Parent Area
Many parents feel lost and confused when talking to their children about alcohol. How can you help them deal with peer pressure and stay safe? What UK laws exist relating to young people and alcohol. View the Parent Area
Teacher Area
Make PSHE and science lessons on alcohol informative and engaging. We provide evaluated, evidence based, imaginative teachers’ newsletter and adaptable resources, films, worksheets and lesson plans for KS3-5. View the Teacher Area
“The AET’s Talk About Alcohol project equips schools with the resources and training staff need to be able to offer a comprehensive alcohol education curriculum to their pupils. In addition, this supports a Public Health priority to see a reduction in the number of young people drinking alcohol and ensuring they have the skills and guidance to make informed choices.” Christina Hardy, Public Health Practitioner, Tyneside
Our Mission
Our vision is for young people to enter adulthood having a healthy relationship with alcohol. We engage pupils before they begin drinking, help them build resilience skills, know how to avoid risky situations and learn how to look after themselves and each other. The average age of a first whole drink in the UK is age 13 – far too young, and usually at home. Read more…
The Programme
School is the one place where we can reach almost every child across the UK. We help schools deliver effective alcohol education to 11 – 18 year olds, provide teacher training as well as an outreach to parents… Read more…
Impact
Where our programme was in place, just 8% of pupils took up drinking over the 18 months from year 8 to the end of year 9 compared to 20% following other programmes… Read more…
Press Releases and News
Public Health and police ensure the early intervention, evidence based Talk About Alcohol programme is commissioned across schools from September
We are very pleased to say that the commissioning of our full education pack with training in areas as diverse as Guernsey, Cheshire and Waltham Forest is proving very successful. In May, Public Health Guernsey supported the training of PSHE leads in Guernsey and Alderney, staff from Action 4 Children and The Youth Commission in two half-day training sessions. All attendees are now fully equipped to deliver the 6 evaluated lessons from our Talk About Alcohol programme from September. Cheshire training All PSHE leads across Cheshire are to receive Talk About Alcohol training thanks to the Cheshire Constabulary’s Safer Schools and Young People Partnership. The initiative is supported by Cheshire charity, Crimebeat, which recognises the importance of educating young people to raise awareness of the consequences of Alcohol misuse. Training will be available for two members of staff from every secondary school in Cheshire. The first training session took place at Halton on the 12th June and training will continue rolling out in July with Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Warrington. All schools will receive our brand new full education pack, which includes The ‘Talk about Alcohol’ 100 page teacher workbook, teacher guidance and lesson plans for children with SEN, a DVD of BAFTA award winning ‘Just a Few Drinks’ 4 short films, full access to the SEN area of our website with lesson plans, PowerPoints, 60 laminated discussion cards, pictures, scenarios and a quiz for use in class. The training showcases the 6 evaluated lessons followed by SEN specific activities. Cheshire Constabulary was founded in 1857 and is now responsible for policing nearly a million people. There are approximately 2,081... read moreAET runners up in the national Education Resource Awards 2017
The Alcohol Education Trust are very pleased to be national runners up in the national Education Resource Awards 2017 best secondary school resource (non ICT) and we were also finalists in the best secondary school resource including ICT. AET was pitched against much larger national companies such as Frog Education, Bloomsbury, Satchel and more, so we are very pleased. Our resources were highly commended. The ERA awards ceremony took place in Birmingham last Friday, with over 320 guests in attendance. The Education Resources Awards (ERA) are now in their 18th successful year and celebrate outstanding success for the suppliers and teaching professionals of the education sector throughout the UK. The awards highlight and reward the quality and diversity of educational products, resources, services and people as well as the best educational establishments and the most dedicated members of the teaching profession. The ERA’s aims to encourage the raising of educational services & product standards throughout the industry and is recognised throughout the sector as the Accolade of excellence.... read moreBook your place for training in the SHAHRP and STAMPP alcohol harm reduction programme for schools
Book your place for training in the SHAHRP and STAMPP alcohol harm reduction programme for schools Date: 27th April 2017 Location: St Saviour’s and St Olave’s School London SE1 4AN Time: 10.30 – 4.30 pm Cost: £190.00 30 places available on a first come first served basis DEADLINE: 10th April Who’s the training for? Those commissioning evidence based harm reduction and early intervention based programmes for young people, local authorities, public health, PSHE leads and Heads of pastoral care. Information The first training day for the highly evaluated programmes, SHAHRP and STAMPP is confirmed for the 27th April 2017 in central London. The UK trial of the highly regarded School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP) from Australia are now completed The research trial was called STEPS TOWARDS ALCOHOL MISUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMME (STAMPP) here in the UK. The 5 year trial of STAMPP led by Dr Michael Mckay and Professor Harry Sunmall from Liverpool John Moores University took place in 105 schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland and was funded by NIHR (The National Institute for Health Research). It was a cluster random control trial with schools comparing STAMPP vs alcohol education as normal. Over 12,000 pupils took part with information collected at 4 time points. The Children receiving STAMPP had reduced self-reported drinking compared with education as normal at +33 months (p < 0.001; OR = 0.596). The trial evaluation showed that the classroom component engaged, and was enjoyed by, pupils. It was also valued by teachers for its evidence based and structured content.Learn more about the trial here. The AET is pleased to be able to... read moreNew hardback Talk About Alcohol resource now available!
Our wonderful hard back resource complete with a DVD, 60 laminated discussion and activity cards, SEN lessons and the new 5th edition of our highly evaluated Talk About Alcohol workbook is now ready and available to order! As our resources are used in a variety of settings and with children of differing ages, abilities and experience, we have worked over the last year to put everything needed together in one set of resources that can be used on a one to one basis, in small groups or for a whole class. In the easy to use file, you will find: a DVD of the BAFTA best secondary school resource winning 4 true stories ‘just a few drinks’ the new fifth edition of our PSHE quality assured and Mentor Adepis CAYT top scoring ‘Talk About Alcohol’ workbook including new games activities, guidance and links to all the relevant sections of www.talkaboutalcohol.com. The 100 page Teacher Workbook of 30 different lesson plans is suitable for different ages 11+, abilities and experience. Using 6 lessons over 2 years is shown to effectively raise the age that young people choose to drink. for children with moderate learning difficulties, a set of 6 lessons and specific guidance with access to a password protected website area with powerpoints and additional picture and story led resources. Children with learning difficulties are three times more likely to be abused than the average child and alcohol is used for ‘grooming’. The resources explain and rehearse complex social situations that these young people will encounter as they grow up as well as exploring consent and recognising motivations. 60 laminates... read more
Thank-you so much for last night…. Parents were very appreciative and I think we can build on this for the future…. Once again many thanks for an informative and useful talk.
PSHE Coordinator
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 🙂
Teacher
Thank you so much for the resources. The section on units will be a great help for my students. In fact the whole book is fantastic.
Head of PSHCE