Addiction charities ask for more government funding to support the families of alcohol abusers.
Children affected by their parents' alcohol abuse say they are being "failed by the government" due to a lack of funding.
The government said £530m will go to local authorities over the next three years for substance misuse treatment. She was hospitalised with an eating disorder and had trauma counselling, but now supports adults with alcoholism. The support worker was 15 when her mum first went into hospital and she said there was no support in caring for herself and her younger sister.Ms Cohen turned to The National Association for Children of Alcoholics , a charity which runs a helpline and provides online support.
NACOA, which is funded by donations and run by volunteers also received money from the government for three years, but that ended before the pandemic. "These children are absolutely being failed by the government to have funding cut in the way it was."Josh Connolly is an ambassador for The National Association for Children of Alcoholics
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