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As part of the planning for our new office, community space and café at the Great Field, Poundbury and a review of our internal governance, the Alcohol Education Trust changed its legal form from a Trust to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on the 1st April 2020.
Our name has now changed to The TALK ABOUT Trust to reflect that we support children, young people, and provide teachers and youth professional with training on cannabis, vaping and other substances in addition to alcohol.
The Trustees of our charity and Directors of our trading arm Pavilion in the Park ( PiP) remain the same.
The core objects of the charity remain the same – to advance education for the benefit of the public in the issues of alcohol, health and drinking habits of young people (age 11 and upwards) in the UK and their safety around alcohol. However, we have taken this opportunity to broaden our purpose slightly to better reflect the additional diversionary activities we also plan to undertake
All monies and assets of the existing Trust were transferred into the new CIO on 1st April 2020 and the old charity has now been dissolved. Any restricted or designated funds continue to be used for the same restricted or designated purposes
The core objects of the charity now includes other substances in addition to alcohol – to advance education for the benefit of the public in the issues of alcohol, health and drinking habits of young people (age 11 and upwards) in the UK and their safety around alcohol, cannabis, vaping and other substances. We have also taken this opportunity to broaden our purpose to better reflect the additional diversionary activities we undertake as a charity from our community space, office and café, Pavilion in The Park (PiP).
Our registered charity number changed from 1138775 to 1186202
As we also operate in Scotland we are registered with the OSCR. Our OSCR registration number has changed from SCO48482 to SCO50360

Trustees’ Report For the year ended 30th September 2023

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 30th September 2022

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 30th September 2021

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 30th September 2020

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 30th September 2019

Trustees’ Report For the year ended 30th September 2018

Trustees’ Report For the year ended 30th September 2017

Funding

The TALK ABOUT Trust (formerly the Alcohol Education Trust) is a charity which depends on grants and donations in order to keep its highly evaluated and evidenced health education programmes on alcohol, vaping, cannabis, spiking, county lines and other substances free for the children in schools, pupils referral units and special schools, youth clubs, colleges and universities across the UK that we support each year. We also visit children in schools and youth settings and students at Universities hosting workshops, assemblies and awareness sessions, plus workshops for parents and carers. Do look at our Progress and impact report and  visit our other websites talkaboutalcohol.com and life-stuff.org for young people.

Please choose our charity and help raise funds to ensure we can continue our essential work – from a cake stall to running a marathon – you can donate by visiting our Get involved and fundraising page.

Since its establishment as a charity in 2010, The TALK ABOUT Trust has developed, piloted trialed and rolled out a highly evaluated alcohol education programme, Talk About Alcohol, across England and Scotland, now strengthened with Talk About resources and lessons plans on vaping and cannabis and general resilience to health harms. We have targeted programmes for children with additional learning needs as well as for more vulnerable young adults at higher risk of alcohol and drug related dependency and harms. Our programmes are made available to every secondary school and youth setting free of charge, meaning children in over 12,000 schools and organisations have been supported cumulatively and continue to be supported ongoing by our regionally based specialist staff day to day

Each year, the TALK ABOUT Trust regionally based specialist staff  train health educators, school nurses, tutors and professionals and provide resources in an average of 1,200 settings, ensuring non specialists have the knowledge, skills and training needed to educate and support children and young adults around alcohol, vaping ,cannabis and other substances day to day.

The TALK ABOUT Trust supports parents and carers via its newsletters, face to face supportive talks and online advice. We help parents understand their importance as role models, knowing where their children are and in setting firm boundaries, are aware of the laws and are equipped with the facts and knowledge to support their children around vaping, alcohol, cannabis and other substances.

The TALK ABOUT Trust has invested in engaging interactive games, quizzes and activities and websites for young people that are not only fun and enjoyable, but are now proven to significantly raise the age that the children who use them choose to take up drinking.