HELP US ON OUR MISSION TO DEVELOP AN APP FOR OUR TEENS
LET'S HELP THEM TO SHAPE A GOOD FUTURE WITH INFORMATION & SUPPORT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS
1 IN 5 TEENS HAVE TRIED DRUGS BEFORE THE AGE OF 15, OFTEN WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS
WHY SUPPORT US?
Drugwatch Foundation is actively engaging with schools, delivering impactful workshops that empower children to make informed, healthy choices about drugs. With your support, we can expand our reach globally by developing an international APP that offers real-time support and guidance - helping young people everywhere make safer decisions.
THE PLANS FOR OUR APP!
Drugwatch Foundation is expanding beyond schools with a new international APP designed for teens. It offers access to workshops, clear info about drugs, real-life support, and instant help from counsellors and therapists. Whether you're looking to stay informed or need guidance after using drugs, the app is here for you - anytime, anywhere.
OUR STORY
The Drug Watch Foundation was founded in 2013 by four concerned individuals who had discovered their children had been exposed to recreational drugs.
SPONSORSHIP
With the help of fundraising, public donations, we're working toward our next big step: developing the Drug Watch app to reach and support even more young people digitally.
TESTIMONIALS
Read some testimonials from our corporate sponsors, teachers and pupils who have benefited across the UK from our drug awareness campaigns.
LATEST NEWS
REMEMBER HIS NAME
At 2pm on the 4th December my amazing, talented son started his final journey to the crematorium. After a short but beautiful service his coffin was carried to the hearse. I will never forget that day.
Billy was a happy, naughty but never boring 24 year old that was loved by everyone he met. He was a carer for adults with learning difficulties, a part time model and an aspiring photographer- and then he wasn’t.
On the 9th November Billy and his girlfriend wanted to go out and celebrate his 24th birthday but due to lockdown they couldn’t. Instead they opted to have a few drinks mixed with a little MDMA. This proved to be fatal for Billy but thankfully his girlfriend was fine.
Within hours of them both taking the MDMA Billy had a seizure and an ambulance was called. He was rushed to Worthing hospital and taken to ITU. I will never forget that phone call, it will haunt me for the rest of my life.
When I got to the hospital and was finally able to see Billy he was lying in a pool of his own blood. I was only able to hold his hand as 4 nurses were trying to stop the flow of blood from his nose, ears and eyes as his blood had stopped clotting. Billy spent 2 days in ITU and despite the best care and dedication of the staff things were not looking good. We as a family found ourselves having to make the heart breaking decision to get Billy transferred to London even though he was unlikely to survive the journey, it was his only hope of living.
That evening Billy made the journey to Kings and against the odds he survived the journey and began the frozen plasma treatment. We were told even with this if he survived his organs were failing, he would lose fingers and toes, blood was now clotting on the inside and was attacking his stomach and we had no idea what damaged had been done to his brain. On the morning of 12th November 3 days after his 24th birthday my beautiful boy suffered a cardiac arrest and they just couldn’t bring him back.
He had taken the same drug as his girlfriend. He had taken the drug recreationally before. He was not a drug addict. It was tragic.
He leaves behind a devastated family, friends and all of those who lives were made better just because he was part of it. The loss is immeasurable.
My beautiful baby boy played Russian roulette with his life and lost! Is this really a game you want to play, the stakes are just too high! Remember his name......
Drug Watch Foundation
is a drug awareness charity based in Manchester
Prison Governors Association Endorse the Work Being Undertaken by Drug Watch Foundation
WHAT DO DRUGWATCH DO?
At Drug Watch, we’re dedicated to educating and protecting young people across the UK from the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and legal highs. Thanks to fundraising, public donations, and corporate sponsorship, we currently provide our “Drugs – The Truth” resources—booklets, PowerPoint lessons, and workshops—directly to schools, giving students the facts they need to make safe, informed choices.
Our resources help teachers deliver honest, impactful lessons about the laws, risks, and long-term consequences of substance misuse. With over 50% of violent crime in the UK linked to drugs or alcohol, early education is essential.
But we’re not stopping there.
We’re now working toward building a dedicated Drug Watch app—a powerful digital platform that will bring trusted information, support tools, and prevention resources straight to young people’s fingertips, anytime, anywhere.
TEACHING
RESOURCES
Here at Drug Watch, we pride ourselves on providing the best possible teaching resources to schools in the UK
SCHOOL & COLLEGE TESTIMONIALS
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TESTIMONIALS
A WORTHWHILE CAUSE
"DHL Cannock has decided to sponsor Drug Watch because we are always looking for worthwhile causes in the local community to support.
Especially with this organisation is it something that we can all relate to in terms of knowing someone at home or work that has been affected by what Drug Watch are looking to educate people about. Most of the people at the DHL Site in Cannock have young children, brothers or sisters that need to be educated on this subject and they will all attend schools in the local area. We hope that with the sponsorship we have given to Drug Watch, it can go some way to ensure that the young people in our local community are educated in all the risks that are out there and what they could be potentially be exposed to."
DHL Cannock
A WORTHWHILE INITIATIVE
"Bedfordia recognises that young people of today are our future employees, customers and business partners. With this in mind we like to work closely with local education establishments to provide support in a variety of ways.
Drugs are an unfortunate reality of modern life that our teenagers have to face and the best way we can help them is to make them aware of the risks.
