In the last few months I have seen many commercials on the following: how smoking can damage our health, how eating too much sugar can increase our chances of diabetes, how gambling can cause depression and ruin our lives, how ICE can kill….yet I am still waiting for commercials to identify the damage alcohol causes to…
Over the last few months I have had a surge in 15-16 year old celebrations. We are not talking about 100 friends we are now talking 200 plus. From my experience and talking to many young people at these parties they have indicated the lack of assistance and awareness in regards to survival…
This weekend alcohol will again be in the spot light. Leading up to this weekend, I noticed alcohol advertising is everywhere. More then usual. The attached image of the newspaper promotes current alcohol bargains Today I have been sent the following link written by Paul Dillon in regards to alcohol abuse within our community. I…
No this is not another blame ICE story! In fact the only ice that may be around this article is the cold cubes that keep our drinks cold. Today on the news, 3 stories related to booze but still we seem to focus on ICE The road carnage on the weekend where a teenager lost…
What does it take for hosts and parents to realise that if you don’t manage the alcohol at your party (BYO or Supply) then it will be a disaster. You are putting not only the kids at your party at risk but providing a diabolical situation for any emergency services that attend to clean up…
I am sadly noticing an increase in UBER drivers at teenage parties. Most of the UBER drivers are booked via their parents. As a mother of a teenager, I would not allow my child to be transported via an UBER driver. It just gives me a sick feeling. I am trusting a person…
By far alcohol abuse is still causing more headaches then any legal or illegal drug. In addition to our teenagers pre loading prior to ‘alcohol free’ underage events, some of these kids are also topping up on synthetic pills. If you allow your kids to attend these events make sure you ask plenty of questions…
I am very pleased to announce that I have been appointed as the Victorian Director of the Security Providers Association of Australia (SPAAL). I am very excited to be apart of this security association. I have been nominated for the Executive Board which was established in 1966 and operates Nationally, being an Approved…
In addition to the growing concern of teenagers purchasing legal synthetic drugs on line we now have an additional issue with Powdered Alcohol. Powdered Alcohol is nothing new however accessibility will now be easier for our young teenagers to purchase on line. The item can be easily ordered via a website and mailed…
I can’t tell you how important it is to have fantastic staff. This is a blog to compliment staff members for continually providing excellent service and to go beyond their job description and their obligations as a crowd controller whilst working for U-nome Security. In addition to dealing with, at times, difficult patrons, they…