Reduce Drinking Methods
The best way to reduce drinking at an event is not to shock people with messages about the harms of alcohol or even to give harm-reduction advice, but by changing the culture of the event so alcohol isn’t the focus. If you show, not tell, that there are great alternatives to drinking, you avoid alienating your target audience and increase your chances of connecting with them.
The key is to offer equally attractive non-alcoholic beverages. We’re talking way more than just soft drinks – you want someone to spot a unique beverage, like a fresh drinking coconut, and think ‘I want that’. Consider contacting a local or larger business to do something special for the event, or your CDAT might want to run their own drinks booth.
Who is active in trying to prevent alcohol and drug harms through safe partying initiatives? For example, local councils, youth groups, police, Lions/Rotary clubs, churches, schools and universities are good organisations to contact.
The key is to offer equally attractive non-alcoholic beverages. We’re talking way more than just soft drinks – you want someone to spot a unique beverage, like a fresh drinking coconut, and think ‘I want that’. Consider contacting a local or larger business to do something special for the event, or your CDAT might want to run their own drinks booth.
Who is active in trying to prevent alcohol and drug harms through safe partying initiatives? For example, local councils, youth groups, police, Lions/Rotary clubs, churches, schools and universities are good organisations to contact.
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