Party safe and injury prevention

We motivate young people to consider their own expectations and beliefs around responsible drinking choices.

Our tools, strategies and activities

This workshop compliments the Australian Curriculum and Child Protection Curriculum and can be adapted to suit specific concerns. The program is designed to teach young people how to party safe by:

• Encouraging them to make positive choices when socialising and celebrating with their friends
• Encouraging them how to develop their social responsibility within the community
• Informing them of the latest research on alcohol use and adolescent brain development
• Exploring the dangers and consequences of illicit alcohol and drug use and how both can affect them
• Discussing party fights, relationships and getting home safely from a party
• Discussing key strategies to prevent or deal with those situations
• Discussing First Aid and what to do when things go wrong
• Providing tips and ideas on how to party safely

We also look at what makes someone more vulnerable, the responsibilities that young people can take charge of to keep themselves and their friends safe as well as the positive and negative risky situations they may face (i.e. peer pressure, underage drinking, drug use).

The students will participate in a range of interactive activities to help them process the realities of alcohol and drug use, the role of peer pressure, the community and other influences.

Workshop activities include multi-media presentations, films, group discussions and work, role playing, games and other activities.

We can offer motivational speakers at an additional charge to compliment this workshop.  Click here for more information. 

Before the Party

• Register with Local Police Station or www.mynite.com.au
• Make your party an invitation only event. Tell your guests to show their invitation when they arrive!
• Don’t advertise your party on the internet or through text messaging
• Keep the party inside or in the back yard, not in the front yard as this encourages gatecrashers
• Provide adult supervision
• Have lockout times
• Bag checks
• Allocate a lockable room for valuables. Close off rooms you don’t want guests to use
• Relevant phone numbers in case of emergency
• Emergency exit areas. Clear house of fire hazards
• Organise security or someone to be on the door
• Remove extra alcohol in the house
• Let neighbours know about your party and the number of people you are expecting

During the Party

• Supervising adults/ parent presence
• Monitor noise levels. Excessive noise will probably result with a police visit
• Finger food served by parents – to mingle and not linger around your teen and their friends
• Provide non-alcoholic drinks. Mocktails are safe and fun to make
• Remember, it is an offence for alcohol to be served or provided to minors (under 18).
• Have only one entry/ exit to make it easier to control who attends the party
• Certain areas off limits
• Lockout times
• Continued security throughout the event
• Have fun!!!!

After the Party

• Put finish time on invites
• Switch lights on when the party is over
• Turn music off when the party is over
• Group pick ups. Ensure everyone has a way of getting home
• Plan a wind-down time leading up to the finish, turning down music etc.
• Have taxi and bus details handy (transport info line 131 500 or www.131500.com.au)
• Clean up glass/ bottles
• Encourage people to stay the night where and when possible
• Check rooms that were open to guests (if someone is in trouble)