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PiP wins national award for outstanding contribution to community

22nd October 2025
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....
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The Talk about Trust Charity welcomes its new CEO

31st August 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...
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Order our free spiking posters and awareness resources or for us to support your freshers with a workshop or at fresher fairs now!

1st August 2025
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...
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Update on new RSHE guidance

24th July 2025
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...
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The Talk About Trust's 15th anniversary celebrations!

14th July 2025
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...
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During June 2025, The Talk About Trust celebrated our 15th Birthday

27th June 2025
Read Founder and CEO, Helena Conibear's 15th Anniversary speech,  or see more in our special anniversary newsletter....
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Ban on disposable vapes now in force: what we need to know

6th June 2025
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...
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Want to know more about The Talk About Trust?

11th March 2025
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...
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Talk About Trust Conference - 18th June 2025 - Book your tickets now!

3rd February 2025
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...
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Progress & Impact report 2024

20th January 2025
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...
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Gardeners' Delight - fundraiser for the Talk About Trust

9th January 2025
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...
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The Alcohol Education Trust has changed its name!

6th February 2024
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,...
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AET Impact report 2023

2nd February 2024
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...
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10% rise in number of under 18's being treated for alcohol or drugs - cannabis remains the key problem

10th January 2024
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...
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10% rise in number of under 18's being treated for alcohol or drugs - cannabis remains the key problem

10th January 2024
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...
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Drink spiking report and support SMS alert service now live!

19th December 2023
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...
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Drink spiking report and support SMS alert service now live!

5th December 2023
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...
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As Drink and Needle Spiking reports reach record highs protecting Freshers has never been more important

23rd September 2023
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...
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AET Impact Report 2022

1st February 2023
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...
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Student designed and informed campaign to #endspiking and promote safer nights out for freshers

7th September 2022
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...
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Drugs and alcohol education – Why we need a more nuanced approach - teachwire article

20th July 2022
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....
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PSHE: We need to talk about cannabis

23rd June 2022
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...
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Parents & Carers news

Home Affairs Committee publish report and recommendations to address drink spiking

5th May 2022
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...
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Parents & Carers news

Life Stuff: New well-being website for 16-25 year olds

5th May 2022
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...
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