Resources for professionals working with under 18s

Fun and games

Alcohol Dilemmas
A competitive card game for young people aged 11-16. Includes 45 ‘dilemma’ cards, each giving an alcohol-related scenario with three possible courses of action, and 115 ‘fact’ cards with information on alcohol issues.
Cost:  £35.65    Available from www.hit.org.uk

Alcohol Prevention Bingo
Bingo-style game, with calling cards providing opportunities for discussion and group involvement. Presents teenagers with myths and facts about alcohol, information about its affect on health and ways to say no.
Cost: £34.50 (+VAT)  Available from www.incentiveplus.co.uk

A Look at Alcohol & Tobacco Card Game 
Game for two or more players, aged 11+. Includes 50 playing cards with easily digestible information on the hazards of drinking (and smoking) and why people do. Also includes a study guide and answer sheet.
Cost: £12.95 (+VAT)  Available from www.incentiveplus.co.uk

Drunk & Disorderly Goggles
Goggles that simulate the physical effects of drinking too much, including altered perception, reduced alertness and poor co-ordination. Available in two states of drunkenness: low level (5-7 units of alcohol) and high level (12-16 units).
Cost: £65 (+VAT) each, or £247 (+VAT) for a mixed pack of four   Available from www.incentiveplus.co.uk

Think B4U Drink
A board game for 2-12 players, aimed at 11-16-year-olds. The game provides realistic scenarios where young people explore the consequences of drinking alcohol. It also contains fact sheets and an evaluation DVD.
Cost: £49.95 (+VAT) Available from www.incentiveplus.co.uk  

Resources and materials

Alcohol Toolkit
A toolkit for professionals working with young people aged 11-16, their parents and carers. Includes nine step-by-step session plans, with fact sheets, worksheets, quizzes and group discussions. A CD-ROM contains material that can be reproduced.
Cost: £89.95  Available from www.incentiveplus.co.uk

A Little Book of Alcohol
Includes around 30 tried-and-tested activities for exploring alcohol issues with young people aged 13-16. Includes warm-ups, group and individual activities, and exercises for reinforcing learning.
Cost: £8.50  Available from www.nya.org.uk

Drunk in charge of a body
Comprehensive resource pack focusing on the link between alcohol and teenagers’ sexual health and behaviour. Includes a 238-page teaching pack with handouts, background notes, timed lesson plans and evaluation sheets.
Cost: £30  Available from www.brook.org.uk

Hammered
Comprehensive manual for practitioners working with young people aged 10-25, including exercises and materials to copy. Covers basic facts about alcohol as well as more complex issues such as gender, role models and cultural differences.
Cost: £29.99  Available from www.fastforward.org.uk

Let’s Talk Alcohol
Resource pack for youth workers and other professionals working with young people aged 13-16. Contains information and activities to enable young people to explore attitudes and values around alcohol issues.  The Children and Young People Now website also has talking points for starting discussions on subjects including alcohol and the law and binge drinking.
Cost: FREE Available from www.cypnow.co.uk  

SAUCE 
Activity sheets and session plans focusing on alcohol and sex, aimed at 11-16-year-olds. Includes comic strips and images to trigger discussions and supporting materials for teachers.
Cost: £70.95  Available from: www.incentiveplus.co.uk

theyouthworker.com
Run by youth workers for youth workers, the site has a growing database of session plans, activities and other resources contributed by members. Alcohol-related activities include quizzes, questionnaires and card games.
Cost: £39 per year for full membership, but you can download a limited number of resources if you sign up for free membership

Films

Blame it on the Booze
Online video site, designed to provoke debate and inspire young people to create and upload their own films. Topics include parenting an alcoholic mother, binge drinking and myths about booze.
Cost: FREE

Drugs and Alcohol DVD
Includes two alcohol-related films: ‘Have a Good Time’ (23 minutes, age 10+) looking at underage drinking, and ‘Alcohol in the Dock’ (20 minutes, age 12+), which weighs up the pros and cons of drinking. Includes CD-ROM with support material.
Cost: £59.99 (+VAT)  Available from: www.incentiveplus.co.uk  

Kick It
A 10-minute DVD for secondary school students about the dangers of binge drinking. The film has a football theme, but is suitable for boys and girls. Includes a worksheet with links to the curriculum.
Cost: £26.95 (+VAT)  Available from: www.incentiveplus.co.uk  

Substance Misuse DVD
BBC-produced dramas introducing children aged 9-11 to the dangers of substance misuse,
including alcohol. Contains a teacher’s activity book, with activity sheets and posters.
Cost: £52.99 (+VAT)  Available from: www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk 

TheSite.org
Videos from the respected website for young adults run by charity YouthNet UK. Titles include “How many units of alcohol do you drink”, “How to drink sensibly” and “Helping someone with a drink problem”.
Cost: FREE 

Under the Influence
A 10-minute film, developed with young people, about the effect of alcohol on the life of 17-year-old Ben. Includes six presentation cards with suggestions for exercises, areas of discussion and information about alcohol.
Cost: £33.75  Available from: www.incentiveplus.co.uk   

Interactive

Alcohol: Where’s the harm? 
Designed specifically for use with an interactive whiteboard for Key Stage 3 PHSE lessons. Includes an animated story, interactive storyboard and quiz.
Cost: £59  Available from: www.hit.org.uk

Boozeville
A CD-ROM aimed at 11-16-year-olds, with session plans for classroom and other settings. Features 3D animated stories covering subjects such as reasons for drinking, the law on alcohol and alcohol risks, with an interactive quiz at the end of each section.
Cost: £65 (+VAT) Available from www.educari.com  

Look Out! Alcohol
Excellent website including an interactive game to introduce alcohol issues to 7-11-year-olds. Also includes lesson plans, homework activity sheets and information for parents.
Cost: FREE  Available from: www.lookoutalcohol.co.uk

Space Boy’s Great Alcohol Challenge
Interactive interplanetary quiz on the health and social impacts of alcohol. Two levels make it suitable for 7-11-year-olds and 11-18-year-olds. Includes factsheets and lesson plans.
Cost: £48.00 (+VAT)  Available from: www.incentiveplus.co.uk    

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