First Aid Advice


"Don't walk away and leave a friend to DIE".
 
With Binge Drinking being high on the agenda, a new campaign initiative has been created with wide ranging support.
 
The campaign "Don't walk away and leave a friend to DIE" (reffered to herein as: DWA) has the support of Professor Ian Gilmore (MD PRCP President of the Royal College of Physicians UK Lead on Alcohol Abuse.  The Home Office's Ziggy MacDonald, Head of Alcohol Strategy Unit fully back DWA.
 
Other supporters of the initiative include Lord Ara Darzi who has expressed how 'impressed' he was with the campaign which made the finals of the Health Service Journal Awards (HSJ) in 2006.  The campaign has also received the NW Public Health Award 2007 for NHS Contribution to Public Health - Provider Award.  Having spoken at AMBEX, the National Ambulance Service Conference, the campaign received the "Outstanding Achievement" Award and Winner of the Health Business NHS Publicity Campaign Award as seen here via this link: http://www.hbawards.co.uk/content/view/16/14/
 
Please read the "Don't Walk Away" document now.
 
The First Aid Advice is located on www.dh.gov.uk.  Simply type in Alcohol and Young People.  Entitled "When Things Go Wrong" (external website link) you can copy and paste the information on to your own headed paper and add your logo on to the DWA poster provided.  You can also post a link for DWA on your website and there is also a 6 minute DVD available to you free of charge.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
Watch the DVD (YouTube Link) - CLICK HERE
 
Podcast on Alcohol Policy UK - CLICK HERE
 
Web Portal to More Information - CLICK HERE
 
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust Website - CLICK HERE
 
GROWING SUPPORT:
 
Network Television programmes Eastenders, Coronation Street, Doctors, Holby City, The Bill, Byker Grove and Grange Hill have all agreed to display posters on the notice boards of their shows.  Grange Hill have also made available some of their actors for photoshoots.  DWA has now appeared in Holby City, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and The Bill reaching over 40 million viewers.
 
DRINK AND DRUGS:
 
If you visit www.drinkanddrugs.net you will find out more about the campaign through the Drink and Drugs news network which was featured in the July 2005 edition.
 
I was a key note speaker at the National Conference on "Understanding Underage and Teenage Drinking" on the 28th September 2007 in London.  For more information on this conference please click here.
 
The Sharp System, Merseyside Schools has information regarding the DWA initiative.  Click on any school badge and then click on Health to discover more.  The website link is: http://www.thesharpsystem.com/schools.php
 
FURTHER LINKS:
 
More information can be found via Warrington TV - links below;
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.sussexambulance.nhs.uk http://www.student-direct.co.uk/?q=node/1020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
www.bbc.co.uk/actionnetwork type in to Search  Alcohol, Young People, Don't Walk Away.
 
 
www.youthwork.co.uk/directory type in Alcohol,Young People, DWA.
 
The Department of Education have just agreed to place the campaign on
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/pshe it is under alcohol resources page two.
 
http://www.ypnmagazine.com (then type in Steve Evans in to the Archive)
 
ALCOHOL SURVEYS:
 
 
 
Click on Alcohol and Alcohol specific Hospital Admissions for those 16 and under
 
 
The Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand have engaged with DWA and the South African Government now taking campaign on Re-shooting poster and in ZULU.Campaign has just been take up by the ex-pat community in FRANCE. The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre of Australia and the Canadian Centre on Substance abuse are both reviewing the Campaign. The 4 Police Services of Wales have just adopted DWA as their National summer anti binge drinking campaign and Merseyside, Lancashire, Jersey, Nottinghamshire and Cheshire Police through Arcangel are doing the same. The Campaign has now gone into Gibraltar.
 
I was a delegate at the NW Alcohol Summit in Dec 07 and now have the full backing of Dominic Harrison Director of Public Health North West Alcohol Harm Reduction Chair.
 
Steve spoke at National Local Government Conference
 
Links to the Alcohol Conference Below
 
 
 
 
Latest Web site
 
Palmbeach
 
 
 
Warrington children's service directory
 
 
 
Regards Steve Evans
 
Rtn Steve Evans SRPara Paramedic Founder of the "Don't Walk Away" Campaign
 
Patrons, Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Mike Hall MP.
 
P.S. if you type into web search engine "steve evans paramedic uk" up to page 12, you will see more of the work I have been up to including my awards BBC Tv NHS Hero