ACT Alcohol and Other Drugs Sector

  

ACT Drug Action Week Planning Group and Activities

ACT Drug Action Week 2010

Drug Action Week 2010 will be held from 20 – 26 June 2010, with the theme “Looking After YOUR Mind!”

The ACT AOD Sector Project coordinates Drug Action Week in the ACT.

About Drug Action Week

Drug Action Week is a week of activities held nationally to raise awareness about alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues in Australia and is an initiative of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA). Visit www.drugactionweek.org.au for more information about Drug Action Week nationally.

ACT Drug Action Week Planning Group

The ACT AOD Sector Project facilitates a Drug Action Week Planning Group to bring key stakeholders together to plan activities for Drug Action Week. The group is open and meetings are held in the months leading up to Drug Action Week. The meeting schedule for the Drug Action Week Planning Group is as follows:

Date Time Venue
Thursday 4 February 2 - 3pm 46 Clianthus St. O'Connor ACT
Thursday 4 March
Thursday 1 April
Thursday 6 May
Thursday 3 June

 

If you are not able to attend the meetings, you can still participate in the Group through being signed up to the mailing list, informing the group of planned activities to go on the ACT Drug Action Week Calendar of Events and raising items for discussion. If you are interested in participating in the Group in this way please contact Ben Frommel on (02) 6247 3540 or daw@aodsector.org.au.

Drug Action Week 2010 Calendar of Events and Activities in the ACT

The ACT Drug Action Week Planning Group have compiled a calendar of 39 activities and events taking place in the ACT for Drug Action Week 2010.

Download the Drug Action Week 2010 Calendar of Events and Activities in the ACT.

Launch of ACT Drug Action Week 2010 and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (new peak body)

The ACT AOD Sector Project in collaboration with the ACT Drug Action Week Planning Group and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) will be hosting the ACT Launch of Drug Action Week 2010 and ATODA.

Date: Friday 18 June 2010
Time: 10am – 12pm
Venue: Reception Room, ACT Legislative Assembly (Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City)
RSVP: Essential to Ben Frommel on daw@aodsector.org.au or (02) 6247 3540

Download the ACT Drug Action Week 2010 and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Association Launch Invite.

Third Annual ACT AOD Sector Conference

The ACT AOD Sector Project, auspiced by the Youth Coalition of the ACT in collaboration with the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Assoication ACT and the ACT Drug Action Week Planning Group will be hosting the Third Annual ACT AOD Sector Conference - All things Being Equal: Burdens of Harm.
View more information regarding the Third Annual ACT AOD Sector Conference.

Previous ACT Drug Action Weeks

ACT Drug Action Week 2009 Information

ACT Drug Action Week 2008 Information

 

For more information contact:

Ben Frommel

ACT AOD Sector Project Officer

Youth Coalition of the ACT

daw@aodsector.org.au
(02) 6247 3540