“Students and staff across 10 of Ireland’s third level institutions have been recognised for their efforts to reduce harm experienced by students from excessive alcohol consumption with a UCC-led programme. Developed in 2015 by UCC Health Matters — in collaboration with the Union of Students in Ireland and the Irish Student Health Association, and jointly funded by the HSE and the philanthropic Tomar Trust — REACT is an awards and accreditation scheme for third-level institutions, which have implemented an action plan in partnership with their students and student leaders to campaign to reduce alcohol damage.” Source: Courses.ie

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Optional Action Points – Points List

	Action Point	Credits
1.	Designate a specific college official to have overall responsibility for the REACT project	1 credit
2.	Develop a calendar of events in conjunction with the local Students’ Union	2 credits
3.	Develop reporting mechanism for tracking high risk promotions by local licensees	3 credits
4.	REACT Training Toolkit is utilised at class rep training to provide them with relevant safety information	1 credit
5.	Alcohol counselling service available to students	3 credits
6.	Hold an annual meeting with local stakeholders	1 credit
7.	Develop a visible and accessible referral pathway to a range of internal and external alcohol support services for students	2 credits
8.	Provide alcohol free housing and alcohol free social spaces	3 credits
9.	Partnerships developed with relevant local community groups	1 credit
10.	Provide late night transport to student accommodation	2 credits
11.	Develop and implement a Student Community Support system	3 credits
12.	Allocate space for Alcoholic Anonymous	2 credits
13.	Map local licensed premises	2 credits
14.	Require RSA training for all on campus bar staff	2 credits
15.	Use the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as preferred measure of drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm	3 credits
16.	Conduct robust alcohol related qualitative research with students	3 credits
17.	Enable PhD/Academic researcher to conduct a study on your Action Plan	3 credits
18.	Provide all of the relevant college data related to the Action Plan to the National REACT co-ordinator /researcher	3 credits