by WRA Admin | Sep 24, 2020 | Awareness, Road Safety, Walk To School Month, WRA Blog
October is International Walk To School month, a campaign set up by Living Streets who are on a mission to increase the number of students who walk to school. Their five-day walking challenge encourages primary school children to walk, cycle, or park and stride...
by WRA Admin | Sep 24, 2020 | Alcohol, Go Sober For October, Macmillan Cancer Support, WRA Blog
This year, Macmillan Cancer Support are challenging people to go sober and raise money to help people living with cancer. If you don’t fancy the full challenge of going sober for the entire month, there are also shorter options of a 14 or 21 day challenge. All you...
by WRA Admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Alcohol, Awareness, Coronavirus, WRA Blog
Since COVID-19 restrictions were introduced in the UK, speculation has arisen regarding how the drinking behaviour of people has changed in response to the measures. The impression that the UK is a ‘nation of binge drinkers’ remains, despite pubs being closed during...
by WRA Admin | Sep 8, 2020 | Awareness, Drugs, Nitrous Oxide, WRA Blog
What is Nitrous Oxide? Nitrous Oxide, or ‘Laughing Gas’, is extremely popular amongst young people in the UK due to its cheap price and easy availability. The cannisters can be purchased over the internet for as little as 99p and can often be found in corner shops....
by WRA Admin | Sep 4, 2020 | Gambling, Loot Boxes, Video Gaming, WRA Blog
As technology has advanced in the last decade, video game developers around the world have discovered more ways of monetising their products beyond the initial sale price. The most popular feature for developers to implement has been micro-transactions. These are...
