New resources to educate young adults about the impacts of drinking alcohol during pregnancy available now
Michelle Davies
Events and Engagement Manager | Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinical Networks part of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Dear colleague,
Following a launch event on 24th June, we’re delighted to now be able to share a suite of unique teaching resources to encourage conversations with young adults about issues of responsibility, alcohol and pregnancy, as well as wider sexual health issues.
The free teaching materials have been produced by The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and Oldham Theatre Workshop and are designed for students in Years 9, 10 and 11.
?The central resource is a short 45 minute film, titled Birthday, that can be watched as a whole or in three shorter segments with accompanying lesson plan guides.
Birthday is an important part of The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership programme to raise awareness of alcohol harm to unborn babies and to end new cases of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Bringing understanding of FASD to a young audience is part of our prevention strategy and Birthday draws on the real-life experiences of families affected.
Birthday originally toured secondary schools in Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside in 2019, in performances that were attended by more than 5,000 young people.
We believe Birthday is a unique approach to ending new cases of FASD and has the potential to influence the future choices that young adults make regarding their drinking behaviour. But it is only going to achieve that if it is used in schools and educational settings.
We would therefore like to ask you to please help us to promote Birthday to your networks and local schools by passing on the links and speaking about the resources that are available.
If you have any questions or wish to get on touch with us about Birthday please contact:
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RóisÃn Reynolds
Senior Advisor Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies
Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership
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Rachael Nielsen
Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies Programme Manager
Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership