Resources for Community Educators & FE Providers

The workshop implementation guide works in tandem with the bespoke PowerPoints, film clips on relevant topics, on line activities via talkaboutalcohol.com, as well as real time activities for you, the facilitator, to deliver.

This resource of games and activities using pictures and stories, emojis and colours is suitable for young people in class or informal settings, as well as for one to one discussions and for a range of abilities and needs. Age guide: 11 – 18.

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This includes the introduction to the Games and Activities pack and some of the instructions for the activities. Please note on some of the cards based activities, there are further instructions on the cards themselves.

These workshops have been developed for young adults aged 16-25. The materials will not only cover information and guidance regarding the safer use of alcohol, but will help attendees develop the resilience and coping strategies to help avoid problem drinking

These workshops have been developed for young adults aged 16-25.

Participants will learn about the mental and physical effects of cannabis, the risks of using it with alcohol and will gain a greater understanding of the dangers of escalating use. They will learn how to recognise the signs of dependent drinking and drug use and where to go for help and support.

These workshops have been developed for young adults aged 16-25. The vaping workshop highlights the current laws relating to vaping and the potential risks of both regulated and unregulated vapes.

Why people choose to drink or not drink alcohol  (completed). For use with the blank worksheet

Activity to explore the reasons why someone might choose to drink or not to drink alcohol

How alcohol can affect different parts and functions of the body

How alcohol can affect different parts and functions of the body

Number of drinks sheet to be used with the consequences cards

Explanation of the range of preventable alcohol-related birth defects caused as a direct result of drinking alcohol when pregnant.

The Law relating to alcohol purchase and consumption

Facts about drink-spiking, how to help prevent it and what to do if a drink has been spiked

Fact sheet on how many alcohol units are in different drinks and the Chief Medical Officers’ guidance on low risk drinking

How many units are in a drink and MSASQ screening questions

To be used in conjunction with higher harms cards

What are the immediate and long term effects on the body of cannabis use? Filled in worksheet

The effects of cannabis, How many young people use cannabis? The difference between medicinal cannabis and street cannabis,  Using alcohol and cannabis together, Cannabis and the Law, Help and support

There are lots of different opinions and beliefs
about vaping/ e-cigarette use.

What is Ketamine? How can it make someone feel? What are the risks? Physical health problems. Staying safe, reducing risks. Ketamine and the Law, Where to go for help and support.

What is Nitrous Oxide? How do people use it? The effects. Health risks. Staying Safe – Reducing the Risks. Where to go for help and support

The potential effects of mixing legal and illegal drugs with alcohol

What to do (and what to avoid) to stay safe on a night out

Help and support around alcohol, drugs, gambling and gaming dependence, rape and sexual assault, domestic abuse support and mental health

Laws relating to the sale of and consumption of alcohol for those under 18

Laws relating to Cannabis in the UK

What could someone say to a person who has decided to try something like skunk or a dope vape? Being a good friend

Laws relating to Vaping in the UK

Unit cards for use in the 16+ Alcohol Workshop

Some of the potential consequences of alcohol consumption, plus times when alcohol should be avoided.

10 questions on alcohol – quiz

These Higher Harm Discussion cards are designed for use with young people who you suspect/ know are drinking or are at risk of drinking at hazardous levels.

10 questions on alcohol – quiz

Used in in the games and activities pack for creating characters

The scenarios on these traffic light cards are designed to enable discussion and for young people to articulate what they think is happening.

Providing a way of expressing feelings thinking about different scenarios relating to alcohol and other substances

The scenarios in these traffic light cards are designed to enable discussion and are for participants to articulate what they think is happening.

These cards to explore truths and myths
around cannabis and assess the knowledge
levels of the participants

Overall aim: to explore truths and myths around cannabis and assess the knowledge levels of the participants.

For use in the emoji equations activity

Used in the Games and activities pack  for the ‘Enabling conversations’ activity , the ‘Risk sentences’ activity and the Alcohol myth buster true/false quiz

These cards to explore truths and myths around vaping and assess the knowledge levels of the participants

How much do you know about alcohol?

10 ‘True’ or ‘False’ questions on alcohol for 16+

Answers to the 10 emoji alcohol quiz 16+ questions

12 cannabis emoji quiz questions

Answers to the 12 cannabis emoji quiz questions

10 questions to test your knowledge on vaping

Short film clip on drink-spiking

Quiz questions with feedback and scoring online

This is a story of a young woman who crashed her car ‘the morning after’ going out drinking

What is a unit of alcohol? how many units are in different drinks and what are the government guidelines for low risk consumption

walk through a case study with two young lawyers on how the law deals with alcohol and violence, the consequences and effects.

Russell Kane’s film talks about how alcohol can make someone act out of character.

Anna fell out with her friends after drunkenly kissing her best friend’s ex-boyfriend at a party. She shares how an evening of drinking alcohol led to a series of events that have significantly changed her attitude to drinking.

18 year old Jordan drank over half a bottle of neat brandy when he was 16 and it nearly killed him. At the time, he set out just wanting to enjoy himself, but after his experience with alcohol, his attitude to drinking has changed significantly.

Rhiannon describes how her drink was spiked while on holiday with her family in Portugal

What is consent?  How to know if someone is consenting.

What is Capacity? Consent needs to be given freely

Background knowledge for teachers on county lines

If you’re still struggling with consent just imagine instead of initiating sex you’re making them a cup of tea.

Alcohol and consent case study – Steph and Anton

Awkward Moments is a campaign aimed at 16-19s to help improve their conversations around consent.

Vaping is marketed as the “safe” alternative to smoking, but it’s far from being harmless. Unregulated ingredients, hidden toxins, and extreme nicotine levels mean we’re conducting a massive experiment on ourselves. Let’s dive into what we know – and what we don’t know, yet.

A dentist talks about nicotine pouches on teeth and gums. Nicotine pouches cause lesions in gums and gum recession and a dry mouth. The greater the nicotine in pouches, the more damage to the gums.

A dentist explains the effects of smoking on the mouth. Concerns include staining of the teeth and gum disease, a dry mouth and bad breath, receding gums and mouth cancer.

Information for young people.

Talk About Trust founder Helena Conibear in conversation with Professor Christopher Pudney, Professor of Applied Biochemistry at Bath University

Dr Patric Saraby talks about the effect of vaping on the mouth and teeth. Vaping can cause a dry mouth, inflamed gums and gum recession.

An audio clip of how a young man realised that his drinking was not normal and 5 signs to look out for

This young man talks of how his drinking got out of control and the tips on how to cut down that really helped him

It’s 6pm. The 18th birthday party is just starting. Go to the bar, have a drink, but remember to pace yourself with other activities and food.

Find out how many units are in a drink

If you are drinking any amount of alcohol on a night out – even one drink – you should leave the car at home and make alternative arrangements.

What happens when someone has a drink?

NHS resources – self help leaflet and posters

For use in the  Alcohol and cannabis pack,  and also in the Games and activities pack (‘Distancing techniques’ and ’emoji equation’ activities)

Evaluation form for participants of the alcohol workshop

Evaluations form for participants attending the cannabis workshop