“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
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| 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 |
