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Have you heard that the Saturday theme night for Schoolies Festival™ is Flower Power!? And were you like wait…what? What even is that?? WELL! Let us help you out! You guys voted on your favourite theme night ideas, and Flower Power won!! We’re super excited for it so have compiled the top 12 ideas […]
Encounter Youth’s school program recognised for empowering young Australians to socialise safely Encounter Youth’s school program, Party Safe Education™, today received a bronze award in the community-led category of the 2017 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA). The ACVPAs recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime […]
UPDATED ARTICLE See our article on the more recent National Drug Strategy Household 2019 Survey(Infographics included) VIEW NOW Ever wonder what’s really going on in Australia when it comes to alcohol & other drugs? Well, look no further! At the end of September, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released a report of the […]
Parents would do anything to protect their kids. But, as children grow up and start to explore their independence, parents are often left feeling less involved. And they realise that they have less influence on the choices their young people make. Children will start to experience and try many new things as they become teenagers, […]
The National Drug Strategy 2017-2026 has recently been released. Ironically, in a time where members of the Australian Government were engaging in substantial rhetoric around being ‘tough on drugs’, particularly methamphetamine, the National Drug Strategy lapsed. The previous strategy expired in 2015 and the current strategy was originally drafted for 2016-2025 but it was then […]
It’s the taboo topic that many parents hesitate to talk about. Young people’s parties and alcohol. It can be a challenge for school communities to positively encourage parents to engage in Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) education with young people and one another. Whilst some school communities do a great job to encourage parents to engage in AOD education, resulting […]
Media Release: 16 August 2017 Encounter Youth is extremely disappointed that as the largest provider of alcohol & other drug education in South Australian Schools it was not given an opportunity to consult with Steven Marshall before his announcement to fund Life Education with $1.2 million should his Liberal party win the next state election. Not […]
Have you planned your transport for Schoolies Festival™? Find out more about the easiest, and cheapest way for you and the fam to get there and back! It doesn’t matter where you’re staying along the Fleurieu Peninsula, Encounter Youth together with the Schoolies Festival™ Principal Partner, the Motor Accident Commission are providing the Free MAC […]
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Now is the time to download the FREE Schoolies Festival™ App! This App packs a punch and delivers right to your fingertips anything and everything you need to know about the Festival. We too are precious with our phone memory, so let us convince you that making space for the Schoolies Festival™ App is a […]
For a first-year teacher or other school staff member yet to encounter a drug incident, while it is satisfying to be trusted with your professional judgment, it is most likely daunting. So that’s where we come in to provide some guidance. Education departments provide ‘generalised’ procedural steps to use if a drug incident occurs. But first, you need to know if […]