Since last year’s report, Alcohol Focus Scotland has:
- Responded to the Scottish Government’s alcohol consultation “Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol” and is now campaigning for the introduction of minimum pricing.
- Worked with City & Guilds to launch the Certificate for Staff Working in Scottish Licensed Premises and Staff Workbook.
- Ran a publicity campaign encouraging women who are pregnant or trying for a baby to avoid alcohol.
- Secured funding for the continuation of the Community Action on Alcohol project and set up the National Communities Group.
- Organised successful national conferences on licensing and counselling, with record numbers of delegates attending both.
- Launched the Scottish Network of Alcohol Practitioners for the Young (SNAPY) – a network to share good practice, skills and resources when working with young people affected by their own or someone else’s drinking.
- Developed the ‘Rory learning resource’, a toolkit which teachers, counsellors and social workers can use to help children cope with parental alcohol misuse.
- Improved our links with European and international alcohol agencies and hosted the Education group of the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA).
- Developed AFS Alcohol Support Online, a web-based support and counselling service which was piloted in Aberdeen.
- Responded to around 200 media enquiries and generated our own press, online, radio and TV coverage on a wide range of alcohol issues.
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