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		<title>Drug Education News &#187; Government</title>
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		<title>Teenage Summer Binge Drinking Campaign</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/teenage-summer-binge-drinking-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government have announced a fund of £1.4 million which will be spent over 69 areas to tackle young people&#8217;s drinking in public.
The press release says that the government are expecting local partnerships to develop a 3 point plan of how they will spend the money.  These points must include:

Tough enforcement &#8211; confiscating alcohol, using [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2904&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Limits &#8211; Street Dares</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/know-your-limits-street-dares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government have launched a new Know Your Limits campaign.  The Home Office&#8217;s press release gives a flavour of what they&#8217;re trying to achieve:
The centrepiece of this year’s Know Your Limits campaign is a new internet viral advert which shows footage of people’s sober reactions when asked to behave as they would if drunk.
A presenter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2859&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol, children &amp; families &#8211; Speech</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/alcohol-children-families-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baroness Morgan, the DCSF Minister, talking about alcohol&#8217;s impact on children and families:
It is estimated that between 780,000 and 1.3 million children are affected by parental alcohol problems. 
Alcohol is linked to 50 per cent of child protection cases and one third of domestic violence incidents. 
Alcohol misuse causes harm to children at every age from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2781&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Drug Education Forum’s response to the Young People and Alcohol Guidance consultation</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/the-drug-education-forum%e2%80%99s-response-to-the-young-people-and-alcohol-guidance-consultation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Forum has submitted the following response to the current consultation on young people and alcohol, which takes in the Chief Medical Officers draft guidance and DCSF draft messages to parents and young people.

Do you understand the 5 key points from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Guidance?
The Drug Education Forum is supportive of the messages [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2570&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Tackling Drugs Week</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/national-tackling-drugs-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via DrugData Update I see that the Home Office have produced a handbook for local agencies and police forces to give them ideas on how to contribute to their tackling drugs week.
Amongst the advice and ideas were two that might interest readers of this blog.  First for talking to parents they say:
Why not approach a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2555&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol Consultation &#8211; A Reminder</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/alcohol-consultation-a-reminder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve got a few days to respond to the consultation on the Chief Medical Officer&#8217;s guidance to parents and young people about alcohol I thought it might be helpful to be reminded what it is he&#8217;s saying and what some of the implications are from the 5 statements he&#8217;s made.

I&#8217;ve also put together another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2525&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/the-protection-of-children-in-england-a-progress-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Community Care I see that the newly published Laming Report makes two recommendations that may be of interest to readers of this blog.

All police, probation, adult mental health and adult drug and alcohol services should understand referral processes.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families should establish statutory representation on Local Safeguarding Children Boards from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2334&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consultation on Children, Young People and Alcohol</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/consultation-on-children-young-people-and-alcohol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Children Schools and Families have asked me to bring the following to your attention:
Over the last few years, the way that young people drink has been changing and we are beginning to learn more about the risks associated with children, young people and alcohol – that it impairs their well-being, puts them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2107&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Alcohol Action Plan Presentation</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/youth-alcohol-action-plan-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been sent the following presentation on the Youth Alcohol Action Plan by Matthew Scott, which you may find useful.

Matthew also points out there have been changes to the ECM website and have added a feature where you can sign up for policy updates.
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		<title>Primary Review &#8211; Interim Report</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/primary-review-interim-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m afraid I haven&#8217;t had enough time to devote to the recent publication of the interim report from The Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum.  This post hopes to remedy this at least in part.
As has been widely reported the report is suggesting trying to develop a more systemic approach to cross curricular learning:
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