due to start in the following areas on the following dates, for more information please contact the numbers identified below against each programme venue.

London - 6th March 2010

Contact 020 7622 7833 or 020 7349 5772

East Knoyle, Wiltshire - 6th April 2010 

Contact 01747 832015

The M-PACT (UK) Project

M-PACT (UK) is the result of a growing awareness that services for children and young people suffering the consequence of parental substance misuse have been limited, fragmented or non-existent across the UK.

Following successful pilot programmes, the organisation realised that M-PACT had and could continue to make a difference to families suffering the consequences of substance misuse.  This has been addressed by making the M-PACT programme available, under Licence, to agencies across the UK. An M-PACT manual, together with the M-PACT training course, will enable agencies and their staff to deliver M-PACT programmes in their area.

Our main objective is for the M-PACT programme to be available to as many children and young people as possible to help to improve their quality of life.  If you would like to find out more about delivering M-PACT in your area or attending an M-PACT programme in Wiltshire, then please call Families Plus on: 0845 126 4130 or email us on: familiesplus@actiononaddiction.org.uk

  • You don’t need to struggle on your own… it’s given us strength to know you only have to ask for help….and there’s nothing wrong with that

    Client