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词条 Alcohol Concern
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  1. History and organisation

  2. Activities

     Annual campaigns  Services  Advocacy 

  3. Funding

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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Alcohol Concern is a British charity and campaign group founded in 1984 whose aim is to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. It is best known for its flagship awareness programs Alcohol Awareness Week and Dry January.

History and organisation

Alcohol Concern was founded in 1984. In 2007 it became one of the 24 founding member organisations of Alcohol Health Alliance UK, a coalition of medical, charity and campaign organisations related to alcohol. In April 2017, Alcohol Concern merged with Alcohol Research UK.[2] It is now recognised as a national agency on alcohol misuse for England and Wales.[3]

Since September 2017, the charity has been led by Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Piper, previously of Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine Children's Charity.[4] Richard Sumray is chair of the trustees.[5]

Activities

Annual campaigns

{{main article|Dry January}}

In May 2012, Alcohol Concern began promoting Dry January, a national campaign in the UK for people to give up drinking alcohol for the month of January each year. The first Dry January was in 2013.[6] The idea came from Emily Robinson, who gave up alcohol for January 2011 in preparation for a half marathon and joined Alcohol Concern in January 2012 while abstaining again.[7] Public Health England began promoting the campaign in December 2014.[8] In January 2018, a YouGov survey estimated that 3.1 million people in Britain were attempting Dry January.[9][10]

The Charity also organises Alcohol Awareness Week each year. Alcohol Awareness Week 2017 was 13–19 November and had the theme "Alcohol and Families". It was arranged in partnership with substance abuse charity Adfam.[11][12]

Services

Alcohol Concern runs Drinkline (0300 123 1110), a drink helpline.[13] It also provides training and education for businesses about alcohol use.[14]

Its three-year project Communities Together, from 2014 to 2017, was a National Lottery-funded project encouraging healthy alcohol use in Fishguard and Goodwick in Wales, intended to develop harm-reduction approaches that can be expanded to other communities.[15][16] Initiatives forming part of the project included an "alcohol-free" beer festival, held on Saint David's Day at Fishguard and Goodwick Rugby Club.[17]

The Blue Light Project, supported by Public Health England, aims to reduce the financial burden caused by alcohol on public services, focusing on users of alcohol who have been resistant to the usual methods of treatment provision.[18]

Advocacy

Alcohol Concern campaigns for the prohibition of or tight restriction of alcohol advertising and co-ordinates the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council which advocates enforcement of existing regulations.[19][20][21] It also campaigns for a legal minimum price of alcohol per unit[22] and other restrictions on alcohol promotion within stores,[23] as well as a reduction of the legal drink driving limit.[24]

Alcohol Concern acts as the secretariat and public enquiry point for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm, which exists to discuss alcohol-related issues and make related recommendations to government. As of July 2015 the chair of the group was Fiona Bruce MP.[25]

Funding

Alcohol Concern receives funding from donations and from funding bodies including the Big Lottery Fund.[26] In the financial year to 31 March 2016 it had a combined income of £953,100 and spending of £1,000,000. It had £417,300 total assets and £213,000 total liabilities.[5]

