Weekly news - 25th January 2013 |
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Working with troubled families: a guide to the evidence and good practice (PDF)
The Troubled Families programme is about change – for families and for services, and this report is an aid for that change. It is a tool to help local authorities and their partners, who have asked for guidance on how best to work with troubled families, and for the evidence about family intervention to be brought together in one place | Dept for Communities and Local Govnt, UK
New Welsh Government campaign highlights the dangers of ‘Meow Meow’
A new Welsh Government campaign aimed at highlighting the dangers of the drug Mephedrone as well as other new and emerging drugs and the damage they can cause has been launched by the Health Minister Lesley Griffiths | Welsh Government, Wales
Police warning over 'contaminated' ecstasy batch - video
Police are warning that a contaminated batch of ecstasy tablets could be circulating after two people died in the Manchester area | BBC, UK
Skills Consortium regional roadshows: Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol
Free places are still available for the Skills Consortium roadshows in Leeds (1st February), Birmingham (6th February) and Bristol (19th February). The events – which run from 2.00pm to 4.30pm – are an opportunity to learn more about the Skills Consortium, its work and future plans | Skills Consortium, UK
Bali drugs: Death sentence for Briton Lindsay Sandiford - video
A British grandmother has been sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia for drug trafficking | BBC, UK
Crazy for party drugs - iPlayer
Film which gets under the skin of the current party drugs of mephedrone, ketamine and GHB by following three young people in Leeds from the dancefloor to the morning after | BBC iPlayer, UK
Khat: A review of its potential harms to the individual and communities in the UK (2013)
In October 2010 the Minister Responsible for Drugs asked the ACMD to review khat by considering the available evidence and to advise the government as to the current situation in the UK: the harms caused to individuals and the societal harms in the affected UK's Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities. Download report | ACMD, UK
Khat ban rejected by UK drug advisers
The UK government's official drugs advisory body has rejected calls to ban the herbal stimulant, khat | BBC, UK
Crack drug warnings after two men die
Police have issued warnings after the death of two people thought to be linked to contaminated crack cocaine | BBC, UK
Campaigners make case for tougher alcohol measures
Alcohol campaigners are pressing the government for a minimum alcohol unit price of 50p and tougher licensing laws to help tackle problem drinking | BMA, UK
Making Every Adult Matter – Is your area ready to tackle multiple needs?
During 2013 Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) will be offering support to services in at least nine local authority areas who want to design and deliver new coordinated interventions using ‘the MEAM approach’ as a guide. To express an interest in this opportunity we are asking local areas to complete a short Expression of Interest form and return it to us by 31 January 2013 | MEAM, UK