The Alcohol Action Group

*Call for Participants* I am currently looking to talk with parents of adults who use substances as part of research project that is exploring the experience of stigma. If you are interested, you can follow the link to find out more about the study. forms.office.com/r/Lk7kwFWhUz

📢There is still time to sign up to our report launch next week 👇👇👇 #CallingTime 📅 Tuesday 29 November ⏰ 11:00 - 12:00 GMT 🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-launc…

Join us next week as we hear from Professor @petticrewmark and @AlcoholForum's Paula Leonard on conflicts of interest, alcohol harm, and corporate involvement in public health. Sign up below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/aha-seminar-…

We’ve launched a consultation to hear the public’s views on our plans to restrict alcohol advertising. We’re looking for your opinion on restricting adverts online, at sporting events, on buses and elsewhere. Share your views at bit.ly/Alcohol-Advert…

We published a report today which evaluates the price and range of #alcohol products in the Scottish off-trade sector in the 12 months following implementation of Minimum Unit Pricing. ⬇️#MUP publichealthscotland.scot/news/2022/nove…

🗣️Our latest SHAAP report by Dr @RickPurves, @n_critchlow and Amber Morgan from @StirUni, investigates the nature of sponsorship relations for professional football teams across countries with varied restrictions on alcohol marketing. #CallingTime ⚽️Read: shaap.org.uk/downloads/repo…

Email your MSP here: callingtime.good.do/callingtime/Ca…

Sport sponsorship provides alcohol companies with a prominent and highly attractive method of reaching a large audience, influencing how much and how often they consume alcohol. We support @SHAAPAlcohol in asking @scotgov to ban alcohol sponsorship in sports. #CallingTime.

❗️Check Your Kit❗️ Prenoxad injectable naloxone kits may be incomplete... All naloxone supplied is safe to use. However, it appears that some batches supplied may contain only one or no needles, instead of two. Find out more here 👇 bit.ly/3tlyili

New research from @ForwardTrust has found that 2.1 million people increased their alcohol consumption over the last 8 months, with 61% of those reporting stress over rising prices as the most significant trigger. news.sky.com/story/warning-…

Want to know more about the impact of alcohol marketing? Read our briefing to find out about the strategies the alcohol industry uses to promote its products 🔽 alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/media/440006/a…

🚨Report launch by @SHAAPAlcohol and @StirUni: Alcohol sponsorship of football⚽️ 📅 Tuesday 29 November ⏰ 11:00 - 12:00 GMT 🗣️ Rt Hon. Henry McLeish, Dr Richard Purves, Nathan Critchlow and more! 🎟️Sign up for free👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-launc…

To tackle soaring levels of alcohol harm across the UK, over 90 Parliamentarians, experts and organisations have joined us and @DanCardenMP in the call for an independent review of alcohol harm. Read the full letter to @RishiSunak here: ahauk.org/news/independe…

To tackle soaring levels of alcohol harm across the UK, we have joined @UK_AHA, alongside over 90 Parliamentarians, experts and organisations in the call for an independent review of alcohol harm. You can read the full letter to PM @RishiSunak, here 👉 bit.ly/3fu7LPs

📢Report launch by @SHAAPAlcohol and @StirUni: Alcohol sponsorship of football⚽️ 📅 Tuesday 29 November ⏰ 11:00 - 12:00 GMT 🗣️ Rt Hon. Henry McLeish, Dr. @RickPurves, @n_critchlow and more! Register now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-launc…

This is my 5 year old's (primary 2) reading book this week. First published 1987. Perhaps its time to shelve it ... #alcoholfreechildhood #alcoholeverywhere @AlcSFAD @AlcoholFocus @ScotFamADrugs @AlcoholChangeUK @SHAAPAlcohol @SARNalcohol @InstAlcStud @UK_AHA

The latest episode of our podcast, Life with Alcohol and Drugs, is live! In this episode, we're joined by our very own @rebeccamcccoll to talk more about the @AlcSfad recent report, 'It's Everywhere' 🎧 Listen now 👇 bit.ly/3eIwzmw

Have you read the latest blog on our website? This week we share how Nancy, a family member, started their own support group in their community 💜 Read more about it here - bit.ly/3RFQ8t8

Great to see media reporting on alcohol harms and our #AlcoholEverwhere report. Thank you @STVNews 🤩

Oh my, just in case you're short of places to get a drink @GLA_Airport before your flight .... #AlcoholEverywhere #AlcoholFreeSpaces @ScotFamADrugs