The ECC+C is honoured to be promoting such a worthwhile campaign created and driven by the truly extraordinary Mr Steve Evans, a Paramedic with a powerful message for young people whose lives are blighted by binge drinking.

More information can be found on our Social Action website, SALVE!

Don't Walk Away

A Merseyside paramedic’s campaign to tackle teenage binge-drinking has been taken up as an example of good practice by alcohol abuse teams in France, Jersey and South Africa. Steve Evans, who works for North West Ambulance Service, has won numerous awards for his Don’t Walk Away campaign designed to teach young people to deal with the consequences of alcohol abuse.

Since he started the campaign more than five years ago he has distributed more than 10,000 packs of information consisting of posters, first aid advice leaflets, power point presentations, lesson plans and DVDs, via schools, youth organisations and simply meeting youngsters on the streets round the region. Don’t Walk Away takes a hands-on approach to giving young people the knowledge about what to do when one of their group has consumed too much alcohol, by telling them how to put a person into the recovery position to prevent choking, what to do with an unconscious person, how to make the area safe and how to prevent hypothermia.

Please click onto the link below to view Steve's Powerpoint Presentation and below that, a video recording of a GMTV special report.