Images from a Photographic Survey of the Piggery at Hammerton Farm, Wincle, April 2021

In April 2021, Jenny Wetton Conservation was commissioned to undertake a photographic survey at the Piggery at Hammerton Farm in Wincle. This collection comprises images taken as part of this photographic survey and include shots of the setting, exterior and interior of the building

In a class of its own: Introducing a new tool for understanding adolescents' perceptions of the world of drugs

Objective To describe the use of 'draw, describe and write', a tool for exploring how adolescents perceive and explain their understanding of the world of drugs, as used in the development of the Blueprint project.Design A cross-sectional study using a specifically designed research tool, including drawing and open-ended questions, used with young people aged 11-13 years to record their understanding of drug use.Setting Eight secondary schools in four areas of England.Method Open-ended questionnaire: 'Draw, describe and write' is an illuminative method based on constructive/interpretivist approaches. Respondents were invited to 'describe or draw' a young person who uses drugs. Further open-ended questions explored the drugs used, the context of drug use and the risks and benefits to the young person and the respondent.Results A response rate of 85 per cent was achieved. A random sample were analysed. The results provide a valuable insight into how 11-13 year olds perceive and understand drug use by young people. The method is acceptable to young people and their teachers and is strongly inclusive. This tool will be useful in curriculum development and in evaluation of drug education intervention studies for pupils of secondary school age range.Conclusion The method could be used in further studies whether it is important to understand young people's perceptions of the complex context of the drug using world in which they are growing up

Missed opportunities : drugs and drugs education

Increasing public concern about the extent of adolescent drinking, smoking and illicit drug use has been addressed by a number of Government initiatives. The 1996 Task Force to Review Services for Drug Misusers has recommended the development of services specifically for young people, whilst the White Paper Tackling Drugs Together (1995) recommended that youth services and other agencies aim to reduce experimental behaviour amongst adolescents not yet using drugs, and to encourage cessation and abstinence among those already initiated. Furthermore, drugs education has become a statutory part of the Science Curriculum in both primary and secondary schools, a measure further supported by two guidance documents from the Department for Education and the School Curriculum Assessment Authority. Circular 4/95 Drug Prevention and Schools, (DfE, 1995) and Drug Education: Curriculum Guidance for Schools (SCAA/DfE), essentially set out the expected broader policy and curriculum framework for schools implementing drugs education beyond the minimum statutory requirements. These policy developments have come about as a consequence of the extensive literature which shows increasing levels of substance experimentation and misuse amongst young people throughout the United Kingdom, and reflect the view evident in the White Paper, that education is a central plank of drugs prevention. This paper describes the outcomes of a collaborative project in three London Boroughs