Drug and Alcohol Awareness Day
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
PRESBYTERY OF INVERNESS
CHURCH & COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
We have all seen the worrying press reports that appear regularly in the local papers.
Statistically, church visitors are almost certainly bound to visit homes where there is concern about some relative or family member who is involved with drink or drugs.
Would you like to understand these problems better, and find out more about the help and advice available?
We are inviting Ministers, Elders, Pastoral Care Team Members, Church Visitors, friends from neighbouring Presbyteries and other denominations - and anyone else who is interested in, or concerned about these issues, to come along to our:
Drug and Alcohol Awareness Day
from 9.30 am - 1 pm
on Saturday 19th April 2008
in Inshes Church, Inverness
You will be able to hear first hand from the drug and alcohol agencies operating in the Highlands. Apart from the Presentations and the Question and Answer Session there will also be an opportunity during the Coffee Break to browse "The Market Place" where you can obtain information from a variety of agencies including the Highland Drug & Alcohol Action Team, Highland Child Protection Committee, NCH Gael Og, Apex (DELTA Project), Alcohol Counselling Inverness, Health Promoting Schools and the Highland Carers Project.
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness Day Programme
9.30 am Coffee and Registration.
10.00 am Opening Worship.
10.15 am "Setting the Scene" - Suzy Calder, Highland Drug
and Alcohol Action Team.
10.30 am Session 1: "Help and Support Available for
Users and Families" - Pene Rowe,
Development Officer; and Donna Munro,
Training Officer; both with the Highland Child
Protection Committee (both of whom have a
background of substance misuse in the field).
11.15 am Coffee and the chance to browse "The Marketplace"
(stalls set up by local agencies dealing with drugs, alcohol, child protection, education, carers, etc.)
11.45 am Session 2: Open Question and Answer Session
with a Panel made up of people
working in the Church and in the
Community in this field - including
Chaplaincy, Street Pastors, Police, Education and Social Work.
12.45 pm Closing Worship led by Mr William Weatherspoon,
Moderator of Inverness Presbytery.
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To book a place on the Drug and Alcohol Awareness Day, please contact:
Vivian Roden, 15 Old Mill Road, Tomatin IV13 7YW or
E-mail favr@roden15.fsnet.co.uk by 12th April 2008.
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Some pictures from the event
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