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Useful websites

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Alcohol
  • National alcohol awareness campaign and materials

  • Measuring a unit of alcohol

  • Binge drinking and safety advice

Know Your Limits – How much is too much?

Drinkaware youth website

Stakeholder website for the Government's Know Your Limits alcohol campaign

Adfam

Advice, support and information for families affected by drug misuse

Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Service for Herts
(A-DASH)

Confidential advice and support for under 18s with drug and/or alcohol problems

Dept of Health (DH)

Advice and information on treatment, strategy, campaigns, statistics, publications, etc.

Drugs & Alcohol

Mental Health and Emotional related links

DrugScope
  • Independent centre of expertise on drugs and national membership organisation for the drug field

  • Database of drugs

  • Publications & resources

  • Information briefings

  • D-World website for 11 – 14yr olds

 

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
  • National guidance

  • Statutory framework – May 2008

FRANK
(the National Drugs Helpline)

Drug information for 13 – 17yr olds

Future Hope new

 

Free, confidential service for young people in crisis (11-19yrs) living in Hertford and Ware.

Offers help with:

  • drug & alcohol misuse
  • mental health issues
  • depression
  • family breakdown

Via outreach programme, one-2-one work and groupwork.

Local schools are offered some drug education input as part of their wider programme of PSHE.

 

Health

For smoking, alcohol and other health related issues

Hertfordshire Drug Education Forum
  • Database of accredited outside speakers, theatre groups, trainers & educators

  • Keeping Your Child Safe toolkit for parent’s evenings

  • Drug and alcohol information, guidance, support and advice

Hertfordshire Stop Smoking Service

 

Home Office drug information
  • Cannabis reclassification information and materials

  • Tackling Drugs, Changing Lives - National Campaign

  • On-line FRANK resources

  • Drug image library

NHS Hertfordshire Health Promotion

Free resources and campaign materials for schools

Release
  • Information about drugs, the law, and human rights

  • Free & confidential specialist advice to the public & professionals

Re-solv
  • National charity dedicated to the prevention of solvent & volatile substance abuse

  • Specialist source of information for VSA

  • Factsheets

  • On-line training for professionals

  • Resources & services

Site for 9-10yr olds

Site for 11-14yr olds