The father of Amy Winehouse will launch a major new drug and alcohol education programme today.
Mitch Winehouse will demand changes to the way children are taught about drugs and alcohol in school.
Mitch Winehouse has warned that a generation of children are being put at risk by “woefully underfunded” drug and alcohol education.
Mr Winehouse said there was a “worrying knowledge gap” about substance misuse among young people, as he prepares to join forces with comic Russell Brand to launch an education programme for schools.
The Amy Winehouse Foundation Resilience Programme will be rolled out to 50 secondary schools across the UK. It will provide a free, confidential phone and online service for young people, supported by Childline.
“Everyone wants their kids to make informed choices when it comes to drugs and alcohol,” Mr Winehouse said. “But it’s such a complicated subject to understand – especially when you look at all the new legal highs that have appeared over the past few years – that it’s no wonder parents feel in the dark about what to do.
Singer Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning in July 2011.
