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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.
3rd-
13th November 2008.
alcoHELP has,
for the third year running, been signed
up by Tendring District Council's Crucial
Crew
to present our alcohol awareness workshop to approximately 1500
year six schoolchilden at Dovercourt. We will continue our
focus on "Saying No" to peer pressure in scondary school,
as well as experiencing the effects of sensory impairment with our
renowned "beer goggles!"
October/November 2008.
alcoHELP has,
for the first time , been invited
to particpate in Braintree District Council's Reality
Roadshow
to present our "reality alcohol awareness" workshop to over
2,000
year nine schoolchilden at Secondary Schools in the district.
We will be working alongside The NHS, Essex Police, the Fire and
Rescue Services, The Anti- Social Behaviour team at BDC and The Drugs
Advisory Service. We are very excited by this and are raelly grateful
to be given the opportunity of giving our hard-hitting
presentation. We will be featuring our renowned "Beer
Goggles" during the sets to lighten- up what is an education
about the effects of alcohol on outside looks, inside workings and
the unpredictable behaviour brought about by alcohol abuse.
7th-15th July 2008.
In
response to the wishes of the schoolchildren, alcoHELP
is
again working with Brentwood District Council's Crucial
Crew
to present our alcohol awareness workshop to approximately 800 year
six schoolchilden at Brentwood Preparatory School. We will
continue our focus on "Saying No" to peer pressure when the
children start their scondary school career. We will als allow them
to experience the effects of sensory impairment with our renowned
"beer goggles!"
7th-21st July
2008
alcoHELP
will again be joining with Braintree District Council's Crucial
Crew
to present our alcohol awareness workshop to approximately 1,600 year
six schoolchilden at Braintree College. This year's focus
is "Saying No" to peer pressure in scondary school as
well as experiencing the effects of sensory impairment with our
renowned "beer goggles!"
During
2007..
alcoHELP has
been putting together a workshop for 16-18 year olds exploring
the dangers and effects of binge drinking. We will discuss how
alcohol inflicts damage on our bodies both internal and external. We
will show the correlation between violence and other threatening
behaviours in alcohol fuelled situations. And importantly we shall
look at FAS (Foetal Alcohol Syndrome) which can have a devastating
effect on children born to parents who consume alcohol. Millions of
working days a year are lost by businesses because of alcohol related
absence, This
1/2 day workshop is ideal for enhancing the awareness of new
studying employees of those in apprenticship. Businesses and
candidates will receive the Alcohelp
Awareness
Certification
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 1,349 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 951 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 1,626 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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