Parent and Family Peer Support Groups
Parent Peer Volunteers facilitate peer support groups and programs that help you to learn new strategies, tools and skills to help cope with your situation. These groups and programs are free and any family member or significant other who is affected by someone else’s alcohol or drug use can attend.
The Peer Support Groups are a safe place to talk about what’s going on and to get support from other people who are going through similar issues. They are suited to people who are not yet ready to engage in the Family Support Program and to those who simply want to talk about how the person they support's behaviour is affecting them
These support groups are suitable for those aged 18 and over.
The groups are offered in the following locations and online via Zoom.
Online Parent and Family Support Group
Held every second Wednesday from 6.30pm to 8.00pm via Zoom.
To register call 9442 5050 or email parentdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
A Zoom link will then be emailed to you, please remember to check your junk mail.
Fremantle Parent and Family Support Group
Held every Saturday morning 10.30am-12pm at Fremantle Community Alcohol and Drug Service, Level 3, 22 Queen Street, Fremantle, WA.
You can simply turn up to this meeting or call the service on 9430 5966.
Currambine Parent and Family Support Group
Held every Monday evening 7pm-8.30pm at Currambine Community Centre, 64 Delamere Avenue, Currambine, WA.
You can simply turn up to this meeting or call the service on 9442 5050 for more information.
The Family Support Program is a 6-week family and friends support program for people affected by someone else’s problematic alcohol and/or other drug use. The program aims to help participants develop more effective coping strategies and find a greater sense of fulfilment. It is a closed group which means that the same people who start the course finish the course together.
Each session runs for two hours and participants are expected to attend each week. Bunbury sessions will be run for five hours over three consecutive Sundays.
The program is not a substitute for professional advice and generally it is helpful if you have received some emotional support prior to attending as the program is very practically based and not aimed at supporting people through acute crisis.
It is important to note that the program focuses on you and your life, not the person you support. It invites you to concentrate on changing your own thinking and responses, so you can gain greater control over your own life.
This program is suitable for those aged 18 and over.
The program is offered in the following locations and online.
Online Family Support Program
- 20 July 2023 - 24 August 2023
- 14 September 2023 - 19 October 2023
- 9 November 2023- 14 December 2023
To register call 9442 5050 or email parentdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
Fremantle Family Support Program
- 2 May - 6 June 2023
- 25 July - 29 August 2023
- 17 October - 21 November 2023
To register please call South Metro CADS on 9430 5966
Midland Family Support Program
- 7 June - 12 July 2023
- 26 July - 30 August 2023
- 11 October -15 November 2023
To register please call North East Metro CADS on 9274 7055 or email parentdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
Bunbury Family Support Program
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10am – 3pm, over three Sundays, 11 - 25 June 2023
To register call 9442 5050 or email parentdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
Thornlie Family Support Program
10 June 2023- 15 July 2023, 10am - 12pm
To register please call 9442 5050 or email parentdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
What people have said
Here’s what people have said about attending our Peer Support Groups and Family Support Program:
“I leave this program feeling more able to cope with the situation. I also have hope for our future.”
“The program changed how I look at the situation and has given me information on how to go forward, I’d recommend it to anyone.”
“It was so good meeting other people who are going through similar issues, now I know I’m not alone and I feel so much more confident in dealing with my son.”
“The facilitators are so warm, welcoming and very knowledgeable. Knowing they had also been though what I’m going through meant they completely understood my concerns and fears.”
“I was nervous starting a group and didn’t know what to expect but by the end of the course I felt like I knew these people for a lifetime as we are all dealing with the same stuff.”
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Last updated: 30 May 2023