Minutes of NUCF
Date: 26/11/2015
Location: Plummer Court
Chair:
Apologies: None
Update on Client Advisory Groups and Events
Trading Places – Usual update given to
new members as to what Trading Places is. No issues on Sunday 28 people through
the doors. Christmas party to be on Sunday 20th December. Rota
established for the next 2 weeks and people agreed what weeks they would be
attending.
Monday and Wednesday Plummer Court –
No issues except more volunteers would be very useful. Times for the two groups
were recommunicated – Monday 11.00-1.00 and Wednesday 1.00-3.00.
Recovery Clinic – Terry explained the
recovery clinic and the fact that there are virtually no clients engaging with
it. View from Plummer Ct is totally different so there seems to be a breakdown
in communication. Andy to follow up.
Naloxone Training – Andy gave an
update on the Naloxone training roll out that had included 2 people from the
forum. Excellent training covering administering Naloxone and additional first
aid support. Specific session to be put together for the forum.
Guest
speaker: Natalie Goodman – Public Health Practitioner (Alcohol)
Natalie introduced herself and
explained that she was going to talk about licensing and alcohol use and
prevention. Specifically around young people’s alcohol awareness and is the
city safe i.e. what’s happening on the ground.
Talked about the inappropriateness of
some marketing and advertising around the city and was it being displayed in
the right places? E.g. alcohol advertising outside Plummer Ct.
Comments around trying to promote
recovery more on bill boards, poster and TV
Feedback that it was good how quickly
the poster outside of Plummer had been removed.
Natalie asked that if the members saw
any examples of inappropriate advertising could they take pictures with time,
date and location and email to herself or Andy.
Question
Can the council
influence how drink is sold in licensed premises e.g. triple shots?
We can try, the Police can be informed
and there can be conditions added to the licence around timings of opening and
music.
Comments added that some coffee shops
now have licences and that all licensed premises have a duty of care to their
customers inside and outside their premises.
Question
Venues in Durham are
selling stimulant drinks with inappropriate packaging and marketing e.g.
pictures of drugs on them. Also does the council look at where licensed
premises are being opened in conjunction with treatment centres or recovery
services.
All the premises have to apply for a
licence so their location is looked at when the application is made. Also
conditions can be added to the licence at a later date. The council will work
with the advertising standards to try and influence what can appear in the
advertising packaging.
Question
Can drinks be put
into different containers or have the inappropriate marketing blanked out
mirroring what is happening in the tobacco industry?
This is the next stage for alcohol.
Alcohol is about 15 years behind the tobacco industry when it comes to the advertising
of its products. Very difficult to implement this as it would cost the
Government a fortune to implement.
Question
What work is being
dome with the Universities? (Example given of seeing students with trolleys
full of beer).
Newcastle University actually lead on
alcohol minimisation. During freshers week 80% of the events had no alcohol
themes.
Question
Can companies who put
up bus stop advertising and signs etc be contacted to put up more positive
messages? Can we use the council camera vans to police these?
Good idea Natalie will investigate.
The council will not put alcohol
related advertising on their owned bill boards but have less control over
rented out space. Ultimate aim is to have no alcohol advertising on any of
these boards.
Asks of the forum:
Take pictures of inappropriate
advertising
Feedback on inappropriate siting of
licenced premises
Feedback and complain about alcohol
adverts in cinemas that are inappropriate for the age of the people in the
cinema.
DDN
Andy
explained that the DDN conference was a national event that the forum had
attended regularly. The next event is in Birmingham in February. This would be
an agenda point moving forward to see how many people would like to go and the
best option for transport.
Christmas
Parties
Joint NUCF Christmas party is now on
17/12/2015 at St John’s Church, Grainger Street 11.00-3.00
Trading Places party will be on
2o/12/2015 11.00-2.00
Every one invited to both parties and
volunteers needed for the Trading Places party.
Road
to Recovery Trust AGM
Property for Newcastle dry bar has now
been secured and the AGM will include a tour of the building on 3/12/2015. All
full members are welcome to attend, application forms for membership were made
available.
Forum
Charter and Responsibilities Presentations
The above documents that the forum
wrote, reviewed and submitted have been signed off and will be rolled out to
all front line staff in January. From here the 1 page documents will be
displayed in services around Newcastle. Members of the forum have been asked to
lead on roll out and names of people who want to be involved are needed before
Christmas. Send names to Andy.
AOB
Terry gave an update on the experts by
experience group visit to Stoke and some great learnings. He will also liaise
with Oaktrees in N Shields around a possible forum there or some more joint
working with the NUCF.
Remembrance and Hope event is on
3/12/2015 3.00pm at Brunswick Church. All welcome.
Next forum: 10/12/2015
Guest speaker: Sarah Blakey from active
inclusion
Location: Bridge View
Chair: Terry
Minutes: Richard
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