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It's
time to stop treating alcohol as just another thing on the grocery
shelf. It's not – it's a drug.
Early
2011
We
took our 2Brite2Binge workshops to Davenant
Foundation School in Loughton in February.
It was targetted at their 16 year olds and for the first time we
introduced some lengthy information and subsequent discussion on
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Soon after this we were at Roding
Valley High School for Epping
Forest's Reality
Roadshow .
This, as usual , was aimed at year 9 ( 14 year olds) and as usual it
was a massive succes with the children attentive and interactive.
During
February we were also at Witham's Rickstones Academy
to do a Reality
Roadshow
day on behalf of Braintree District Council.
The end of March through into April saw a three week stint at the TA
Centre in Chelmsford. This was in support of Chelmsford
Bourough Council's Crucial
Crew. Its
a marathon session but one that is immensley rewarding ( although
not financially!!) It is around 2,000 11 year olds who we get to talk
to and invariably they get a huge amount from our sessions.
During
2010
For
the first time we did some presentations and workshops for year 11's
these were held at St Martin's School in
Brentwood and at Davenant Foundation School
in Loughton. These were a huge success and we have already been
approached to do the same with 2011 year 11's. For year 9's we
took our Reality
Roadshow
workshops to Maltings Academy and Honywood
School in Coggeshall.
We
had meetings during March 2010 with Trading Standards,
EDAAT snd Essex Police
to discuss the way forward with plans to introduce our "Consider
the Consequences" DVD and accompanying workbooks into all
Essex secondary schools. This project is set to happen at the end of 2010
During
2009
Epping
Forest District Council
held their pilot Reality
Roadshow
at St John's School in Epping. alcoHELP
was
thrilled to be asked to be part of this important event and it was
an overwhelming success. The year 9 students (13 and 14 year olds)
were rivetted during our 2Brite2Binge
set ! The serious, hard-hitting images, videos and dialogue which we
deliver were certainly taken on board by the students. This was
confirmed during the evaluation at the end of the day when over 50%
confirmed they had learned a great deal from the presentation ! The
pilot was sucessful and we then did Reality
Roadshow
workshops at several other schoold during the year.
Braintree
District Council's
Reality
Roadshow
took place at various schools in the district during October 2009,
These included Alec Hunter, Hedingham School, Tabor Science College,
Halstead's Rmsey School and Witham's Rickstones Academy.
Chelmsford's Reality
Roadshow
was held at Hylands Housee during November 2009 and alcoHELP ran
workshops alongside Essex Police, Essex Fire Service, EYPDAS and Mis
Essex NHS
2008/2009
alcoHELP has
ben commissioned by Brentwood
District Council
& SW Essex Primary Care Trust to
produce a resource for year 9 teachers and pupils in Brentwood
secondary schools. Designed to be incorporated into the PSHE and
science curriculum the rescore will consist of an audio visual DVD
presentation focusing on the health risks associated with the effects
of alcohol on children. In particular we will highlight the
damage that alcohol inflicts on internal organs, especially the
brain, and the behavioral changes in mood and actions that
occur. Complementing the DVD will be a teachers workpack enabling
them to discuss and explore the issues raised. We
see this as a huge breakthrough in delivery of the important
messages we feel children need to know regarding alcohol and hope
this resource will eventually extend into other Essex districts and,
in the longer term, on a national basis.
4th
December 2008
Terry
gave an interview on "Breakfast
on BBC Essex" During
"Planet Ray" he talked about the recent Reality
Roadshow in
the Braintree District at which alcoHELP
did their 2Brite2Binge
workshop. He focussed on what danger alcohol does to teenage brains
and other organs and gave some startling facts about the number of 13
& 14 year olds who drink regularly !
October/November '08.
alcoHELP was,
for the first time, invited to participate in Braintree
District Council's Reality
Roadshow
We presented our 2Brite2Binge
workshop to over 2,000 year nine schoolchildren at Secondary
Schools in the district. We worked working alongside The NHS, Essex
Police, the Fire and Rescue Services, The Anti- Social Behavior team
at BDC and The Drugs Advisory Service. We were excited by this
and really grateful to have been given the opportunity of
giving our hard-hitting presentation. We featured our renowned
"Beer Goggles" during the sets to lighten- up what was an
education about the effects of alcohol on outside looks, inside
workings and the unpredictable and sometimes tragic behaviour brought
about by binge drinking and more serious alcohol abuse.
