This year alcohol awareness week will run from the 19th to the 25th of November 2018. The theme is “Change”.
For more information please visit.https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/alcohol-awareness-week
Category: News
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Alcohol Awareness Week 2018
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Highland Summer Festival Tips and Advice – 2018
If you’re going to a festival or other music event this summer, we want you to have the best time. Check out our tips and advice to make it a memorable one! -
A4 H-SAT promotional poster
H-SAT poster available for you to print and display
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The Royal Society for Public Health Supports Drugs Safety Testing at Festivals
Let festival-goers and clubbers test their drugs to reduce harm
As the summer festival season begins, RSPH is calling on all music festivals where drug use is common to provide safety testing facilities as standard, where festival-goers can take any ‘substances of concern’ in their possession to establish their content and strength.
RSPH believes the move, which is backed by 95% of festival-goers, will help minimise the risk of serious health harm as a result of recreational drug use.
Check out where drugs testing can be done at:
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Rock Challenge Inverness – Winners 2017
The results are in from the 2017 Safer Highland Rock Challenge®
On Monday 3rd April, the event held at Eden Court Theatre was performed to a sold out audience and was supported by the Safer Highland Partnership and Police Scotland’s Choices for Life.
1st place and qualifying through to the 2017 Scottish Final:
Thurso High School, Thurso, Caithness
The Island
“Inspired by William Golding’s Lord of the Flies’ Great Britain is in a state of nuclear war and school children are forced to evacuate to ‘The Island’. How will they survive in paradise without adult leadership and rules? What lurks on the island to ruin their fun? “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”
2nd place
WW2 A Highland Story
“A Highland village uses music and dance to hold its community together during the bleak times of the Second World War. With the absence of husbands, fathers and brothers and a family experiencing the prospect of losing a loved one, the women rally round to bring a new sense of normality and hope to the community”.
3rd place
Nairn Academy, Nairn, Highlands
Glamour & Greed
“We tell a tale from almost a century ago… of glamour, greed and great wealth. With love, indulgence and betrayal at every corner, and the influence of alcohol wreaking havoc, this drama teaches us important lessons. Now, watch as this story of decadence unfolds…”
Alness Academy showcased their performance tonight and have also qualified to the 2017 Scottish Final due to their 2016 success!
Trapped
“Osiris, God of the Egyptian Afterlife, is a cruel leader. He and his minions rule the Underworld through fear and oppression. This dark and horrible place is populated by animals, monstrous creatures and the half dead, suffering endless torture. When the Akiiki family accidently become trapped in this world, it can only end in tragedy”.
On Tuesday 4th April, the event held at Eden Court Theatre was performed to a sold out audience and was supported by the Safer Highland Partnership and Police Scotland’s Choices for Life.
1st place tonight- qualifying through to the 2017 Scottish Final:
Invergordon Academy, Invergordon
Still in Chains
“In our darkest need we are all tempted by revenge – to pass the pain on to someone else. However, even with powers beyond natural order, can a young slave girl undo the theft of freedom, pointless murder and evil deeds that linger, even within the far reaches of her dreams? Can she ever be truly free from the painful past?”
2nd place and also qualifying through to the 2017 Scottish Final:
Dingwall Academy, Dingwall, Ross-shire
Dia de los Muertos
“His Mother’s love gone,
Family pride at stake,
Poor Enzo has a difficult choice he must make.
To dance with his heart,
Or fight with his head,
To stay with the remembered,
Or be captured by the dead
Will his family’s love be enough to help him get through,
Or will he succumb to the spirit of the bull”.
3rd place tonight:
Grantown Grammar School, Grantown-on-Spey, Moray-shire
Tam O’Shanter – A Modern Twist
“In our modern-day retelling of Tam O’Shanter we encounter an everyday market seller who gets caught up in a drug fuelled celebration with his friends. This leads to a horrifying midnight experience on the way home where they get dragged into the struggle between good and evil. Who will win out in the end?”
Attending this evenings were an array of sponsors, local authority figures and invited special guests. Following the show quotes were obtained from the following guests:
From Highland Alcohol and Drug Partnership, Debbie Stewart, Co-ordinator commented:
“It was a fantastic show, the standard is absolutely amazing, I can’t believe the numbers of kids that are involved and I also can’t believe the number of families, members of the community. What we actually see on stage is fantastic but that’s just one part of how Rock Challenge impacts/works in local communities. It is a key part of our prevention programs to encourage young people to get a more natural high and avoid drugs and alcohol. Just brilliant!!”
Director of Care and Learning from Highland Council, Bill Alexander commented:
“Once again, young people and Rock Challenge have come together to provide, not just a wonderful evening but the conclusion of months and months of hard work by the young people; it has built their confidence, their self-esteem, their organisational skills, that is Curriculum for Excellence. Congratulations to all of the young people tonight and thank you to the Be Your Best Foundation.”
