Please join us next Thursday (4th July) to find out more and share your insights into how alcohol affects the #LGBTQI community 👇

Alcohol is all around us. It’s promoted as we watch our favourite sports, advertised as we travel to work, and placed in our favourite films. It’s time for alcohol to take less of a leading role. Find out how this #AlcoholAwarenessWeek: alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/c… Alcohol Change UK

Alcohol causes more harm than most of us realise and this ripples out to our families, communities and society. We believe it’s time for alcohol to stop playing such a centre-stage role in our lives and in our society. Read our blog to discover the changes that can make this

Change is always possible 💕 #recoveryposse Alison Douglas Alison Mcgrory Agnes Donnachie Dunoon Community Development Trust maggie clark Cowal Bute Helensburgh & Lomond Wild About Argyll | Scotland’s Adventure Coast

What are you doing tomorrow at 12? Why not join our webinar? 👇👇🏿

Thanks to our expert panellists Dave Whiteley Beth Meadows & Elena Dimova for joining us to discuss #AlcoholHarm in the #LGBT+ community today! Great discussion to have on #AlcoholAwarenessWeek! Find out more on Alcohol Harm in the LGBT community on our website below

Alcohol deaths are at their highest level on record. What should the new The Labour Party government do to prevent alcohol harm and end this crisis? This week we will be sharing our key policy asks, starting with: Action to reduce the lobbying influence of the alcohol industry.

We often talk about people having an 'alcohol problem' But what does that actually mean? Could you have an 'alcohol problem' you aren't aware of? Find out more on our website 🔽 alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/information-to…

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Save The Date! 📆 Have you been impacted by #Alcohol or #AlcoholHarm? We want to hear your views on a proposed #AlcoholHarm Prevention Levy & how monies raised could be spent Limited places available so sign up fast! eventbrite.co.uk/e/funding-alco…

“People maybe ask for help, don’t get a good reception and then go away for years & years never asking for help & then come back.” Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs Justina Murray Scottish Drugs Forum The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) Kirsten Horsburgh Richard Watson Elena Whitham MSP Christina McKelvie SHAAP Alcohol Focus Scotland healthandcare.scot/stories/3874/a…

“When you come out & speak to people working with these issues every day, there is quite substantial cultural change in Scotland which is changing, if not eliminating, stigma around drug & alcohol use.” Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs Scottish Drugs Forum Alcohol Focus Scotland Christina McKelvie healthandcare.scot/stories/3874/a…

Over the coming year, Scottish Families is exploring the relationship between neurodiversity and substance use and its impact on families. Join our online conversation Café and share your experiences! To book your place, visit: trybooking.com/uk/DQDV 👈

Saturday is Glasgow's Pride 🏳️‍🌈 #BigAlcohol often uses Pride events to 'perform solidarity' & depict itself as a community ally We want you to send us images of any #AlcoholMarketing you see Use #LGBTCommunityNotCommodity alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/news/news/comm… Kinder Stronger Better LGBT Health and Wellbeing

Should a Framework Convention on Alcohol Control be developed? Could this help restrict transnational alcohol advertising? Watch our full Alcohol Marketing: Explained film here: youtube.com/watch?v=cZ1Fgx… Alcohol Focus Scotland Alison Douglas

Does #AlcoholMarketing put people in recovery or at risk of an alcohol problem at greater risk of harm? Join us on 29th August as we explore the conclusions of a new literature review with researchers at Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN Book your place ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-of-al…

Alison Douglas Chief Executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland + former Head of Alcohol Policy to Scot Gov tells STV News on alcohol deaths "If you identify something as an emergency then it seems self-evident that more of what you were doing before is not going to deal with that worsening

1,277 people died of an alcohol specific cause in 2023 Whilst there has been no dramatic increase on the previous year, it cannot be read as a sign of success or a long-term trend and the figures remain ‘alarmingly and unacceptably’ high. #AlcoholDeaths #AlcoholEmergency

MD Alison Douglas Neil Gray MSP Jackie Baillie Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP🔶🇺🇦 Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP Alcohol Health Alliance UK IAS SHAAP Colin Shevills Anyone drinking within the safer unit guidance of 14 units per week is unlikely to be financially impacted by #MUP given that it targets cheap, high strength alcohol. Anyone exceeding that is at higher risk of liver disease among other illnesses. x.com/SHAAPAlcohol/s…

There were 1,277 #AlcoholDeaths in Scotland in 2023 Thousands more are now grieving #BigAlcohol is already working on replacing the loss of some of their best customers - targeting children & young people Join our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign 🔽 alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/Alcohol-Free-C…