Alcohol Awareness Week 2015

The theme of this year’s awareness week is “The impact of alcohol on health and society”. Alcohol costs society an estimated £21billion, therefore the aim of Alcohol Awareness Week is to try and engage people into thinking about alcohol. The intention is to get people thinking about how it affects us as individuals, families, communities and the impact it has on the society we live in.

Alcohol Concern organises the annual Alcohol Awareness Week to give people information and facts they need about issues relating to alcohol. Alcohol Concern’s website has more information, as well as the downloads provided below.

· Alcohol Concern Factsheets

· Facts and figures on alcohol misuse in UK

· What alcohol does to body

· Tips for cutting down

· Dry January info and sign-up

· Further information/where to get help

Statistics

To give you some local statistics, you can use our Alcohol Harm Map.

· Alcohol Harm Map: https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/training/alcohol-harm-map/

Following on from Alcohol Awareness Week, Alcohol Concern is encouraging people to sign up to the fourth dry January campaign in 2016. More information and resources can be found at www.dryjanuary.org.uk. This will be the Brothers of Charity Services monthly health and wellbeing promotion in January.

Social Media

· #AAW2015

· @AlcoholConcern

· @DryJanuary

· www.facebook.com/alcoholconcern1984

· www.facebook.com/dryjanuary