From Police Scotland, Temporary Chief Superintendent Philip Macrae commented:
“I thought it was fantastic this was my first year being here and I didn’t know what to expect; it has surpassed all of my expectations! Police Scotland are very involved and are delighted to participate at such an event.”
Further information, interviews, and high resolution photographs are also available from:
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And the winner of the Highland Substance Awareness Logo Is……
Congratulations to Keira Kieltya from Invergordon Academy for helping to design the new logo for the Highland Substance Awareness Toolkit. The toolkit is an online library providing information for parents, professionals and young people living and working in Highland. Topics covered include Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, New Psychoactive Substances (NPS/’legal highs’) Caffeine and Blood Borne Viruses (BBV).
Secondary Schools from across Highland were invited to submit their ideas and judged by members of the Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership. Keira was presented with a £60 in HMV voucher from the partnership who said:
“We liked Keira’s logo for its energetic, youthful and colourful appearance. It conveys how we work together and care for one another and gives a positive feel”.
Runners up each received a £20 HMV voucher and they were Courtney MacBain and Kayleigh Greig, also from Invergordon Academy.
The toolkit can be viewed at www.h-sat.co.uk
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The results are in from the Safer Highland J Rock™
Sponsored by the Safer Highland Partnership and Police Scotland’s Choices for Life pupils performed to a sold out audience at Eden Court theatre in Inverness. The winners were:
1st Place and the 2017 Inverness J Rock™ Champions:
Bridgend Primary School, Alness, Ross-shire
Changing Shoes!
“Our story is based on the Cuban ballet dancer, Carlos Acosta. Born in 1973 to a poor family, Carlos was the youngest of eleven children. Afraid for his son’s future his father enrolled him into ballet school. Changing sports shoes for ballet pumps, Carlos discovered a passion for dance, proving that through hard work and determination anything is possible”.
2nd Place
Hilton Primary School, Inverness, Inverness-shire
“Lost in a Good Book”
The world of school and academia can be a confusing place, especially, if you can’t read. For Charley – life in the classroom is almost unbearable, how can she ever fit in? It’s up to her parents to unlock the wonder of storytelling and show Charley that the key to escaping into a new adventure is only our imagination!
3rd Place
Ben Wyvis Primary School, Dingwall
Growing Our New School
“Our school is 4 years old. We watched it being built. The grounds were bare, birds had gone. We encouraged wildlife into our gardens. Watching birds return and Rhea’s cat, Belle exploring our new school is continually exciting. One winter a lot of snow melted, and our gardens were flooded. But like the circle of life they’re once again, beautiful”.
Attending this evening were an array of sponsors, local authority figures and invited special guests. Following the show quotes were obtained :
“I think J Rock is fantastic I think as an event it gives the young people this feeling of worth, that experience of working in a team and it gives them some responsibility and the outcome is fantastic”.
“It’s a great event; I think it gets better every year. We’ve been treated to a fantastic evening of entertainment tonight. I know there has to be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd but for me everyone is a winner not just those on stage but behind the scenes making the show come to life in terms of teachers, parents”.
“Rock Challenge and J Rock are fantastic events and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is delighted to support them.”
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Logo Design Competition – £60 HMV vouchers to be won
Highland Substance Awareness – Logo Competition.
Win £60 of HMV vouchers!
We are looking for a new logo to represent the Highland Substance Awareness website.
The website is an online library providing information for parents, professionals and young people living and working in Highland. Topics covered include Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, New Psychoactive Substances (NPS/’legal highs’) Caffeine and Blood Borne Viruses (BBV). A link to the website can be found below:
The Logo Competition
We are looking for a logo that can promote the website, draw people into the content and demonstrate what the Substance Awareness Toolkit does and who it is for.
The logo will feature on our website and any associated posters, leaflets, business cards and publications.
The rules
- The competition is open to Secondary School pupils in Highland.
- The logo should be simple and easy to reproduce, and reflect the key aims of the Highland Substance Awareness website.
- You can use up to 5 colours
- 1 entry per person
Entries should be submitted electronically to ailsa.villegas@highland.gov.uk by the closing date Friday 17th March
The overall winner will be decided by a panel from the Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership and will receive a £60 HMV voucher. The two Runners up will receive a £20 HMV gift voucher each.
Don’t forget to include your name, age and school. Please note: final designs may have to be adjusted slightly for reproduction purposes. Good Luck!
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Public health experts call for ban on alcohol advertising in the UK
Public health experts call for ban on alcohol advertising in the UK in light of new research that claims the industry’s marketing practices encourage young people to drink. For more information please see this article in the Guardian.
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World Hepatitis Day 28th July 2016
This year sees the first ever World Health Organization’s Global Strategy for Viral Hepatitis, which sets a goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Let’s join together on World Hepatitis Day (28 July) to make the elimination of viral hepatitis our next greatest achievement.
