Campaign Hope
On October 1st we are launching 'Campaign Hope- breaking the cycle of addiction'. This campaign aims to raise funds for children's books and educational toys for children who have been affected by their parent's alcohol and drug misuse.
At Odyssey House we provide a Parent's and Children's Program which makes it possible for parents who are in addiction to participate in the rehabilitation program whilst living with their children. Living together as a family unit teaches parenting skills and aims to develop a happy, healthy and independent family and break the cycle of generational drug misuse. A family friendly atmosphere is created for the residents and their children who are participating in the program as they have private rooms, self contained cottages and communal dining facilities.
Each family is assigned a childcare worker who ensures the children who participate in the program, the children are aged from newborn to 12 years old have a regularly maintained routine and structure. During the day children are engaged in activities depending on their age, such as school and in the afternoons and evenings parents and children spend time together reading and engaging in interactions designed to enhance the bond between parent and child.
The Parent's and Children's program not only provides drug and alcohol rehabilitation for the parent but also family focused activities, development of parenting skills, family support and educational classes.
The 'Campaign Hope- breaking the cycle of addiction' is an important campaign not only for the children who have been affected by their parents alcohol and drug misuse but also the parents of these children. The funds that are required for childrens books and educational toys help the parents and children interact together and bond with each other in an environment free of negative influences that previously would of distracted and supported the parent's alcohol or drug misuse. These books and toys allow the child and parent to enhance their bond with simple learning tools and is something that could not be done before entering the Parent's and Children's Program.
Something as simple as books and toys helps to create a stronger family unit through parent and child interaction and bonding which in the long term assists the family to separate from the possibility of further generational substance misuse, therefore breaking the cycle of addiction.
So please donate and help support 'Camapaign Hope- breaking the cycle of addiction' and give children who have been affected by their parents alcohol and drug misuse, the tools that every child deserves to bond with their parents and help create a drug and alcohol free future.