7th-15th July 2008.
In
response to the wishes of the schoolchildren, alcoHELP
again
worked with Brentwood District Council's
Crucial
Crew
to present our alcohol awareness workshop to approximately 800 year
six schoolchilden at Brentwood Preparatory School. We continued
our focus on "Saying No" to peer pressure when the children
start out on their scondary school careers. We also allowed
them to experience the effects of sensory impairment with our
renowned "beer goggles!"
7th-21st July
2008
alcoHELP worked
alongside Braintree District Council
at Crucial
Crew
presenting our alcohol awareness workshop to approximately 1,600
year six schoolchilden at Braintree College. This year's focus
was "Saying No" to peer pressure in secondary school.
The children also sampled the effects of sensory impairment
with our renowned "beer goggles!"
12th
June 2008
Debby
& Terry were on BBC Essex
"Dave Monk Show" live on
this Thursday morning ( 12th June) alcoHELP had
been invited on to talk about our work especially in the wake of an
article in "The Times" by Caitlin Moran who's idea of
curtailing binge drinking is to "make people drink much much
more!! "
Towards
the end of January 2007..
alcoHELP was
at Hogarth Primary School in
Brentwood. Our lecture focussed on what
the
children already know about alcohol. How alcohol affects our
behaviour. Interactive videos
highlighting
the differences between someone who has been drinking and driving
and someone
who
has not been drinking. We finished up with each child having the
opportunity to try out our
"beer
goggles" which give the feeling of being drunk without actually
taking in any alcohol!
6th-16th
November 2006..
alcoHELP was
at Dovercourt with Tendring
District Council's Crucial
Crew
to present the alcohol awareness workshop to over 1,300 year six
primary schoolchilden.
What
they Said
7th-13th
September 2006..
alcoHELP joined
with Uttlesford District Council's
Crucial
Crew
to present the alcohol awareness workshop to 950 year six primary
schoolchilden in Thaxted.
What
they Said
12th-22nd
June 2006..
alcoHELP joined
with Braintree District Council's
Crucial
Crew
to present the alcohol awareness workshop to over 1,600 year
six schoolchilden at The Discovery Centre. Braintree. Essex.
This
was the most important alcohol awareness programme ever held for
young children in Braintree.
For
two weeks the Alcohelp team gave 1,626 children a ten minute, hard
hitting, factual video presentation covering alcohol abuse, how to
say "No" when pressured to drink, the effects of being a
passenger with drunk drivers and learning that children of their age
are the odd ones out and that it's cool not to drink alcohol. They
also experienced the effects of being drunk using "beer goggles"
"Powerful..very
powerful" Head Teacher
"It
made me cry..as a parent I don't think of the terrible things that
may happen to my child because of alcohol" Parent
"We've
needed something like this for a long time" School
Nurse
"It's
good to have experts who know what they're talking about doing this set"
Police Officer
"Absolutely
brilliant!" School teacher
"It's
hard hitting..it absolutely needs to be"
Nurse
"I'm
not drinking anymore"
Teaching Assistant
To
carry on this work and to take the message to many more children we
need your help !
Click
here to help alcohelp
September
2005..
The
work of
alcohelp
was discussed with Dave Monk on BBC Essex together with pupils and parents.
Summer
2005 ..
alcohelp Launched
it's first alcohol
awareness programme for primary school children.
"..solutions
lie in teaching kids at school about how much it's safe to drink"
Tessa
Jowell, Culture Minister 4th February 2005 on "Tonight with
Trevor MacDonald"
"..they
(the children) have learned a huge amount from the three lessons ..
it gave pupils the facts about alcohol and how to be assertive in
saying no
if
it is offered to them"
Sylvia
Ruck, Headteacher, Felsted Primary School
"A
liitle alcohol, under control, can be good. But alcohol in control of
you can mean BIG trouble
Be
smart, keep control ! "
Simon
Hughes MP President, Liberal Democrats
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