PROGRAMME
1.00 – 1.30 Registration and tea/coffee
1.30 – 1.35 Introduction from the Chair: Joy Barlow
1.35 – 2.35 Keynote speech:
The Globalisation of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit - Professor Bruce Alexander
2.35 - 3.00 Scottish culture, values and well-being: Carol Craig
3.00 – 3.20 Break
3.20 – 4.00 Post cards from Scotland:
- What children and young people tell ChildLine in Scotland about harmful parental drinking – (Alison Wales, NSPCC’s ChildLine Service in Scotland
- 'Drinking to belong' – young people's drink culture (Pete Seaman, GCPH)
- The links with violence – Tales from the Violence Reduction Unit (Karyn McLuskey, Violence Reduction Unit)
- Hope and recovery for those misusing drink and drugs (Kim McGinley, Includem - Member of the Independent Inquiry into Drugs and Alcohol)
4.00 – 4.45 What next? Facilitated large-group session: Professor Phil Hanlon
4.45 – 5.00 Closing comments: Rev. John Matthews Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Drugs and Alcohol
Evaluations and plans for follow-up
