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To complement our Drug Alcohol and Nicotine resources for Key stage 3 Talk about Drug, Alcohol and Nicotine Education tool kit | Talk About Trust Following pilot and trial across...

On the 24th November, Vicky McDonaugh stood down as Chair of Trustees of The Talk About Trust, remaining as a trustee. Vicky is a founding trustee of the Dorset based...

PiP café and community hub, on The Great Field Poundbury is absolutely thrilled to have been awarded The Kings Foundation Building a Legacy outstanding contribution to community award for 2025....

The founder, staff and the trustees of The Talk About Trust Charity, that works nationally to equip children and young people age 8 – 25 with the knowledge, skills and...

The Talk About Trust Charity continues to work closely with the Home Office, police, medics and the night time economy to try to reduce the incidences of spiking and improve...

New statutory RSHE guidance for schools This new guidance focuses primarily on RSHE and provides a welcome focus on the importance of prevention, early intervention, kindness, practical safety, safeguarding and...

During June The Talk About Trust has been celebrating our 15th Birthday in so many ways. It has been an incredibly humble and heartwarming month as so many people have...

The disposable vape ban came into force on the 1st June, meaning that any single use disposable vape is now illegal and therefore unregulated. A legal vape must be rechargeable and...

We are delighted to share our new About Us information with you! This includes detail about what we do, our goals, our impact and reach, why we're needed, how you...

The fifth Adolescent Alcohol, Drugs Education Conference is organised by The Talk About Trust and aims to ensure that all professionals working with young people are equipped with the most...

We are now delighted to share with you our Impact Report 2023-24. You can access this via https://talkabouttrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/progress-report-2024.pdf. Here you can find out all about our work across the UK keeping young...

28th June 2025 at The Grange at Chedington (by kind permission of Kate and Geoffrey Guy). A morning to quiz gardening experts followed by a delicious lunch with guest speaker...

The 5th February marked a very important day for the youth charity The Alcohol Education Trust. After 14 years, the charity has changed its name to The TALK ABOUT Trust,...

We are now delighted to share with you our Impact Report 2022-23. You can access this via progress-report-2023.pdf. Here you can find out all about our work across the UK keeping young...

The OHID released figures on the 25th January detailing the tragic number of under 18 year olds being treated across England for substance dependency between 2022 and 2023. There has...

The OHID released figures on the 25th January detailing the tragic number of under 18 year olds being treated across England for substance dependency between 2022 and 2023. There has...

This Autumn we have ensured that over 100 settings including Colleges, Universities, Sexual Health Clinics and Minor Injury Units (MIU's) have received posters, awareness cards, drink testing kits and online...

This Autumn we have ensured that over 100 settings including Colleges, Universities, Sexual Health Clinics and Minor Injury Units (MIU's) have received posters, awareness cards, drink testing kits and online...

As Freshers head off to University, awareness of drink spiking and personal safety has never been more important as needle spiking and drink spiking cases continue to rise. The Alcohol...

It’s with immense pleasure that we enclose our Impact Report detailing the work of The Alcohol Education Trust across England and Scotland during 2022. We are immensely humbled by what...

Student designed and informed campaign to #endspiking and promote safer nights out for freshers to be featured at over 80 universities this September The Alcohol Education Trust (AET) is a...

To equip young people with essential knowledge regarding alcohol and drugs, we need lessons that are less didactic and more engaging, says Helena Conibear, CEO of the Alcohol Education Trust....

In an article in Sec Ed, Helena Conibear talks about the need for cannibis education as part of PSHE Use of cannabis among teenagers is on the rise and charity...

The Alcohol Education Trust are extremely pleased with the recommendations from The Home Affairs Committee on Drink Spiking. Helena Conibear our CEO submitted both written and verbal evidence to the...

Our amazing work with The Longleigh Foundation has enabled us to double our remit and extend our work to support young people up to the age of 25. As a...

The Alcohol Education Trust has been working hard recently to call for action about the concerning issue of drink spiking. We are pleased to feature in this new podcast which...

