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Family Centred Time Training....

Daniel Rostron 15 May 2013
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Free training opportunity!
  Family Centred Time – a successful family intervention model Early Break, a nationally renowned substance misuse service for young people and families,  is delighted to issue this invitation to qualified (at least two years) person-centred counsellors who would be willing to join a pilot training group to develop, deliver and disseminate this impressive family int... Read More

Shisha Pipes - What do you know?

Daniel Rostron 08 May 2013
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Shisha pipes are a recent trend in the UK. More and more young people are taking up shisha smoking as it is becomes increasingly available in bars and cafes around UK, however, what do we really know about shisha pipes? How harmful are they and finally what other names do people use to describe shisha smoking?   What is a Shisha pipe? There are two parts that make a shisha pipe; Firstly, shish... Read More

Festival Safety!

Daniel Rostron 29 April 2013
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The sun is shining, the music is banging and you’re at the festival to have the best weekend of your Summer! So you’re probably not thinking about how to get back to your tent, or what happens if you drink too much cider. Luckily we’ve put together some simple tips to keep you safe, leaving you free to enjoy all the fun of the festival...   Safety in numbers Stay in groups of friends and be tol... Read More

The Marathon Draws Near....

Daniel Rostron 22 April 2013
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This Sunday sees our team of Early Break Champions take to the streets to participate in the Greater Manchester Marathon to raise money for Early Break.  

With less than a week to go we caught up with some of our runners to find out how their training is going....

“WOW, I can’t believe that it is finally here! Weeks and weeks of training (and a few injuries) have now all but come to an end a... Read More

More Tier One Training!

Daniel Rostron 03 April 2013
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Early Break is delivering drug and alcohol awareness training for professionals working with young people and families who live in the Rochdale Borough.

The training is aimed at raising awareness around substances that are used by young people, introduce the interventions that are delivered by Early Break to address substance misuse issues faced by young people, provide professionals with a brie... Read More

Holding Families Promotional DVD...

Daniel Rostron 19 March 2013
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Brief for Holding Families promotional /educational DVD

Early Break would like to create a promotional/ brief educational DVD for the Holding Families Service. Holding Families is a service that supports children, parents and families with problems associated with significant parental substance misuse. Children and adults needs are dealt with and responded to at the same time.   The service... Read More

COA Week

Daniel Rostron 13 February 2013
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How Holding Families Supports Children And Young People Affected By Parental Drug and Alcohol Use....

This week is National Children of Alcoholics Week led by NACOA http://www.coaweek.org/about/ which Early Break fully support.
http://news.sky.com/story/1050017/children-of-alcoholics-face-ongoing-struggle - "Children of Alcoholics Face Ongoing Struggle"

Holding Families is a service that sup... Read More

International visitors!

Daniel Rostron 29 January 2013
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Students from The University College, Karel de Grote in Belgium visited Early Break. Sirka, Caro, Isabelle and Nikki met with Shakila to discuss how Early Break delivers interventions to young people and families to address substance related issues.   The students are studying Socia-Educational Care Work in the Department of applied Social Studies in Antwerp, Belgium. They are hoping to take the... Read More

"Every Action Has Consequences"

Daniel Rostron 21 January 2013
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Mark and Andrew, Advocacy Workers in East Lancashire, both attended a conference last week called "Every Action Has Consequences - Next Steps"  The event was made up of a group of workshops and drama presentations which were put together to educate a group of professionals on how to deliver an education pack named "Every Action Has Consequences" which includes DVD footage to watch, drama workshops... Read More

Marathon Blog Recap!

Daniel Rostron 11 January 2013
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The 2013 Manchester Marathon is fast approaching and we are currently looking for people who wish to get involved and run the marathon to help raise money for Early Break!  We've had a great response so far with 6 individuals and 2 relay teams looking to participate!

We thought now would be a great time to dig up Rhyse and Carl's marathon blog from last year for those who missed it last year, it'... Read More
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