A number of events are taking place at venues throughout Mayo to mark the Western Region Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week, which is taking place from the 12th to 16th of November.
The events are being organized by the Mayo Sports Partnership in association with the Western Region Drugs Task Force (WRDTF), Mayo County Development Board and South West Mayo Development Company.
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Pat Conway, Mayo Community Liaison Worker, who was the initiator of the idea, said: “We want to help reduce the harm caused to people and families across Mayo by the misuse of alcohol and drugs. In order to do this, we have to first look at the way in which alcohol and drugs are an integral part of our culture and how we socialise. We do not see alcohol as a drug. We can’t begin to change this until we confront it.”
Mayo Alcohol and Drug Awareness Week Highlights
Castlebar
Nov 12 11am Launch, Breaffy House Hotel
Nov 13 11am Sozzled, launch of social norms and alcohol campaign, GMIT
Nov 13 2pm Alcohol and Pregnancy Don’t Mix, Mayo General Hospital
Nov 14 7:30pm Achieving Success in Sport: What Does it Take? Breaffy House Hotel
Nov 15 10 – 6:30pm Candle of Hope, Holy Rosary Church
Ballina
Nov 13 11am Community Information Day, Ballina Family Resource Centre
Nov 13 6-8pm Alternative to Drug and Alcohol Indoor Soccer Tournament with Andy Moran, Ballina Community Sports Centre
Westport
Nov 15 11am 50/50 Phone a Friend Coffee Morning, Castlecourt Hotel
Belmullet
Nov 13 7:30pm The Sins of the Mother, Directed by Edith Geraghty, Aras Inis Gluaire, Civic Centre, Belmullet, Guest Speaker: Cynthia Silva Sr. Psychologist Early Intervention, Disability
Achill
Nov 14 12pm Community Information Afternoon, Corr Acla
Foxford
Nov 16 @ 9:30 am Irish Culture and Alcohol: Is there a problem? TY debate, St Joseph’s Secondary School
Source: Mayotimes.ie, 07/11/12
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