Witney News - Students participate in 'Wasted Nights' launch

Witney - A view from Church Green

Advertisements

Students participate in 'Wasted Nights' launch

The West Oxfordshire Community Safety Partnership will be launching 'Wasted Nights', an educational package for young people, on Tuesday 10th October at Carterton Community College.

The launch takes the form of a lesson with Year 10 students participating in group sessions about alcohol-related issues. They will begin by watching a DVD entitled 'Wasted Nights', which was filmed in a local town and looks at all aspects of alcohol and town centre disorder. Contributors on the DVD include local police officers, a paramedic, an offender, local residents, a door supervisor and taxi drivers. Group work will follow the viewing of the DVD with each group being given a scenario based on the people featured, some of whom will be present at the launch and will work with the students. The groups are then asked to present their conclusions to the rest of the class.

"Alcohol has the potential to be one of the most harmful substances that young people come into contact with," explains Bill Russell, School Drug Education Consultant, Oxfordshire County Council. "Not only does it have far reaching consequences for young people, but also for their families, their communities and society in general. This new approach to drug education goes some way to addressing many of the issues associated with alcohol use and challenges attitudes in a positive way."

The lesson pack will be distributed to all secondary schools across West Oxfordshire to form part of secondary school students' citizenship education.

'Wasted Nights' has been produced by the West Oxfordshire Community Safety Partnership as part of its Nightsafe scheme which was launched in November 2005 to tackle the increase of alcohol-related violent crime and criminal damage. The scheme coincided with the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003 and a number of initiatives have been run, in conjunction with local licensees, resulting in a 43% reduction of serious assaults in West Oxfordshire.

Posted : 02/10/2006 15:57:52

Other recent Witney news items posted on the Witney website


Ultrafast broadband delivered to more than 10,000 properties in the District

More than 10,000 rural homes and businesses in West Oxfordshire now have access to ultrafast full-fibre internet, providing them with some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world. This milesto...


Residents and businesses urged to be patient as Covid-19 test centre is built in Witney

An NHS Covid-19 testing centre is to be built in Witney to improve support for residents. The building will be situated in the Woodford Way car park and is expected to remain for at least three mon...


Oxfordshire close to 'high' COVID-19 alert level

Residents are being advised to be extra vigilant, particularly over half-term, as cases of coronavirus continue to spread across the county. Evidence shows that, in the past two weeks, the virus ha...


West Oxfordshire Gym Data Reveals the Numbers of Locals that Returned to the Gym after lockdown

Better, the largest operator of municipal leisure facilities in the UK releases gym usage data since reopening: West Oxfordshire has seen a total of 20537 visits to their local gyms 26-34-year old...


View the full Witney Blog