At a special charity event earlier this week at Wellacre Technology College in Flixton, QUIT’s Children’s Champion Duncan Bannatyne (Dragon’s Den) and one of the charity’s Vice Presidents Dr Chris Steele (This Morning) helped raise awareness for the £50,000 needed for a youth project in Manchester and the North West.
In Manchester, children’s smoking rates have increased by 5% in two years,* and the new project – run by QUIT’s youth service Quit Because – would include a full time Youth Presenter, presentations in schools and youth clubs, stop smoking groups and resources for 8-18 year olds across the North West of England. In the Manchester area alone, this project would reach around 17,000 young people.
The Quit Because team presented to Year 8’s at Wellacre Technology College, where they took part in a quiz and saw a fun and informative ‘ingredients’ show, demonstrating some of the 4,000 chemicals found in a cigarette. The event also saw the launch of QUIT’s new youth resource - Inhale This. The interactive booklet is aimed at educating young teenagers about the effect of smoking on their lungs, and features 3D pages, pop ups, games, quizzes and more.
Local businesses, including WorkLife Magazine and public health figures were also invited to meet Duncan, Chris and the QUIT team over a lunchtime networking session arranged by local networking forum, Rejuvenate, and stayed to watch the presentations to the Year 8 pupils.
Read more in our next issue as we grill the Dragon himself and find out more about his work with QUIT
Words by Anna-Louise
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