Eric Carlin, Chief Executive of Mentor UK (and Chair of the Drug Education Forum), has a letter in the Society Guardian:
Mentor UK have studies showing that young people in rural areas are more at risk from falling into alcohol misuse and have identified boredom and a lack of hope and aspiration as specific problems.
We believe that by promoting healthy attitudes and behaviours with young people as early as possible and within their local communities, we can prevent so many lives being wrecked and we’re particularly interested in hearing about schemes that help youngsters avoid the risks of trying alcohol by tackling boredom or the lack of aspiration, or schemes that encourage achievement and motivation at the moment.
Filed under: Drug Education Forum Members, alcohol , CHAMP Awards
