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Posts Tagged ‘drug prevention’

Military Secrets

Posted By: Hillary Box

“It’s not the event, it’s how you cope that matters.” The US military is putting serious money behind resilience, which is a key plank of any prevention programme. For the past four years, they’ve tested a resilience  programme with more than ...

Routes out of drinking, drug use and crime

Posted By: Liam

November sees the start of a ground breaking partnership project between Mentor, Addaction and 20 local organisations that work with vulnerable young people. The partnership brings together the leading prevention and treatment charities to work with 20 local groups across the country ...

Positive for Youth – preventing youth crime and substance misuse

Posted By: admin

Mentor has submitted the following response to the Department for Education's consultation on preventing youth crime and substance misuse. We would urge that the Department to adopt the Prime Minister’s clear view that “education about drugs is vital and we should ...

Lessons from Victoria?

Posted By: admin

A really interesting report from the Victorian Auditor-General in Australia looking at the State's work to prevent and treat drug misuse. It strikes me that there may be lessons for us from their experiences, particularly as we start to localise these ...