Young Booze Busters Programme

Glasgow Marriot Hotel 23trd November 2010

Evelyn LangHead of Prevention and Education

Young Booze Busters Programme

• 4 x 1 hour interactive sessions

• Rolling programme

• Primary 6, Primary 7

• Inclusive classroom setting

• Glasgow City Council

• Curriculum for Excellence

• East Glasgow pupils & staff

Primary Six

• Alcohol information

• Self-esteem

• History of alcohol-role play

• Why people drink? Not?

• Dispel myths

• Alcohol and the body

Primary Seven

• Build on knowledge• Assertiveness skills

• Alcohol quizzes• Alcohol & art• Alcohol-free cocktails• Awareness &

evaluation of risk• Life skills

Mentor UK Award

• Winner of Substance Misuse Prevention Award• Schools Category, September 2006• 20k - develop & support work with young people

– External Evaluation

– youngboozebusters.com

• Reach a wider audience – 10 000 P6 & P7 pupils in schools

– 5 500 accessing website

youngboozebusters.com• Educational ‘Get

Smart!’• Up-to-date alcohol

information

• Quizzes• Links• Parents’ Page

youngboozebusters.com

• Interactive– Passage of alcohol

through the body

– Alcohol calculator

• Voice over

youngboozebusters.com• Passed the quiz?• Mini-computer games• Ipod incentive

• Evelyn Lang• evelyn.geaapprev@btc

onnect.com• Tel 0141 773 1222

Young Booze Busters Programme

• Tobacco & other drugs

• New, innovative ways to educate and communicate with children & young people

• Websites• Social networking

Young Booze Busters Programme

www.youngboozebusters.com

www.bebo/geaapg.com

Evelyn Lang

evelyn.geaapprev@btconnect.com

Tel 0141 773 1222

www.geaap.com