Author name: Caz Heath

#MyRideDSMF – please join us! Whether your wheels are a bike, skateboard, scooter, tandem, wheelchair or roller skates, we want your help to save the

With everyone everywhere in lock down until further notice, we’ve been working hard to make sure we can continue to deliver effective drug and alcohol

Our 2020 Theatre in Education London tour of Mark Wheeller’s play about Dan, ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die’, was sadly

As part of establishing our drug and alcohol education in Scotland, a new Theatre in Education production of ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise

Fiona and drugs educator Sarah Birkett spent some time chatting to Dr Suzi Gage about drug and alcohol education for one of her Say Why

Earlier this year we began testing the drug education waters in Scotland, to find out whether our drug and alcohol education programme and resources could be useful there, and if so, how we could make this work best. Drug death data in Scotland is the highest on record and the highest in Europe, and the

In these two podcasts Fiona talks to Teen Tips’ Alicia Drummond about young people, drugs and alcohol, exploring many of the areas we cover in our workshops for parents and carers. Beginning with the story of her son Dan, Fiona goes on to look at what’s out there for young people these days, where they might

Dan’s story, retold in Mark Wheeller’s moving verbatim play ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die’, has taken to the road again this term in the talented hands of StopWatch Theatre Company. Over 14,000 young people have experienced this powerful production this term. Performances were followed by interactive workshops to pick up

It’s been vital to us from the start that all we do is as effective as it possibly can be. As well as internal evaluations with feedback from students, teachers and parents, we’ve been working with the University of Middlesex Drug and Alcohol Research Centre on an initial assessment of our parents’ workshops, Theatre in

The story of Dan has been at the heart of all we’ve done from the very earliest days, told almost everywhere by his mum Fiona. It resonates so powerfully with audiences of all ages and gives a relevance and context to all the information, advice and guidance we provide through our drug education programme.  There’s