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40% of employers mention alcohol as a significant cause of low productivity and between 3% and 5% of all work absences are caused by alcohol. Read more on alcohol in the workplace here: alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/…

How can we improve alcohol health warning labels? A blog written with the marvellous Melissa Oldham and Lorenzo Stafford 👇

Great to see Joe FitzPatrick MSP raising this important issue in Parliament and Maree Todd, Minister for Public Health's continued commitment to reducing alcohol harms.

🍷🍺 A new #alcohol #helpline has been launched by Luton Council in partnership with ResoLUTiONs Luton, based on #research conducted by uniofbeds ☎️ The anonymous helpline offers support for people concerned about their own/someone else’s drinking habits 👉 beds.ac.uk/news/2022/octo…

People with alcohol dependence are discriminated against in the Equality Act. You can help us change this by inviting your MP to the APPG on Alcohol Harm event on the “Exclusion of alcohol dependence in the Equality Act.” You can do so here: alcoholchange.good.do/equalityact/eq…

With the highest alcohol-specific deaths on record, thousands of families destroyed and the enormous cost to the public purse, people are right to ask why there is no Government plan to tackle alcohol harm. ✍️ Our letter to the Prime Minister: #LastCall

A welcome start to a much needed change in removing the alcohol exclusion clause from the Equality Act.

However, there is currently a big problem: only around one in six of the people who could benefit from alcohol treatment take it up. Alcohol Change UK widely welcome new guidance urging family doctors and health workers to ensure people's drinking habits are correctly recorded.

Opening doors: Alcohol Change UK’s national conference is one month away. We’ll be hearing from researchers and people with personal experience of #alcoholdependency, about how we can develop solutions that work for all. Book now for #ACUKConf eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-door…

Sir Ian explains why action on alcohol is crucial to help relieve the pressure on the NHS: 🏥1 in 20 hospitalisations are alcohol-related 🚨40% of ambulance time is spent on alcohol-related issues 💰Every £1 invested in treatment provides a return of £26 over 10 years.

"There needs to be an open acknowledgment among treatment providers, commissioners, policy makers and advocates of the service gap for people from BAME backgrounds." Learn more about our trip to learn about the services provided by BAC-IN 2life recovery: Sohan Sahota 👇volteface.me/recovery-for-a…

On one level I can see how people might think 'language matters' calls are a waste of time. But there is *clear* evidence that addiction terminology & concepts directly effect stigma and behaviour. Here we can see how objecting to that is ideologically driven

Harmful commodity industry tactics all share the same playbook and many of the tactics they use were on display in a letter to Irish Examiner this week. Read our blog deconstructing industry tactics here: alcoholireland.ie/deconstructing…

Please take time to read our work on a citizens jury regarding the Equality Acts exclusion clause : beds.ac.uk/iasr/citizens-… and the great work #ACUK : alcoholchange.org.uk/policy/the-equ… have been doing supporting this. Together we can bring about change.

People experiencing addiction face #stigma too often and we need to act now. By breaking down stigma, more people will be able to access treatment and feel able to talk to others about their experience. Find out how you can help: stigmakills.org.uk

New research by Sarah Anne Galvani and @dr_sarah_fox SUABManMetUni Manchester Metropolitan Uni from our flagship New Horizons programme provides a unique insight into the drinking experiences of South Asian women and their encounters with services when reaching out for support.

Last week the SMART team held an event at the Luton campus. Highlighting some of the issues people involved in street activities, homeless, street drinking etc. encounter. youtu.be/VhkouxrhHPg photos flic.kr/s/aHBqjBgDKX. Shelter Homeless Services @acuk @SMARTCJS tag others pls.

Please take time to view this video. It really does show how stigmatised this community are and the views from them and professionals.

"Ironically, simplistically framing choice components of addiction as ‘voluntariness’ in need of ‘disapproval’ harks back to the most historically stigmatizing of dogmas: the moral model of addiction."