What is Drug and Alcohol Impact?
What is Drug and Alcohol Impact?
Drug and Alcohol Impact is an accreditation programme for universities and students’ unions working in partnership, which embeds harm reduction approaches to alcohol and drug use on campus, supporting healthier, safer, and more supportive student communities.
Drug and Alcohol Impact supports institutions to demonstrate compliance with the Universities UK framework outlined in the Enabling student health and success report.
As a member of Drug and Alcohol Impact, you will be supported to:
- Take a whole campus approach: Drug and Alcohol Impact is based on partnership working, with students’ unions and universities working collaboratively to generate a whole campus shift towards a harm reduction approach to alcohol and drug use on campus.
- Break down harm reduction into key actions: Drug and Alcohol Impact criteria are broken down into 8 themes. Within each of the themes, the accreditation sets out key actions that universities and students’ unions can follow to achieve a campus-wide change.
- Develop your delivery: The accreditation schemes bring together universities and students’ unions from across the UK and Ireland, offering peer to peer support and the sharing of good practice.
- Achieve a nationally recognised award: Following a successful audit, partnerships will be awarded their accreditation, recognising their excellent practice and achievements.