Testimonials

"I am a PSHE lead in a secondary school. I have looked at the website and teacher resources and it looks great and is definitely something I will be incorporating into my PSHE programme."

"I work in a young person’s centre were we provide a ‘one stop shop’ service for young people between the age of 11-25yrs.  Alcohol is a major acceptable problem with young people in this area and we are trying to source excellent information to aid young drinkers to be more responsible especially over the festive session.We have came across you leaflets and they are excellent and I would love to have them on our shelves and to distribute them to our young people and schools."

"I have read both of your leaflets ‘Alcohol and you’ and ‘Talking to kids about Alcohol’ and I feel it is exactly the kind of information the students I teach need to hear."

"Young addaction work within secondary schools, in youth groups, on outreach and with 1:1 referals. As it is alcohol week coming up we have booked into see all secondary schools and colleges in the surrounding area. Anything you could spare that you think would be useful to aid us in any element would be appreciated."

"We provide resources to schools and parents as well as large numbers of young people who attend the centre. Please send resources for parents and young people. We would be interested in having as many as you can spare so we can distribute them. I thought your presentation for parents and all the hints and tips were excellent."

"Yes these were brilliant. We used the website and booklets in conjunction with Solomon Theatre performance and workshop and the kids loved it as well as learning!"

"I have just received a copy of the AET teacher workbook and resources!  Thank you so much, the standard of the resources in the Teacher workbook is excellent.  The student guide and parent guide  are informative and age appropriate.

Having previously purchased expensive alcohol educational resources from various companies I have found most to be lacking in detail and not age appropriate. I am planning to use your resources this term with year 9 and will feed back to you when the unit is completed. Once again, thank you and keep up the good work."

"Dudley PCT are looking to order some of the leaflets on alcohol for parents, could you tell me if I can order the ones you have on the website."

"Many thanks for sending the booklet – it is really impressive and has lots of information in it.Your website is really useful and seems really young people friendly, I have attached it to the relevant pages on our website."

"I have received your letter and leaflets-which look fantastic. I would like to order some of these- I have also had a look at the website and will definitely use and recommend it to others."

"We gave your leaflets to all our year 9 and 10 parents who attended our ‘Meet the Tutor ‘evenings. We also had them available for parents on our Year 11 Parents Evening. I also gave a copy of the student leaflet to every girl in Years 9, 10 and 11.We put a copy of the DVD and the leaflets on our VLE , which can be accessed by all our parents, and we sent out a letter to parents of our year 9-11 students to make them aware that this was available.I am really grateful for your support and we may be able to make further use of your help in the future."

"A fantastic website and set of resources."

"Re workbook and DVD and booklets – All received and looking really useful – in fact I’ve just changed my plans for year 11 next lesson after looking at the teacher book 🙂."

"I have just received the FREE Alcohol Teacher resource pack. It is EXCELLENT. If you have not ordered yours yet please contact Kate ASAP."

"Thank you so much Jane for the resources. The section on units will be a great help for my students. In fact the whole book is fantastic."

"I am massively grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the conference and workshop. It has given me inspiration and renewed energy to shake up ‘the dreaded’ PSHE/ Life Skills lessons."

"On a personal note I have always found Helena and her colleagues to be extremely approachable, reliable and supportive : any request for speakers or resources is always met with a positive and enthusiastic response. It is also reassuring that we are always asked for feedback and evaluation of anything new, so that we feel very much partners in the development of the work and so that we are able to ensure collectively that the approach is based on a clear evidence base."

"I just wanted to thank you for all the hard work and commitment you have given us to ensure that our schools here in Cheshire have the access to the help and support the trust offer.

I have been very fortunate to secure funding so that a full resource pack is available  free of charge to all our high schools including PRU and SEN.

As you know I attended one of your training sessions and as an officer who knows quite a lot around this field I was most pleasantly delighted to find the training not only informative but delivered in such a way that it was engaging and very practical  to understand.

The feedback from the teachers was very positive and as a result I am very confident in that this resource and knowledge will be transferred to both the Young People and the adults within their establishments.

The pack itself is full of ideas and tips on how to deliver and ensure that it is understood.  There are so many resources out there that I know just sit on shelves once people have attended training sessions but this one will is different.   It will become a very important part of the toolkit when the teachers are delivering this topic.

So once again thank you and I look forward to developing our partnership further"

"Helena, Thanks for coming up to Shrewsbury to deliver the training, I thought that the session (as always) was great."

"Helena, Thank you for taking the time to visit us. We all gained a great deal of very valuable knowledge from your session. I hope you have a relaxing weekend. It’s very well deserved 🙂."

"The Alcohol Education trust have delivered training in school both to our staff and to our parents and we have used their educational materials within our PSHE lessons.We have found the student materials to be entirely suitable, well thought out and accessible, giving opportunities for discussion and reflection. The parent session was delivered at a Pastoral Evening and was very well received by parents who were both challenged in their assumptions and behaviours but equally supported in their situation of dealing with teenage behaviours. The staff training was both interesting and thought provoking as well, delivered on a TD Day. I also find access to the newsletters to be very valuable and a link to them is about to go live on a new pastoral support section of the school website for access by staff and students.I am sure that any grant that you were able to give would be used wisely to the benefit of young people in this, most important aspect of their lives."

"The Alcohol Education Trust has played a valuable role in providing our team with high quality training to support schools across Kent to enable them to deliver evidence based alcohol education through a quality assured resource. The training has supported our team to organise several Drugs and Alcohol Education forums to launch the resource across the county and received positive feedback from approx. 20 schools represented at the events. The evidence based lesson plans and interactive web-based activities devised by AET are our primary resources with regards to promoting alcohol education in the secondary school setting. This is promoted and disseminated to our Kent wide contacts as part of our core focus to deliver best practice PSHE."

“Loved the accessible resources and the age range they were pitched to.  Also the mix of facts/ figures and the hands on activities.  Really enjoyed the training” “As a head of year I would feel confident leading a year assembly on alcohol – resources really good for this.” “Very valuable resource which will be used in our college.”

"You covered everything I can think of! I’m further informed about alcohol and the law and about activities that allow alcohol awareness learning to be fun’. ‘Very informative The information pack and interaction (using games) made it easier to follow and understand. Very good course"

"I think everything was covered – very informative. Interactive, informative, lots of good resources to take back, variety of materials. Catered for SEN pupils as well, fun activities for the kids. I think everything was perfect. Very happy I was able to come."