1. Interview Prep Sheet
Date & Time of interview
Journalist/interviewer Contact information
Lydia Cooke 11272382lydiacooke@gmail.com
Interviewee Contact information
Jayne Cooke Jayne.cooke@hotmail.com
Location/venue of interview
The interview will take place in the interviewee’s home in Walkden,
Manchester.
Recording methods With a voice recorder.
Purpose of interview To inform, and educate my
audience.
Topic
How much damage is alcohol creating towards teenagers that are
underage and 18 in the Manchester area, and how is it affecting these
teenagers and the NHS itself. What could the consequences be if too
much alcohol is consumed and are teenagers aware of this information?
Planned questions
Do you type a lot of reports upon alcohol related abuse by teenagers,
and is it usually caused by consuming too much alcohol?
Do you come across a large percentage of these teenagers being
underage and what is your opinion on underage drinking?
What do you think it does to the mentality of these teenagers and 18
year olds? Are they damaging themselves?
Do you think there is anything our community could do to put a stop to
underage drinking? And what would you do to stop it?
How much does alcohol abuse in general costthe economy? For
example ambulances, doctors time.
2. Findings
Alcohol Concern set up the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC). It’s a group of
young people from across the country who are working to review alcohol advertising to
see whether it is targeting under-18s and reports circumstances where it feels that the
rules have been breached.
The charity also launched the campaign It’s The Drink Talking, which has been designed
to support young people aged 13-24 across England and Wales. It actively involves
young people, giving them the chance to have their say on alcohol and how it affects
them. You can find out more about It’s The Drink Talking here.
The Youth Alcohol Summit was first held in February 2014 and there are more to come
in the future. The idea is to bring children and young people together from all over the
country to try and tackle the impact of alcohol in their local areas, with the intention of
calling on policymakers to start making changes. The summit is part of the It’s The Drink
Talking project and gives young people the opportunity to actively try and influence
change by highlighting how current policies affect them.
if you're under eighteen, you're advised not to drink because the body is less well equipped
to cope with the effects of alcohol, physically and emotionally - your liver's not fully
developed (your liver breaks down the toxins in alcohol) and neither is your brain. This is
why the UK Chief Medical Officers in 2009 issued guidance for under 18s suggesting that an
alcohol free childhood is the best option, but that at age 15 some use in supervised
situations is acceptable.
No ID no sale – if you look younger even if you are 18 years old shopkeepers still have
that power not to serve your if they are not sure about your age.
3. I found this picture which shows the different percentages of alcohol in different sizes of
drinks. This picture was found from www.drinkaware.com and is useful to inform and
educate my audience.
Alcohol abuseis costing
the UK 6billiona year -
Alcohol abuse could be costing
the UK up to £6 billion a year in
NHS bills, premature death,
losses to business and drink-
related crimes and accidents,
it was claimed today.
A study by the Royal College of
Physicians said drink- related
health problems could account for up to 12% of total NHS spending on hospitals, about £3
billion.
But campaigners said that with the estimated £3 billion lost through absenteeism,
unemployment, premature deaths and alcohol-related crimes and accidents the total cost of
excessive drinking is £6 billion.
They called on the Government to speed up publication of its long-awaited strategy for
reducing alcohol misuse in the UK.
The RCP report estimated that treating alcohol misuse cost the NHS between 2% and 12% of
its total expenditure on hospitals.
In addition, one in five patients admitted to hospital for illnesses unrelated to alcohol have a
potentially dangerous drinking habit.
Studies have shown that 15% of women and 27% of men are drinking more than weekly
recommended levels.
The RCP report said teenage drinking was increasing, with more than half of 14 and 15 year
olds admitting to hitting the bottle in the previous week.
