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The Annual Sussex DAAT Planning and Development Stakeholder Day 2008, took place on January 24th, at the Brighthelm Centre, Brighton.

Presentations included Workforce Developments in 2007, Launching the new City & Guilds qualification in Substance Misuse and Introducing the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

The day ended with consultation on the Draft 2008-11 Workforce Strategy, available to download below:

Young people who mix energy drinks with alcohol are twice as likely to end up harmed than those who just drink alcohol, a study says.

Researchers from North Carolina's Wake Forest University quizzed over 4,000 US students about their drinking habits.

They found people who drank energy drink cocktails were more likely to suffer injuries, require medical help or get into trouble over sex.

Round-the-clock drinking in England and Wales is now a reality after new licensing laws came in force.

The shake-up of licensing laws a year ago has not encouraged most people to go to pubs more or start drinking later in the evening, a survey suggests.

Some 71% of 2,095 people polled by the British Beer and Pub Association said the England and Wales shake-up had not seen them alter the time they went out.

And 85% said the laws, which permitted 24-hour opening, did not encourage them to go out drinking more often.

But campaigners said more still needed to be done to address binge drinking.

Drug and alcohol use has long been associated with domestic violence. 

Please see the attached documents giving domestic violence guidelines for professionals and information about Treehouse who work with any young person aged 11-25 who is affected by abusive relationships in Brighton & Hove.

The programme is run by the University of Brighton, developed in partnership with targeted youth support services in Brighton & Hove.  The course is targeted at practitioners who are working with vulnerable young people on a one to one basis, with the aim of engaging the young person on programmes of change, focused on particular issues. It is particularly aimed as experienced, professionally qualified practitioners who can demonstrate an ability to study at higher education level 3 (Integrated Qualification Framework level 6). 

The government is launching a campaign to highlight the forthcoming rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.

A website is going live, www.tobaccoagechange.co.uk and this will be accompanied by a mass mailing to 100,000 retailers and online advertising aimed at teenagers. From October 1, the minimum age will increase from 16 to 18 years in a bid to cut the number of young smokers. It comes after the recent introduction of a ban on smoking in public places.

Sussed Professionals is now a reality for those working in the drug and alcohol sector in Brighton & Hove. The website has been developed and is managed by Gavin Bryce (Health Promotion), of Brighton & Hove City Primary Care Trust, on behalf of the Drug and Alcohol Action Team. Sussed Professionals brings together in the one place everything that you need to know about national and local strategy and action in the substance misuse field. Here you will be abe to read about up-to-date news and events as well as manage your own information needs. Sussed Professionals allows you to select which agendas, minutes and newsletters you want to receive- no more needless emails to your accout with information that you don't want. And what's more, if you move job within the sector you can manage your information needs by unsubscribing and subscribing to committees and newsgroups that you want.