The NSPCC recently reported that more than 100 children a week are contacting the ChildLine helpline with worries about their parents’ drinking or drug use. Shockingly, two-thirds of these children had mentioned their parents’ drinking. The head of Childline, Sue Minto, said “The fall-out from parental drug and alcohol abuse is a ticking timebomb in many children’s lives. It’s vital these children are helped before lasting damage occurs.”
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A new drug called ‘Ivory Wave’ is causing concern as reports come in of dozens of people being treated in hospital for psychosis after using it. Available from the internet and marketed as bath salts, it costs just £15 a packet and is said to be three times stronger than cocaine. However, newspapers are mistakenly reporting it as a ‘legal high’ when in fact the active ingredient found in some samples, MDPV (Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (3,4-methylenedioxy)) is a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act, April 2010.
I am a teacher…
Hope UK Educators visit schools to provide alcohol and drug awareness sessions with the flexibility to ensure that they fit within a school’s drugs syllabus and policy.
I am a parent…
Parents are often unsure about what to do to prevent harm related to drinking, smoking or illegal drug use. Hope UK’s resources will help dispel myths and provide strategies which parents can use as their children grow up.
I am a children’s worker…
Hope UK offers a variety of options for those doing voluntary or paid children’s work – all designed to help them include alcohol and drug prevention work within their programme. Drug Educators can provide fun sessions and interactive presentations for children and their leaders. Our preference is always to enable children’s leaders to do their own drug awareness work throughout the year. Single sessions with children can be fitted into an overall programme for the benefit of all concerned.
