{"id":352,"date":"2025-08-15T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/?p=352"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:50:39","slug":"county-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/county-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"County Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is County Lines?<\/h2>\n

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Gangs and organised criminal networks export illegal drugs out of\u00a0bigger cities into smaller towns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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They use dedicated mobile phone lines to make drug deals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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They can exploit children and vulnerable adults to move and store drugs and money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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They will often use coercion, intimidation, violence and weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YqKonIODi8o”][vc_column_text]Anywhere Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • 15 – 16 years old is the most common age of children being used to courier drugs.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Both boys and girls are exploited.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • White British children are targeted.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Often social media is used to make initial contact.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Class A drug users are often targeted so that gangs can cuckoo them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Education Resources<\/h2>\n
    Drug and alcohol education<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Cover the statutory Health Education requirements with our drug and alcohol lesson packs<\/p>\n

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    The PSHE Association drug and alcohol schemes of work for key stages 1-4 have been developed for Public Health England. This pack includes lesson plans and resources for each key stage \u2014 with knowledge organisers included \u2014 as well as a comprehensive teacher guidance document, a briefing on the evidence base underpinning effective drug and alcohol education, and governors\u2019 briefing. Interactive PowerPoint lesson plans are also available, for members of the Association.<\/p>\n

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    Drugs and alcohol education for pupils with SEND<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Support pupils with SEND to explore the facts, laws, risks and consequences associated with drug and alcohol use, as well as the dangers of household products and prescribed medications.<\/p>\n

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    These lesson plans and slides are designed to be used flexibly, and can be adapted to meet the needs and abilities of your pupils. Each lesson provides several main activities for you to choose from, which are based on the progression stages outlined in our Planning Framework for Pupils with SEND.<\/p>\n

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    Preventing Involvement in Serious and Organised Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The lesson plans from the Home Office are designed to prevent young people becoming involved in serious and organised crime.<\/p>\n

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    The Year 7 lesson will help students recognise unsafe or coercive friendships. The Year 9 lesson explores the impact of serious and organised crime directly, including the example of young people involved in drugs supply with a focus on county lines (transporting drugs across counties).<\/p>\n

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    Vaping<\/strong><\/p>\n

    KS3 form time activities<\/p>\n

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    In these 3 form time sessions, students learn about social pressures around vaping, its impact, and the effects of nicotine on the adolescent brain.<\/p>\n

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    Vaping year 9 lesson pack<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Consequences of vaping and challenging the influences that might encourage young people to vape<\/p>\n

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    A year 9 lesson exploring the consequences of vaping and challenging the influences that might encourage young people to vape. Designed to follow on from the Year 9 lessons in our existing suite of drug and alcohol education lessons, this lesson will help students understand the impact of influences, influencers and marketing on vaping-related choices and behaviours, explain the consequences of vaping, including the environmental cost of e-cigarettes, analyse ways to challenge influences and misconceptions about vaping<\/p>\n

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    What is County Lines? Gangs and organised criminal networks export illegal drugs out of\u00a0bigger cities into smaller towns. They use dedicated mobile phone lines to make drug deals. They can exploit children and vulnerable adults to move and store drugs and money. They will often use coercion, intimidation, violence and weapons. Anywhere Kids Delivered as a collaboration with the Humber Modern Slavery Partnership, Anywhere Kids is an animation created by My Pockets which demonstrates the consequences around being groomed and exploited. 15 – 16 years old is the most common age of children being used to courier drugs. Both boys and girls are exploited. White British children are targeted. Often social media is used to make initial contact. Class A drug users are often targeted so that gangs can cuckoo them. Education Resources … <\/i>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"themecat":[],"location":[],"cattype":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guidance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"themecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/themecat?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"cattype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcdhub.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cattype?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}