Safe, Sensible and Social drama project

Thanks to continued support from the NHS South of Tyne and Wear's Safe, Sensible, Social,Small Grant scheme EBC was able to extend the range of downloadable resources it has created to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol misuse in young people.

EBC received funding to work with a group of members of South Hylton Youth North East group (SHY-NE) to write and perform a play  - A Shot at Life - about the impact alcohol misuse can have on young people's lives.

SHY-NE members led on the script writing and all stages of the production process before performed their production for an invited audience.  You can see them planning and rehearsing the play in their photo album

To help them get to grips with the challenge, SHY members first played our Safe, Sensible Social board game developed through earlier Safe, Sensible, Social small grants funding.

Their knowledge of the issues around alcohol misuse were further increased with a briefing session from a member of NECA's team, backed up by internet research.

Script writing, set design and props gathering followed, along with a week of rehearsals before the young people took to the stage to perform their play.

The play - A Shot at Life - tells the story of Chantelle, an 18-year-old girl who finds herself pregnant, verging on alcoholism with few friends or family to support her. 

It charts her journey in the two years leading up to her doctor's appointment and then looks into the future to predict one of two routes her life might take - depending upon whether she tackles her drinking problem, or not.

The young people then performed the play before and invited audience with all those present getting the change to receive a DVD produced to record A Shot at Life.

Tackling Issues through Drama

The play's script is now available to download.  Just click A Shot at Life.

If you want to write your own drama script we've also created a useful Script Tips Sheet for you to download.

To find out about the other resources we've created thanks to NHS support visit our main Safe Sensible Social page.  They include:

• A board game
• A range of eye catching Posters
• Carole's story - A recovering alcoholics personal testimony
• Alcohol - The Stark Facts: A dramatic powerpoint presentation
• Real life stories - in the words of those whose lives have been destroyed by alcohol

EBC secured the funding from the Teaching Primary Care Trust after it launched a fund which aims to support innovative projects from third sector organisations designed to alleviate alcohol-related issues.

The Trust was keen to fund projects which could:

• Improve the health and well being of local people
• Increase services or activities for disadvantaged groups
• Improve the employment prospects, education or skills of local people affected by alcohol-related issues
• Tackle alcohol-related crime and improve community safety

EBC has partnered up with the North East Council on Addictions (NECA) to deliver some of the projects.

EBC specialises in designing bespoke programmes to meet individual schools' needs and in bringing schools, businesses and the community together.  If you cannot find the programme you're looking for please contact us to discuss your specific needs.

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