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 people safe around alcohol and other substances.
Our work would not be possible without the support of wonderful individuals, charities, funders, patrons and those who commission us, ensuring we can continue improving the life chances of young people – thank you so much. With many local authorities desperately strapped for cash, our work in providing free highly-evidenced, engaging and practical alcohol and drug education lessons, training, films, workshops, student assemblies and parent talks on alcohol, cannabis and vaping for schools and all youth settings has never been more important.
CEO Helena Conibear commented: "2023/2024 has been a momentous year for our charity, first of all with our change of name from The Alcohol Education Trust to The TALK ABOUT Trust in February. Our landmark programme and young people facing learning hub has always been ‘Talk About Alcohol’, so this was a natural step for us as we talk to children, parents, teachers and other professionals about vaping, cannabis, spiking, county lines, NOS, risk of addiction and other topics day to day. The name ‘Talk About’ gives us the flexibility to respond to the ever changing priorities of the young people we work to protect across the UK, more recently around SNUS and nicotine pouches, understanding nitazines, illicit vapes and vape spiking, for example".