We are looking to recruit fifteen teachers to take part in a qualitative study of our Talk about Alcohol programme being carried out by University College London. This will involve...

As part of our amazing work with The Longleigh Foundation, now coming to the end of its second year, which has enabled us to double our remit to support vulnerable...

AET CEO Helena Conibear today presented evidence to The House of Commons Drink Spiking Evidence Review. Helena provided valuable data and detail about the topic of drink spiking including information from...

The Alcohol Education Trust has published its Impact Report for 2021.   It has been a transitional year for the trust, opening Pavilion in the Park (PiP) as our office...

On the 6th December His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall formally opened Pavilion in The Park (PiP), built and run by us. Before raising the funds to build...

Alcohol Awareness Week is fast approaching: 15th – 21st November The Alcohol Education Trust have a wealth of free, bite size, age appropriate and engaging resources to use during the...

We are able to offer the following resources free of charge to schools and some organisations: The Talk About Alcohol workbook is fully mapped to DfE requirements and contains 100...

On the 28th June, The Alcohol Education Trust and DSM Foundation held a day or workshops and speakers on Alcohol and Drug Education at the beautiful City of London Guildhall....

The Alcohol Education Trust and DSM Foundation are hosting a day of workshops and expert speakers at their Drug and Alcohol Education Conference on the 28th June. With two hours...

We are thrilled to have fully updated our SEN resources into 4 PowerPoint lesson plans and guidance using emojis, pictures and stories. You can download these resources here. Although expertly designed...

Press release 17th March 2021 A green building in a green setting – helping tackle Dorset’s climate emergency Pavilion in The Park (PiP) on The Great Field, Poundbury Dorset Council...

We are very proud to release our Impact Report for 2020. We have extended our reach into new geographical areas as well as supporting more vulnerable young people in 2020...

We are challenging 15-19 year olds to produce a poster or film on alcohol awareness topics. This is a perfect activity to keep young people busy during lockdown and ideal...

The building was handed over by builder C G Fry, who have built at cost on Friday 15thJanuary ready for fit out, with PiP café and community hub planning to...

We were thrilled to launch two new films of case studies for older students during Alcohol Awareness Week. In the films, two young criminal litigation lawyers from Kinglsey Napley LLP...

New guidance has been released by The DfE for Relationship, Sex and Health Education and can be read here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health The guidance mirrors the Alcohol Education Trust Charity ethos, whereby, DfE...

We are delighted to announce that we have launched a set of six comprehensive and ready-to-use lessons with accompanying PowerPoints for KS3. These follow extensive piloting by schools and peer review,...

ncidences of drink spiking are rising and following Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You on BBC One The Express on line ran a feature  I May Destroy You: How do...

Every four years, the amazing Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), a WHO collaborative cross-national study, has provided information about the health, well-being, social environment and health behaviour of 11-,...

The statutory requirement to provide RSHE education is still in place from September, and schools should continue to prepare for this date where possible. However, due to the coronavirus and...

We have been amazed at how wonderfully quickly schools and organisations have adapted to providing virtual lessons and engaging activities and resources on line for children while they are at...

As part of the planning for our new office, community space and café at the Great Field, Poundbury and a review of our internal governance the Alcohol Education Trust will...

We are delighted to be co-hosting the Drug and Alcohol Education Conference 2021 in partnership with the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation and The City of London Corporation on 28th June please...

The Private Education & Development Awards recognises the efforts of all institutions, organisations and agencies who make the education of our societies their priority. We are delighted to have been...

We are delighted to be co-hosting the third National Drug and Alcohol Education Conference 2020 in partnership with the DSM Foundation and The City of London Corporation on June 19th....

Our latest Impact Report is now ready and you can take a look via https://alcoholeducationtrust.org/2019-progress-report-v1-0/ The report highlights the work we have done during 2019, our 10th Anniversary year, with updates...

2019 is the AET’s 10th anniversary year and the final celebration took place on the 7th November at the House of Lords. We had a very hurried change of venue...