Alcohol issues in the Havant Borough
The Safer Havant Partnership recognises that a high percentage
of crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents are affected by
alcohol and believes that alcohol is an underlying
factor in all their priority issues.
Chief Inspector Will Schofield of Havant Police says
“Alcohol can be a major factor in anti-social behaviour,
criminal damage and nuisance and public place violent
crime."
Know Your Limits in the Havant Borough
Last year the Safer Havant Partnership ran
an innovative new campaign aimed at tackling binge-drinking
and anti-social behaviour in the Havant Borough at the
Meridian Centre and in two local colleges.
As a reminder to local residents about the consequences
of excessive drinking, eye-catching shop mannequins showing
young men and women in a drunken state were placed in a shop
window in Havant's Meridian Centre and in South Downs and
Havant colleges. The mannequins were accompanied by
the message, 'You wouldn't start a night like this, so why end it
that way?'
The Mayor of Havant, Councillor Jackie Branson, opened the
display on the 19th of October and commented: ‘I think
it’s very eye-catching. It makes you think – which is what
it’s all about’.
The Safer Havant Partnership worked with the
Home Office to organise this eye-catching campaign, which supports
other work that agencies such as the police, council and fire
service have been undertaking to deal with alcohol issues in the
Havant Borough. The Safer Havant Partnership aims to support
young people by giving them with the advice they need to help
them have a good night out and feel great the next
day.
The campaign supported work already being undertaken across
Havant by the Safer Havant Partnership to further reduce alcohol
related crime and disorder, including recent training for
frontline workers to engage with young people around alcohol
issues. Follow the link for more information on alcohol
issues in the Havant Borough:
Link to a
full evaluation of the Know Your Limits campaign >>
Is alcohol causing you problems? Find help and support
with Hampshire Brief Intervention Alcohol Service
Hampshire Brief Intervention Alcohol Service
aims to support and work with adults whose alcohol intake has
become hazardous or harmful to their health but who are not
dependant on alcohol. The service is commissioned by the NHS and
provided by Phoenix Futures, a leading provider of support for
people who have drug and alcohol problems.
Hazardous drinking is classed as a level of
alcohol consumption that carries a risk of harmful consequences for
the drinker or others. Men drinking to hazardous levels
consume around 22-50 units per week and women 15-35. Harmful
drinking is a pattern of drinking that is causing damage to an
individual’s physical or mental health. Men drinking at
harmful levels will generally consume over 50 units per week and
women will consume over 35 units per week.
The service provides ‘brief interventions’ or
structured conversations which can help to motivate and support
individuals to think about making a change in their drinking
habits. An emphasis is placed on building confidence, taking
responsibility, providing information and advice and setting goals
for reducing alcohol intake.
If you feel that you fit the profile above and would like some
support and guidance to reduce your alcohol consumption then please
contact Hampshire Brief Intervention Alcohol Service on 01256 331
316:
Link to more information on the
Hampshire Brief Intervention Alcohol Service >>
Rethink Your Drink with a new alcohol scratch card
As part of October’s Alcohol Awareness Week, 120,000 alcohol
awareness scratch cards have been distributed across Hampshire to
encourage people to think about how much they are drinking and
raise awareness on the health risks of drinking
excessively.
The Safer Havant Partnership has distributed 3000 scratch cards
to local residents as part of their Know Your Limits
campaign. Cards are also available in doctor’s surgeries,
pharmacies, dentists, job centres, gyms, pubs and community centres
across the borough.
If you think you might be regularly
exceeding the daily alcohol guidelines, why not keep a diary
to check on how much you are drinking? Follow the link below
for an interactive version of the diary and help on cutting down
your drinking or to have a paper copy of the diary posted to
you:
External link to an interactive
drink diary >>
If your drinking is starting to worry you, please contact
Alcoholics Anonymous by calling 0845 769 7555 or by following the
link below:
External link to
Alcoholics Anonymous website >>
Tackling street drinking in the Havant Borough with the
Designated Public Places Order (DPPO)
The entire Havant Borough is now subject to an alcohol
control order thanks to the work of the Safer Havant Partnership.
This order empowers the Police, Police Community Support Officers
(PCSOs) and Accredited Community Support Officers (ASCOs) to remove
alcohol from individuals involved in anti-social behaviour.
Follow the link below for more information about the order:
Link to more information about the Designated
Public Places Order >>
|