Newham Rise is busy preparing for this year’s Alcohol Awareness Week.
This year Alcohol Awareness Week will be in the week of the 7th to the 13th of July, with a focus on Alcohol and Work.
The size of the problem:
- 19% of our alcohol users are unemployed and seeking work
- 23% of our alcohol users are in regular employment
- 29% of our alcohol users are unemployed and NOT seeking work
Our employment support partners have been instrumental in assisting our service users in securing not just any paid employment but the job of their dream.
IPS Drugs & Alcohol, Our Newham Work, and the DWP Peer Mentoring Programme, alongside BEAM have worked with great commitment and passion in ensuring every one of our clients is given the opportunity to access work.
Since our employment offer was launched with IPS in 2021, 81 service users gained employment whilst in treatment.
One question begs to be answered:
“What stops 29% of service users struggling with alcohol misuse from seeking employment?”
Whilst many of those who use our service deal with alcohol misuse, society at large remains unaware of how past traumatic experiences and present stressors can lead to developing an unhealthy relationship with alcohol.
In order to combat stigma and its toll on Newham’s residents, we decided to celebrate this year’s Alcohol Awareness Week with an open day.
On Tuesday, the 8th of July, between 10am and 4pm, the doors at our Canning Town hub will be open to all Newham residents.
Open day Programme:
- Harm Reduction Focus with Liver scan testing, BBV and Hep C testing
- Workshops on employment run by our Partners IPS, DWP and BEAM
- Workshops on Alcohol awareness with Alcohol Trivia
Timetable of events
We will be based in the community with a number of stalls and drop in times, see list below
Date | Location | Time |
Monday 7th July | NUH - In the corridor outside Zone 6 Fontanella Cafe | 11:00 - 16:00 |
Tuesday 8th July | Open Day - Alcohol Awareness and Employment Workshop - 3 Beckton Road, Canning Town, London, E16 4DE | 10:00 - 16:00 |
Wednesday 9th July | Launch Pad - 102 Winsor Terrace, E6 6LE
NUH - In the corridor around Zone 12, the entrance of the hospital corridor, closest to ED
Stratford Health Centre - 123 The Grove, London, E15 1EN | 10:00 - 13:00
11:00 - 16:00
10:00 - 15:00 |
Thursday 10th July
| Together Cafe, Stratford - Stratford Advice Arcade, 107 - 109 The Grove, London, E15 1HP | 12:00 - 16:00 |
Friday 11th July
| Forest Gate Library - Woodgrange Road, London, E7 0QH
The Forest Practice - 121 Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 0EP | 13:00 - 17:00
10:00 - 15:00 |
Saturday 12th July
| Health and Wellbeing event in partnership with Well Newham and Nagrecha Charitable Trust - Hariben Bachubai Nagrecha Hall, 202 Leyton Road, London, E155 1DY | 10:00 - 16:00 |