We hope Lincroft students will find the information from Drug Watch practical and helpful. If we can educate one young person about the dangers of drugs, then it will have been a worthwhile initiative."
John Ibbett, Bedfordia Group
INFORMATIVE & USEFUL
"The Drugs Awareness educational programme run by Drugs Watch educating the students of Rushden Community College is a very important contribution to the local community in and around Rushden.
Wm Morrisons Produce Rushden supports this programme and we hope pupils of Rushden Community College, their families and the College staff find the booklets valuable, informative and useful."
Morrisons, Rushden
Local Businesses help provide Drug Awareness Workshops at Schools in Ellesmere Port
Businesses based in Ellesmere Port have been helping provide Drug Awareness workshops in local high schools. Locally based business HITEX international group have been one of the major sponsors with this project!
For those of you who may not be familiar, HITEX International Group is constantly focused on promoting road safety through the manufacture and installation of high-performance reflective road marking, anti-skid/ high friction surfacing and permanent road repair products. They work with our clients to meet the evolving challenges of global road networks with fully integrated, innovative solutions for a wide range of road infrastructure projects; ultimately working together as a team to improve road safety.
Drug Watch Foundation are so happy and grateful for the support of HITEX International Group.
Drug Watch Foundation Chosen to Educate Kids Across Multiple Counties on Drug Use
Drug Watch Foundation, one of the UK’s leading drug awareness charities, has been chosen to lead on a widespread drug awareness programme across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and Yorkshire. The charity is engaging with School’s and MP’s in these areas to provide education and awareness to children in School’s of the dangers of drug use.
The charity which was founded in 2013 by a number of concerned parents, has gone from strength to strength and has delivered drug awareness courses to over 60 schools across the UK alone since its inception, with the charity aiming to double the amount of coverage over the next 18 months.
The charities leadership team all had first hand, traumatic experiences of drug use within their own families, due to drug addiction which led them to form the charity.
The Project Manager at Drug Watch commented -
“We are really proud of what we have achieved so far with the charity. We have built a number of successful relationships with MP’s, Councils and Schools across the UK and we are looking forward to spreading the word even further over the coming years. Our mission is to bring drug awareness to as many children as we can across the UK. We believe that by educating the children early in their lives, this will hand them knowledge of the pitfalls of drug usage.”
The programme delivered by Drug Watch Foundation sees experienced educators team up alongside former drug addicts to deliver Drug Awareness workshops to children within School’s. The programmes have been honed since the formation of the charity to really make an impact on the children during the sessions to ensure that the workshops are valuable and well received by the children.
Brian Carroll, Senior Education Consultant at Drug Watch Foundation has been working alongside the charity to build the drug awareness workshops experience. Caroll, who held the position of Head of Student Experience at Chesterfield College for thirteen years and is now part of the Drug Watch Foundation leadership team said –
“I can’t stress how important it is that School’s make investment into this programme with Drug Watch Foundation. School’s are responsible for offering students guidance not just in education but also in life skills too and with the UK’s recreational drug usage on the increase, we believe that by working together with School’s we can really begin to stem the flow of drug usage which will help the students but also the School’s too in examination results.”
For more information on Drug Watch Foundation and how they can help your School, please contact us on:
www.drugwatchfoundation.co.uk
Prison Governors Association Endorse the Work Being Undertaken by Drug Watch Foundation
The Prison Governors Association are fully in support of the work being undertaken by Drug Watch Foundation, educating young people so that they are fully aware of the effects and dangers that drugs can have on them.
Our prisons are full of individuals who have turned to crime in order to support a drug habit that often started in their teenage years. Educating young people about drugs is a sensible and effective way in helping them make informed choices which hopefully will mean that they will never become involved with taking drugs.
The Prison Governors’ Association commends the work being done by Drug Watch Foundation and wishes them every success in obtaining funding for this very worth while initiative.
CML
helps Drug Watch Foundation
run educational workshops for students at
Lutterworth High School
As part of its ongoing commitment to support the local community, CML has announced that it has donated £400 to the Drug Watch Foundation (DWF). The contribution from CML has enabled the foundation to donate 200 information packs to a local school, Lutterworth High School, which formed the basis of their workshops about the dangers, health and social implications of drug and alcohol abuse.
For more information about CML or to find out more about its services, visit www.cmlplc.com.
The workshops, which will be led by one of DWF’s Trustees, Brian Carroll, will also promote active lifestyles, positive behaviour and demonstrate how young people can build self-esteem amongst one another. Commenting on the support it has received from CML, at Drug Watch Foundation, said:
“I can’t stress how important it is for young people to understand the dangers involved with drugs and alcohol. We are delighted that with CML’s support, we can speak to students from Lutterworth High School and raise awareness of the dangers of recreational drugs and alcohol abuse. On behalf of everyone at DWF, I would like to thank CML for their donation and we look forward to working with them in the future.”
CML’s Commercial Director, Kerry Delaney, said: “CML is committed to giving back to the local community, so when the opportunity arose to support the DWF and give students from Lutterworth High School the opportunity to learn about the dangers of recreational drugs and alcohol abuse, we were keen to get involved. Charity fundraising is an integral part of CML’s ethos, so we are proud to be supporting DWF and help it spread an important message that will educate young people and reduce anti social behaviour in the community.”