Teacher News
Drugs and alcohol education – Why we need a more nuanced approach – teachwire article
To equip young people with essential knowledge regarding alcohol and drugs, we need lessons that are less didactic and more engaging, says Helena Conibear, CEO of the Alcohol Education Trust....
PSHE: We need to talk about cannabis
In an article in Sec Ed, Helena Conibear talks about the need for cannibis education as part of PSHE Use of cannabis among teenagers is on the rise and charity the Alcohol Education Trust has responded with new workshops for schools. CEO Helena Conibear offers some...
Home Affairs Committee publish report and recommendations to address drink spiking
The Alcohol Education Trust are extremely pleased with the recommendations from The Home Affairs Committee on Drink Spiking. Helena Conibear our CEO submitted both written and verbal evidence to the Committee and is thrilled that nearly all of the proposals that the...
Life Stuff: New well-being website for 16-25 year olds
Our amazing work with The Longleigh Foundation has enabled us to double our remit and extend our work to support young people up to the age of 25. As a result of this, we are very excited to launch our brand new website for 16-25 year olds - www.life-stuff.org . The...
Launch of new drink spiking podcast today
The Alcohol Education Trust has been working hard recently to call for action about the concerning issue of drink spiking. We are pleased to feature in this new podcast which explores the topic. Spiking is a nationwide epidemic in the UK, and Pricks, a five-part...
Take part in a UCL study on our Talk about Alcohol programme
We are looking to recruit fifteen teachers to take part in a qualitative study of our Talk about Alcohol programme being carried out by University College London. This will involve providing phone interviews and feedback on the six lessons and teacher guidance in...
Help us trial our new website on all aspects of health and wellbeing for 16 – 25 year olds
As part of our amazing work with The Longleigh Foundation, now coming to the end of its second year, which has enabled us to double our remit to support vulnerable young adults at risk of homelessness or leaving care around alcohol and cannabis: we are now at trial...
AET gives evidence to The House of Commons in Drink Spiking Evidence Review
AET CEO Helena Conibear today presented evidence to The House of Commons Drink Spiking Evidence Review. Helena provided valuable data and detail about the topic of drink spiking including information from The Alcohol Education Trust's survey of 750 16 – 25 year olds...
AET releases Impact Report for 2021
The Alcohol Education Trust has published its Impact Report for 2021. It has been a transitional year for the trust, opening Pavilion in the Park (PiP) as our office and training/community space in April in the heart of lockdown, doubling our remit to support young...
His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall formally opens Pavilion in The Park (PiP)
On the 6th December His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall formally opened Pavilion in The Park (PiP), built and run by us. Before raising the funds to build PiP, we ran our operations from a garden garage in Frampton, so the move to a purpose-built...