Our Youthwatch volunteers decided to focus their time on two main areas, firstly smoking and vaping in young people and drugs and alcohol.
Smoking and vaping - Working in partnership with Sunderland stop smoking service we ran some sessions to raise young people’s awareness of smoking and vaping so that they had up to date information on the danger. This included a range of facilitated workshops and information stalls at various community events during the school holidays. We will continue to deliver these through 2024-25.
Drugs and Alcohol - Linking in with Youth Drug and Alcohol Project (YDAP) our Youthwatch volunteers have been supporting the dedicated team to attend sessions at Sunderland College and other community events, to help raise young people’s awareness of drugs and alcohol and where they can go should they need support in this area.