Pilot of life skills and alcohol education in schools

In the UK, as part of the commitment made to the government to fund a pilot of life skills and alcohol education in schools with a startup cost of £250,000, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) was in 2015 granted £50,000 over two years from the Brewers’ Research and Education Fund to contribute to the funding of this pledge. In addition a number of BBPA members have contributed to the fund. Research shows that equipping young people with the life skills that they need can help to ensure a balanced and healthy attitude to alcohol in later life. The funding is going towards trialling the best approach to delivering this education. LEAF is the new charitable foundation, specifically set up to provide a barrier between funders and the delivery of education programmes in schools. LEAF will commission evaluation and reporting of delivery of the programmes in schools.