Transcript St John Bosco - Southern Investing For Health Partnership

Know the Score
Newry Drugs and Alcohol
Project
Background of Project
• Project set up in May 2004
• Funded by Southern Investing for Health
Partnership
• Intially set up as six month pilot scheme
• Received further 3 year funding until August
2007 (£90,000)
• Based at St John Bosco Youth Centre
• Remit is 14 – 25 year olds in Newry City
Area
Awareness Raising
Workshops
• This is an ongoing service which we
offer
• One off or more detailed programmes
• These are carried out in:
- Different communities within Newry area
- Various schools and colleges
- Various training agencies
- Parent Groups
Newry Outreach Health
Project
• New iniatitive for area which involved
staff & volunteers working in a pub/club
environment to promote young peoples
health
• Set up in partnership with HIYA Sexual
Health Project; Southern Area Health
Promotion Dept; SELB Youth Service,
Rainbow Gay Men’s Project &
Community Volunteers
Work of Project
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Recruitment of Volunteers
Training of Volunteers
Training of Bar / Door Staff
Risk Assessment of venue
Friday Nights from 10.00pm – 1.00am
Handing out of spika stoppas & sexual health
information packs
• Evaluation of Project
• Future of Project
Drink Spiking Awareness
Project
• Follow on from research carried out during
work within pubs / clubs which showed that:
• 52% of those surveyed felt that either
themselves or their friends have had their
drink spiked in the past.
• Even more worrying was that of those who
thought they had been spiked only 3% had
reported the incident to the appropriate
authorities.
• This lead to the development of this project
were information posters & beer mats were
displayed in local venues
• Spika Stoppa were also made available
behind the bars for patrons to avail of
• A short awareness raising film was also
produced and displayed through the
Community Television Network
• To date we have ran two public information
campaigns on drink spiking:
• Christmas 2005 (SDACT Funding)
• Christmas 2006 (Community Safety
Partnership)
Peer Education Project
• 12 Week programme which we deliver
each year to young people from
throughout the Newry area
• The aim of the project is:
“to help young people develop the skills
needed for making informed choices on
drugs and alcohol”
Content of Programme
• Effects of Drugs & Alcohol
• Attitudes towards Drugs & Alcohol
• Consequences of Drugs and Alcohol
abuse
• Drugs and the law
• Dangers of mixing drugs
• Impact on self esteem & mental health
• Presentation skills
Study Visits during Project
• Ballymena Family & Addict Support
Group
• Chuain Mhuire Alcohol Treatment
Centre
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Mountjoy Prison Visit
• “Prison Me No Way” Workshops
• Fire Brigade
• Ambulance Service
• Residential Weekends
“Get Home Safe” Project
• Follow on from Peer Education Project
• Group of young people developed a board game on
getting home safe
• They then took pictures to be used in board game
from the internet and digital camera
• Various meetings with graphic designer to finalise
design and colour
• Young people involved throughout development
Work of Project
• Deliver 8 week programme to young people
around the issues covered in board game
• Use game as an interactive educational
resource (Board Game / CD ROM Version)
• Develop a “Train the Trainer” Course for other
professionals and community workers who
are in contact with young people
• This will ensure more young people receive
this information
• Funded by SDACT & Community Safety
Partnership
“Kick it into Touch” Project
• This is a 10 week project delivered to
young people throughout the Newry
area
• During the Project the young people
learnt about the dangers of drugs /
alcohol by researching information on
famous footballers whose lives had
been affected
• Project finished up with young people
participating in the Galway World Cup
Fun Weekend
Fund Raising Aspect of
Project
• The young people also helped
contribute towards the cost of the
weekend by bag packing and
developing a sweepstake for the
recent world cup
• In the past young people involved in
this Project have also raised £700 for
MacMillan Cancer Relief & £400 for
GOAL (Kenya Street Children’s
Project)
NCFE Drug Awareness
Project
• 12 Week Pilot Project in St Paul’s High School
• Funded by Community Safety Partnership
• This Project will be incorporated into the
School’s C.O.P.E. (Certificate of Personal
Effectiveness) Programme which is delivered
to marginalised young people at 15 to 16
years of age.
• As part of the project those young people
involved will complete a National College of
Further Education (NCFE) Level 1 Certificate
in Drug Awareness
Newry Midnight Soccer
Project
• This is a new initiative for the Newry area
which will provide a much needed alternative
for young people at times when they are more
prone to use drugs / alcohol; communities are
also more vulnerable to anti social and
criminal behaviour at this time.
• This Project was initiated by the SELB Youth
Service, Know the Score Drug & Alcohol
Project and a number of community
volunteers.
• Run over a 4 week period
• Funded by Community Safety Partnership
• In an effort to keep this project fun and
enjoyable we specifically targeted
young people (14 -17) who were not
attached to any formal football club.
• Apart from the young people being
involved in playing football throughout
the 4 weeks, they will also have
opportunities to participate in a
number of off the pitch activities:
Know the Score Research
Project
• High Prevalence of drug and alcohol
use amongst young people
• Carry out:
“A needs assessment of drug &
alcohol services for young people
between the age of 16 – 25 in the
Newry City area”
• The research will focus on:
- Drug & Alcohol Behaviour
- Attitudes towards drugs & alcohol
- Current & future service provision
Conclusion
• Drug & alcohol problems will always be an issue
within our society
• Funding from I.F.H has helped develop numerous
good models of practice in relation to helping
young people being aware of such problems
• A lot of time and effort has been put into
developing such projects and the feedback from
the young people has been very positive
• It is therefore essential that we continue to make
such projects available to these young people
• However there is still a lot of work needs to be
done in regard to both education & treatment
• By providing additional funding you can help curb
this problem within our society
Thank you for your
attention
Any Questions?