It is #COAWeek! Let's break the silence about what is like growing up with a parent who drinks too much. Listen. Be kind. And help everyone affected know that #URNotAlone. 💙 What's on? coaweek.org.uk #COAWeek2024

📢 Adfam is consulting with people in recovery to hear about experiences of engagement with family members, and any supportive role or positive influence that they may have played. If you would like to share your experience please follow the link below. uk.surveymonkey.com/r/LKLZMS7

Join Nacoa in the House of Commons tomorrow for their annual Stafford Ward Lecture, which promises to be an illuminating event. Speakers include: Liam Byrne MP Calum Best Official Sarah Drage Lorri Haines and Chanita Stephenson.

We delivered her letter this week with our own joint Alcohol and Families Alliance (AFA) letter to the minister Andrea Leadsom pleading with government to reinstate the children of alcohol-dependent parents strategy which was tragically abolished in 2022.

The cheaper alcohol is, the more is consumed, and the more harm is done. Government must increase alcohol duty at the Spring Budget to improve public health and raise revenue. Join us and call on Sir Jeremy Hunt MP to tackle cheap, harmful alcohol 👇ahauk.good.do/dutyspringbudg…

The government has extended its freeze on alcohol duties. This will make alcohol more affordability and will cost lives. #cheapalcoholkills "If the government was serious about long-term economic stability, it simply would not make such a short-term, headline-grabbing decision"

Chair of the AHA, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, responds to the decision from Sir Jeremy Hunt MP to freeze alcohol duty until February 2025. Read our full statement 👇 ahauk.org/news/springbud… #SpringBudget

(1/3) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released the latest alcohol-specific death statistics, announcing that there were sadly 10,048 deaths from alcohol in 2022 in the UK – an all-time high, up 4.2% on the previous year, and 32.8% higher than when compared to 2019.

The latest alcohol death data shows there were a shocking 10,048 alcohol-specific deaths in 2022. It is important to remember that these only make up around a third of all alcohol-related deaths, which stand at over 25,000. An alcohol strategy is needed more than ever.

Right now, more people than ever before are dying in the UK from alcohol related causes. Nacoa has seen a huge rise in calls from children relating to bereavement. Despite the urgent need, government has cut its entire strategy for children affected. 🔗 nacoa.org.uk/record-uk-alco…

Alongside Alcohol Health Alliance UK and parliamentary colleagues, I continue to call for a Review on Alcohol Harm to inform a new #AlcoholStrategy. There is no time to waste.

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report finds that England has some of the highest rates of childhood drinking out of 44 countries examined. Children need to be protected from alcohol promotion & marketing. Listen to Sue Taylor our Head of Alcohol Policy 🔽

"We need to make binge-drinking as socially unacceptable as smoking. Alcoholism tears apart families, ends friendships, ruins lives and kills people. There is something very, very wrong here." Gary Nunn 🏳️‍🌈🚴🏼🇬🇧🇦🇺 on children drinking and the rise in alcohol harm. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A huge amount of money is lost to our economy due to alcohol harm reducing productivity. New figures show at least £5 billion is lost every year, due to: ➡️Reduced productivity at work ➡️Absence from work due to illness ➡️Unemployment ias.org.uk/factsheet/econ… #CostofAlcoholHarm

An estimated 4 million adults and 3 million children are negatively affected by a family member or parent drinking problematically in the UK. Read our top four priorities for the next UK government to reduce harm caused to children & families by alcohol 👉 adfam.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Families are vital for supporting their loved one’s recovery, but often miss out on the support and services they desperately need. Read the Alcohol and Family Alliance’s top four priorities for supporting children & families affected by alcohol harm 👉 adfam.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

📢New report📢 In collaboration with alcohol policy & public health experts, IAS has published new guidance for government on managing alcohol industry conflicts of interest. They are intended to enhance governance by providing a guide to inform... ias.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Alcohol causes cancer. Yet few people know this🎗️ Our latest film 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 ft Prof Linda Bauld explains: ➡️How alcohol causes cancer ➡️Public awareness ➡️Industry misinformation ➡️What would reduce cases youtube.com/watch?v=NAJ88Y…

It’s time for a new way of talking about alcohol. One which broadens understanding of the many ways alcohol causes harm and which builds a movement for change. Because these harms are not inevitable. Today, after three years of extensive research and development, we’re excited