YOUNG PEOPLE - FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY YOUNG PEOPLE

DAAT also gets involved in projects by providing funding, or by being part of the working group that aim to educate, support and inform young people….BUT projects are designed by groups of young people FOR young people…

Here are some of the things that are going on currently….

University of Worcester

The students at the NUS have been very pro-active in getting harm reduction messages across to the other students about binge drinking. The Students Union run a survey of ‘student lifestyles and drinking habits’. The aim of the survey was to inform the union what their students know about ‘drinking’ in general. The information gathered from the survey then informed the Union what went into the responsible drinks campaign, which was launched at towards the end of the semester.

A group of students wanted to find a fun way of getting other students’ involved and sharing information and basic facts of how to have fun when out drinking and more importantly being responsible and safe. Students at the NUS designed T-shirts, which were worn during a week in the semester. The bright orange T-shirts had a pictures of a duck looking drunk with a logo ‘Do you know that D.U.C.K’ – Drinking Uncontrollably causes Khaos’

Here are the t-shirt designs the students came up with!

 

Underage drinking DVD

A DVD resource around underage drinking has been developed by a partnership led by the Worcester City Community Safety Coordinator. This is being supported and developed in partnership with organisations such as the DAAT, Children’s Social Care Services, Primary Care Trusts, Police and Youth Workers and drug agencies. This resource pack will be used in schools and youth clubs around the county. A workbook has been developed alongside the DVD, as this will make it usable for teachers and youth workers in both school and youth club settings.

The DVD is unique in tackling the messages of underage and binge drinking through the following ways:

• Use messages that will be relevant to young people
• Messages that pertain to the image of young people and demonstrate how drinking damages your sex appeal: e.g. e.g. how sexy you are when you are crashed out on the floor, you’ve wet yourself and you’ve got sick in your hair?
• Images that combine the above with traditional messages such as sexual health, or ending up in A&E – how respected are you when you’re having your stomach pumped; how cool are you when boys are ashamed to go out with you because you let others take advantage of you a few years previous, when you were blitzed?

Young people were involved in focus workshops and a residential weekend for getting young people's input to developing the DVD. They have been involved in all stages of the DVD from writing the script, filming, editing and have even starred in the DVD film!

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