Voluntary organisation – last updated: 4 January 2009
Primary interest: Substance abuse
Area of activity: Education & Learning
Primary beneficiaries: Child (5-11 years), Young person (11-15 years)
Telephone: 0118 969 7758
Fax: 0118 969 7758
Email: info@arcadeuk.org Web site: www.arcadeuk.org
Amethyst works to enable young people to make informed choices and reach their full potential. We do this through life skills based on alcohol and other drug education. We use experiential learning to raise self esteem, help develop choice-making skills and give age appropriate drug information. We involve parents in some of our projects and hope to develop their involvement further by engaging in community-based projects and by acquiring a building to house more participative projects.
At present our projects work with children and young people between the age of 7 and 13. Amethyst provides four main projects at present.
Hands up puppets - Year 3 pupils
Amaze - Year 6 pupils
Into the Unknown - Year 8 pupils
4 What it's Worth - Year 9 pupils
In 2005 7500 children and young people across Berkshire experienced one of our projects
Mr Kevin Woods - Executive Director
