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<p>Education plays an important role in helping to ensure that young people are equipped</p><p>with
the information they need to make informed, healthy decisions and to keep themselves
safe.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is working on a range of actions to support
young people limit their alcohol consumption, including:</p><p>- Delivering the ‘Rise
Above’ campaign which is a digital platform that uses interactive and engaging content
to delay and prevent young people from engaging in exploratory behaviours, including
drinking alcohol.</p><p>- Helping schools to draw on expert advice and develop evidence-based
practice, including funding the Alcohol and Drug Education and Drug Education and
Prevention Information Service, run by Mentor UK.</p><p>- Managing the FRANK information
and advice service that provides tailored information and advice to young people and
to parents, to help them protect their children from drug and/or alcohol misuse.</p><p>Upper
tier authorities have been given the responsibility to improve the health of their
population, including responsibility for tackling problem drinking and commissioning
appropriate prevention and treatment services. Over the next five years, we will invest
more than £16 billion in local government public health services.</p>
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