Party Safe
Overview
In collaboration with a number of southern Tasmanian services, The DEN works in school communities to deliver a Party Safe program to support and promote good choices regarding alcohol and other drugs to students, staff and parents/guardians.
Key Outcomes and Aims
The Party Safe program aims to:
- Build skills, increase knowledge, raise awareness and influence attitudes
- Create environments that support young people to make healthy choices about alcohol and other drugs
- Use evidence to inform the work we do
- Evaluate the party safe initiatives
- Use interactive and engaging techniques
- Provide training and support for teachers
- Increase the links between the school and services
- Operate within an overall framework of harm minimisation
- Increase the links between the school and services
The program
The program is a Southern Tasmanian initiative between:
- Drug Education Network
- Youth Health Service (Pulse)
- Red Cross Save-A-Mate
- Local government youth development officers
(such as Clarence, Glenorchy, Kingborough and Huonville) - Sexual Assault Support Service
- Anglicare, Glenorchy Illicit Drugs Service
- The Link Youth Health Service Hobart
- Support staff from State, Independent and Catholic schools
Key Activities
Utilising quality evidenced based material the program delivers a range of activities that aim to educate and train. The Party Safe program prefers to work with the whole of the school community and therefore is targeted at students, staff and parents/guardians.
The types of things a school may choose to do with students, parents and teachers to get the party safe message across are:
- Put on a forum for parents by students on party safe activities
- Create a play to get the party safe message across
- Make a video or podcast
- Create games
- A series of interactive information sessions
- Create art work
- Design media campaigns
- Design a party safe website
- Host a safe party expo
Before the party safe group works with students in schools we ensure we consult with the students about what topics that want to know about. The program includes a pre and post evaluation.
Fact Sheets
Below is a list of fact sheets from the Drug Information Clearing House on how to Party Safe.
Party Safe
For Parents
Cost and Contact
Cost
The program is currently delivered free of charge.
Location
Southern Tasmania
Contact
Tel: 62112350