Alcohol role play roll-out

A TEACHING pack which gets children to act out drunken roles in a bid to teach them about alcohol is to be rolled out across Scotland after being hailed as a success in seven East Lothian primary schools.

The role play, called Alcohol Interactive, aims to educate 10 and 11-year-olds about safe levels of drinking instead of the "just say no" approach.

The initiative is run by two former drama students, Kimberley Bale and Kirsty Hunt, both 23, who developed the project at Queen Margaret University.

Ms Bale said: "We had originally planned to go in about the 13-14 age group but we found that it was possibly too late as in some cases children had already formed their opinions on alcohol, So we took the decision to go in before most children had tried alcohol."