Alcohol Awareness Week: How Alcohol Affects our Relationships

For Alcohol Awareness Week 2021 Leicestershire County Council will be hosting a day of free virtual workshops on Thursday 18^th November. All the workshops have been developed to help people across Leicestershire understand the impact of alcohol on relationships.

All events are available free of charge. To book your place, please click on the Eventbrite link and register your details and you will send out the joining details closer to the time.

All events are available to ALL, including members of the public, so please share widely within your networks.

• Workshop 1 9:30 – 10:15– Trauma informed practice and alcohol - Lillie Green from Leicestershire County Council: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trauma-informed-practice-and-alcohol-workshop-tickets-188415524907

• Workshop 2 11:00- 11:45 - A film with experts by experience who will tell their story about their lives and alcohol. Talking about the effects on their lives, family and how they turned their lives around: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-dependency-reflections-on-the-impact-of-relationships-tickets-188417460697

• Workshop 3 12:30-13:30 - Effects of alcohol on the body overview (45 mins) and overview of the alcohol platform and how to use it (15 minutes) – Speaker Drew Jagger from Turning Point: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/effects-of-alcohol-on-the-body-overview-how-to-use-the-alcohol-platform-tickets-188418955167

• Workshop 4 14:00- 14:45 - Outline of domestic violence, effects on victim/children, and the links between alcohol and domestic violence – Speaker Ruth Devonshire from Turning Point: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/domestic-violence-effects-and-link-between-alcohol-and-domestic-violence-tickets-188420971197