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Alcohol Awareness Week 2025: We Can’t Afford to Look Away

07/07/2025

This Alcohol Awareness Week, we are calling on everyone to break the silence, shame and societal indifference to a national...

Changing the narrative: The Forward Trust hosts journalist roundtable on addiction

11/04/2025

“Last year saw over 15,000 deaths from drug and alcohol use alone - deaths from drug misuse in England and...

Celebrating the Magic of Recovery: The Forward Trust’s National Reunion 2025

12/02/2025

By Joshua Thetford, Team Leader at Recovery Support at The Forward TrustLast month, The Forward Trust hosted the National Reunion...

Clouds House - The Forward Trust's Residential Rehab in Wiltshire

23/01/2025

Clouds House, nestled in the heart of rural Wiltshire, has been a beacon of hope and recovery since 1983. Owned...

Catastrophic rise in alcohol-related deaths in England

20/12/2024

A 42% rise in deaths due to alcohol since 2019 is deeply shocking to read but not surprising.  The latest...

Event review: The Addiction Conversation (Monday 2 December) - One Birdcage Walk, London

06/12/2024

Lily Allen, Bryony Gordon, Matt Willis and Tony Adams were among our guest speakers to support our Addiction Awareness Week...

‘Recovery is possible, and we all have a role to play’: Sally Benton on the results of our latest poll

05/12/2024

There's no need to feel powerless in the face of shocking addiction statistics. Recovery is possible, and we all have...

New poll reveals toll of addiction across the UK

02/12/2024

As Addiction Awareness Week 2024 begins, we commissioned research into the scale of dependency in the UK. On our behalf,...

New Ambassador for The Forward Trust, Lily Allen

30/11/2024

The Forward Trust, the lead partner of the Taking Action on Addiction campaign, has proudly announced its latest Ambassador, Lily...

A Message from The Princess of Wales for Addiction Awareness Week 2024

29/11/2024

In support of Addiction Addiction Awareness Week 2024 (30th November - 7th December), we are delighted to share a new...

Addiction affects everyone, but so does recovery: Seye Adelekan on the ‘blast radius’ of addiction

28/11/2024

Born in Nigeria and raised in London, Holland and Ecuador, Seye is a London-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, best known...

Tony Adams Appointed Chair of Trustees for The Forward Trust

28/11/2024

Taking Action on Addiction, a campaign led by The Forward Trust, is delighted to welcome Tony Adams as the new...