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One-day workshop for Moville
publicans
06.03.09
MOVILLE pub owners and
bar staff are being invited to take part in a
one-day workshop later this month aimed at
protecting young people from alcohol related harm.
The Drug and Alcohol Awareness Workshop will be
hosted by the Moville Community Alcohol Project in
association with the Department of Health, the
Vinters’ Federation of Ireland and the Licensed
Vinters’ Association. It will explore the promotion
of responsible drinking and examine the law and best
practice in relation to the sale of alcohol. |
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“The publicans are at
the coal face of looking out for young people in
relation to alcohol and drugs," said Moville
Community Alcohol Project co-ordinator David
Simpson.
"The project wants to help and support them. As each
part of the community in Moville becomes more aware
of alcohol and what they can do to protect young
people, then we maybe have a chance of the next
generation of young people not turning to alcohol so
easily or so early.” Moville Community Alcohol
Project is involved in ongoing work to "protect the
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next generation of young
people from alcohol related harm".
“Protecting young people is everybody’s concern. The
project has tried to support different parts of the
community. A whole range of new activities for young
people in the town, including the very successful
'Park Life', a play about being a young person in
Moville, have been put on by the Moville Family
Resource Centre.
"Families in the town have been able to learn more
about what their young ones' think about alcohol by
using the project’s Family Conversation - a simple
set of questionnaires for families to fill out and
use as a starting point for talking about alcohol,"
added David.
The Drug and Alcohol Awareness Workshop will take
place on Monday, March 23, from 10am until 3.30pm,
in the Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville. It is free to
all publicans, bar staff and security staff. For
more information contact David Simpson on 93 81224
or Mary McKinney 93 85548. |
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