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New free online resource helps children talk openly about parents' drinking problems

The Children's Commissioner for England and The Children's Society have today published the first booklet of its kind - “You are not on your own. A booklet to help children and adults talk about a parent's drinking” - for use by children affected by a parent or carer drinking too much alcohol.

It will help them to have frank discussions with teachers, professionals or an adult who they trust when they are worried about a parent or carer and the problems caused by their alcohol consumption.

The booklet is a free online resource, available at: at the childrens commissioner website or here (pdf).

See also:

• Alcohol Concern, The Children's Society, (2010). “Swept under the carpet: Children affected by parental alcohol misuse.”  Click here
  
• Manning, V., Best, D.W., Faulkner, N. & Titherington, E. (2009) New estimates on the number of children living with substance-misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys. Journal of Public Health, 9 (1), pp377-389. Click here (pdf)

Nutrition for alcohol users. A new resource booklet for staff working with homeless alcohol users

This resource booklet has been compiled for Council for the Homeless Northern Ireland (CHNI) by Helen Sandwell, Good Food and Health, with contributions from CHNI, homeless service users, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust’s Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service, and Depaul Ireland. The booklet is funded by the Eastern Drugs and Alcohol Coordination Team (EDACT) and the Public Health Agency.

This booklet is aimed at support workers and other homelessness staff working with heavy drinkers, who would like to help their clients eat better. It provides information about the effects of alcohol and an alcohol driven lifestyle on nutrient intake, together with basic healthy eating messages and ideas on how to encourage clients to eat more nutritious food and more regular meals.