Hello, I am Jeff Webb.

 

The DICE program is a Drug & Alcohol education project.

 Evaluations have shown that this program is highly successful in the schoolroom. 

 

The program is changing young peoples perceptions about substance misuse, and is making positive changes in opinions regarding substance misuse

The program was piloted with year 9 & 10 pupils in 2004-05 at schools in Anglesey and Gwynedd, North Wales.  It was a huge success and as a result funding has been secured from the Welsh Assembly Government to deliver this program into all schools in Anglesey and Gwynedd.

The D.I.C.E. Program (Drug Informed Choice Education) is delivered by recovered addicts giving a sense of realism to the education. They share their past experiences of substance misuse with young people to dissuade them away from a self-destructive lifestyle. A variety of programs can be delivered, aimed at educating young people, adults and professionals.

 All are presenters are CRB checked, and vetted by our steering group.

The programme is aimed at giving all involved more informed choices. Not by telling people what to do, but by presenting the hard facts. This is done by incorporating role-plays into the presentations, re-enacting horrendous scenes from drug and alcohol addiction. Invariably some people may find some of the role-plays quite shocking. But �young people tell us they take real-life accounts of the impact of drugs very seriously�, (Parent & Schools Magazine), www.dfes.gov.uk/parents. However after the role-plays people are then shown the positive sides of lives now, making them aware that the presenters lives are now much better than the past lives of drug and alcohol addiction.

 

If you require any further information on the above programme or wish to book a date, please do not hesitate to contact me on 07949605843.

 

            Yours respectfully

 

            Jeff Webb

 

 

 

Aims and Objectives

• To give people more informed choices about healthier lifestyles.

• To show the effect drugs have on lifestyles.

• To show healthy lifestyles now being lived by ex-drug users.

• To compare the differing lifestyles in an educational and informative manner.

• To educate regarding what influences health (PSHE 2b).

• To show that abusing drugs affects health (Se2 2m).

• To recognise and manage risk and make safer choices about healthy lifestyles (PSHE 2f).

• To think about the alternatives and long and short term consequences when making decisions about personal health (PSHE 2a).

• To show the effects that drugs have on body functions (Sc2 2m).

• To discuss the health risk of drug use, and the safer choices that can be made (PSHE 2e).

• To encourage participants to use their imagination when considering other peoples experiences and to be able to think about, express, explain and critically evaluate views that are not their own (Ct 3a).

Brief Description of programme methods.

 

• Recovered drug addicts and reformed criminals will be used to deliver the education, giving a sense of realism.

• Role play.

• PowerPoint presentations showing past lives of addiction and lives now.

• Flip chart work with interaction about positives and negatives of past and new lives.

• Question and Answer sessions.

• Evaluation sheets.

 

 

Presentations are delivered using Powerpoint, a laptop and a projector. This equipment was purchased with a grant from the UnLtd* Millennium Awards Trust which is The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs
	Award Winner The D.I.C.E. Programme is part of the Drugs Dont Work Project.