Free drugs workshop for Kettering parents to help tackle county lines
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Parents and carers in Kettering are being offered a free workshop to help tackle drug use and dealing in children.
Hope UK, a Christian drug education charity based in Kettering, are hosting the workshop on Tuesday, March 17.
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Hide AdThe charity say 50,000 young people are currently involved in gangs and county lines, which is where a network of people transport drugs from bigger cities to smaller towns and rural areas.
Hope UK said Northamptonshire Police are currently aware of 15 county lines in Kettering.
In April 2019, the Northants Telegraph reported on the police's efforts to tackle 16 county lines in the town.
The charity aims to help parents, carers and youth workers to support children to make drug-free choices.
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Hide AdThe session will cover how to identify drug-using behaviour, how to talk to children about drugs, and how to help children make drug-free choices.
Hope UK said 50 per cent of young people would not talk to their parents about drugs.
The charity has trained drug educators who work in schools, colleges and youth clubs to educate children.
The issue of children involved in drug dealing has grown in recent years, with Hope UK reporting that convictions of young people aged 10-17 for Class A drug possession with intent to supply has increased by 77 per cent since 2012.
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Hide AdThe event is free and will be held at Christ the Kind Church, Deeble Road, Kettering, at 7.30pm on Tuesday, March 17.
If you are interested in attending the free event, you can sign up here: www.hopeuk.org/events/lets-talk-about-drugs/.