See also

  • Alcoholism
  • Action on Addiction

References

1. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Sharman|first1=Alice|title=Chief executive appointed to lead newly merged alcohol charity|url=https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/chief-executive-appointed-to-lead-newly-merged-alcohol-charity.html|website=Civil Society|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=25 July 2017}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Alcohol support services|url=https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-support-services/|website=Drinkaware|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Haghpanah|first1=Nusha|title=Dr Richard Piper appointed new CEO of Alcohol Research UK|url=https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/blog/dr-richard-piper-appointed-new-ceo-of-alcohol-research-uk|website=Alcohol Concern|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=19 July 2017}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Alcohol Concern|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=291705&subid=0|website=Charity Commission|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
5. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Pettier|first1=Olivia|title=Dry January Sees More Than Three Million People Giving Up Alcohol|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/dry-january-alcohol-give-up-uk-british-people-stop-drinking-month-a8137516.html|accessdate=9 January 2018|date=2 January 2018}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Crane|first1=Helen|title=Digital Campaign of the Week: Alcohol Concern's Dry January|url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/digital-campaign-week-alcohol-concerns-dry-january/communications/article/1328532|website=Third Sector|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=9 January 2015}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|title=Dry January - Our Story|url=https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/Pages/FAQs/Site/dry-january/Category/dry-january-story|website=Alcohol Concern|accessdate=9 January 2018}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Morris|first1=James|title=Alcohol Awareness Week 2017, 13-19 November: ‘Alcohol and Families’|url=http://www.alcoholpolicy.net/2017/09/alcohol-awareness-week-2017-alcohol-and-families-13-19-november-.html|website=Alcohol Policy UK|accessdate=9 January 2018|date=20 September 2017}}
9. ^1 {{cite web|title=Alcohol Awareness Week|url=http://www.national-awareness-days.com/alcohol-awareness-week/|website=National Awareness Days|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
10. ^1 {{cite web|title=Register Of All-Party Groups {{!}} Alcohol Harm|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/alcohol-harm.htm|website=www.parliament.uk|accessdate=9 January 2018|date=30 July 2015}}
11. ^1 {{cite news|title=Are you having a Dry January? How to get through the month without drinking, and how it could help your health|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/nutrition/having-dry-january-get-month-without-drinking/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=3 January 2017}}
12. ^1 {{cite web|title=PHE encourages people to sign up to Dry January|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-encourages-people-to-sign-up-to-dry-january|website=gov.uk|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=19 December 2014}}
13. ^1 {{cite web|title=Alcohol misuse|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-misuse/|website=NHS Choices|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=Alcohol Concern – runs the national drink helpline, Drinkline}}
14. ^1 {{cite web|title=Workplace services - what we do|url=https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/workplace-services-what-we-do|website=Alcohol Concern|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=5 August 2016}}
15. ^1 {{cite web|title=Community work|url=https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/community-work|website=Alcohol Concern|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=5 August 2016}}
16. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Hotchin|first1=Becky|title=Spirit of Fishguard and Goodwick Communities Together project to continue|url=http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/15184423.Spirit_of_Communities_Together_project_to_continue/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=Western Telegraph|date=27 March 2017}}
17. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Mark|title=Wales is hosting its first ever alcohol-free beer festival|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/wales-hosting-first-ever-alcohol-12641921|accessdate=10 January 2018|date=22 February 2017}}
18. ^1 {{cite web|title=Alcohol Concern's Blue Light project. Working with change-resistant drinkers|url=https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/document?id=1628265|website=nhs.co.uk|publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Excellence|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
19. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Sweeney|first1=Mark|title=Charity calls for ban on alcohol ads on pre-watershed TV and online|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/oct/19/alcohol-concern-advertising-ban|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Guardian|date=19 October 2010}}
20. ^1 {{cite news|title=Charity Calls For Ban On Alcohol Advertising|url=https://news.sky.com/story/charity-calls-for-ban-on-alcohol-advertising-10443285|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=Sky News|date=11 June 2013}}
21. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Cassidy|first1=Sarah|title=Alcohol adverts 'target teenagers' despite strict code|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/alcohol-adverts-target-teenagers-despite-strict-code-7758139.html|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Independent|date=16 May 2012}}
22. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Boyle|first1=Danny|title=Britain's love of gin sees number of UK distilleries double|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/28/britains-love-of-gin-sees-number-of-uk-distilleries-double/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 March 2016}}
23. ^1 {{cite news|title=Alcohol Concern wants supermarket drink restrictions|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12604413|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=BBC News|date=1 March 2011}}
24. ^1 {{cite news|last1=|first1=|title=Drink-driving: Doctors' alliance calls for cut to limit|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35428314|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=BBC News|date=29 January 2016}}
25. ^1 {{cite web|title=Alcohol Concern|url=https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/funding/search-past-grants/organisation-details?on=Alcohol%20Concern|website=Big Lottery Fund {{!}} Projects funded|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
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External links

  • {{official|https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk}}
  • {{EW charity|num=291705|name=Alcohol Concern|orig-year=1984}}
  • Alcohol Research UK
  • [https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/Alcoholsupport.aspx NHS Alcohol Support]
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