Background Charlotte, a 35-year-old woman, had struggled with alcohol addiction for over a decade. After hitting rock bottom and nearly...

Background Susan had always been close to her younger sister, Emily. Emily had struggled with drug addiction for several years, which...

Lived experience shouldn't just be invited into the room. It should help shape what happens in it. KF is proudly a Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO). That means lived and living experience isn't an advisory panel we wheel out when somebody needs a quote. It's in our DNA. Our organisation was created from lived experience, our services continue to be shaped by it and we believe people affected by substance use should have genuine influence over the services, system

Because substance use rarely affects one person. This part of KF is deeply personal. We understand what it is like to love somebody experiencing addiction. The worry. The phone calls. The promises. The hope. The relapse. The financial impact. The children. The arguments. The constant question of whether you're helping, enabling, supporting, controlling, abandoning or somehow doing all of them at once. Families are often expected to become experts in somebody else's addiction

Recovery needs somewhere to go. Stopping or reducing substance use is only part of recovery. What happens afterwards matters just as much. If somebody removes substances but is left with isolation, no routine, no purpose, poor mental health and the same environment they were struggling in before, we've only done half the job. That's why community is such a huge part of KF. We create opportunities for people and families to reconnect with ordinary life — sometimes without havi

Sometimes people don't need another service. They need somebody beside them. Systems are complicated at the best of times. Try navigating housing, treatment, benefits, safeguarding, social care, probation, healthcare or family services while experiencing addiction, recovery, trauma or family crisis and they can become almost impossible. That's where we come in. KF provides independent, lived-experience-informed advocacy and navigation for people directly and indirectly affect

Recovery doesn't happen to people. It happens with them. At KF, lived experience sits at the heart of our recovery support. We understand that recovery isn't linear, doesn't look the same for everyone and certainly doesn't begin and end with treatment. For some people, recovery means abstinence. For others, it starts with reducing harm, making one safer decision or simply having somewhere to turn up where nobody is going to judge them. We meet people where they are. Our peer

Imagine a loved one slowly slipping away, replaced by a distant stranger. This is what our family endured for years as my mother battled...

A man (46), was determined to rebuild his life, he aimed to quit alcohol, keep his job, and repair his marriage. The man struggled with...

A woman saw your poster at a doctor's office and contacted you for help with a ten-year history of drug use, including periods of...

A woman with bipolar disorder, anxiety, and a history of alcohol dependence initially maintained sobriety for 12 years. Following marital...

A young man (19) was referred to us as he was about to age out of another program. The young man realised he had a cocaine problem...

An elderly gentleman (85) was first referred to us via Carrie in Adult Social Services – he came as a referral with his wife (83) and...

A woman (49) contacted us shortly after our launch. Having known her through a family friend, she sought support for herself and a family...