Alcohol Focus Scotland

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AFS currently has vacancies for a Senior Co-ordinator (Policy).

Full time, £32,000

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With news that alcohol-specific deaths continue to rise to record levels in Northern Ireland, the BMA's Dr Clodagh Corrigan says this is why minimum unit pricing is needed.

"Alongside MUP, it is essential that there is help available for those who want to address their drinking."

🏉 Scotland v England this weekend...

❤️ Passion!
🎉 Atmosphere!
🤔 Alcohol marketing?

SHAAP Chair Dr Alastair MacGilchrist shares what 11-17 yr olds told us: they see alcohol advertising at almost every match, recognise the tactics, and one even said "it just feels wrong"

We're recruiting!

AFS currently has a vacancy for a Financial Controller (18 hours)

£43,000 pro-rata

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www.youtube.com Pride Month: Why alcohol services must be LGBT+ inclusive

It's #LGBTHM 🏳️‍🌈

#LGBTQIA people experience higher levels of alcohol harm than their hetero/cis peers

It is crucial that alcohol treatment & support services are fully #LGBTQIA inclusive

Watch our short video for more 📽️

When They Stop Trying To Fix It, Everything Changes... | Listen UP Episode 6 - Marie McGuire - LISTEN NOW!

In Listen UP Episode 6, therapist Marie McGuire shares why compassion is the key to helping young people in recovery.

EPISODE 6 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep6

#addictionrecovery

Record #AlcoholDeaths in Northern Ireland

It is particularly concerning to note delays in Northern Ireland implementing minimum unit pricing #MUP

The NI Executive should move at pace to introduce MUP as part of wider measures to reduce alcohol deaths

Fantastic quote at the @scvo.scot session on #TheGathering

"15 years on from Christie it's too late for incremental change. We need full on transformation."

Safer Internet Day 2026 - Safer Internet Day will take place on 11th February, with the theme, “Prepare / Protect / Thrive: Navigating Algorithms and Influencers.”

Today is Safer Internet Day 2026.
There is significant association between exposure to alcohol ads & drinking behaviour, particularly among children. Social-media & video sharing platforms are ideal spaces for marketing, allowing alcohol companies to reach young people
www.webwise.ie/news/safer-i...

Home - COA Week COA Week 2024 | Together we can break the silence and help children affected by their parent's drinking know they're not alone.

It’s #COAWeek 2026!

Let’s break the silence around growing up with a parent who drinks too much.

The theme this year is helping ‘the next generation’.

Join the movement for change!

💙 COAweek.org.uk.

Image of people sitting in a room at The Gathering.

#TodayAtAFS we're at the @scvo.scot #TheGathering

Staff attending sessions right now on prevention & tackling health inequalities and AI.

We're recruiting!

AFS currently has a vacancy for a Senior Co-ordinator (Policy)

Full time, £32,000

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How can recovery orientated services empower communities to thrive?

Join @healthimprovescot.bsky.social, Harbour Ayrshire, Professor David Best & SHAAP's Dr David McCartney for insights on frameworks bridging harm reduction & recovery.

📅 3 March, 11am-1pm

Similar picture in many communities in Scotland.

Watch this space for a new project delving into this in the coming months...👀

We're recruiting!

AFS currently has a vacancy for a Senior Co-ordinator (Policy)

Full time, £32,000

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ICYMI: New @StirUni research discovers the insidious impact of alcohol marketing on young people. @RickPurves explains more below

More info 👉 brnw.ch/21wZG85

Approaching the end of my first week as CEO of @alcoholfocus.bsky.social. So impressed by our highly dedicated, knowledgeable and supportive team and the breadth of work going on, all underpinned by constant efforts to involve people affected by alcohol. I have lots to learn, but a great start.

We're recruiting!

AFS currently has a vacancy for a Senior Co-ordinator (Policy)

Full time, £32,000

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💡SHAAP's Chair, Dr Alastair MacGilchrist, talks about the findings of the new Stirling University research and how alcohol advertising influences young people.

With a busy year of sport ahead, we must be aware of how this impacts children🧠

Let someone mark their own homework and they get near perfect scores. 🏆

Funny that...🙄

Self regulation does not work. It's time we introduced genuine restrictions on #AlcoholMarketing, especially to protect children and young people

#AlcoholFreeKids

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We're recruiting!

AFS currently has a vacancy for a Financial Controller (18 hours)

£43,000 pro-rata

Find out more and apply below

www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...

Modelling the economic effects of reducing the consumption of unhealthy commodities: An inter‐sectoral input–output approach Aims Industry arguments against public health policies that reduce the consumption of unhealthy commodities often include the assertion that the policy will harm the economy by reducing production a...

New @sarg-scharr.bsky.social study busts a big alcohol industry myth.

Claims that reducing alcohol consumption “hurts the economy” ignore a key fact: people don’t burn the money they don’t spend on alcohol - they spend it elsewhere.

Using UK... 🧵

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Nearly 40% of cancer cases are preventable.

The National Cancer Plan is welcome, but we must ensure long-term measures that we know will help prevent cancers resulting from consumption of products like tobacco, alcohol & unhealthy food, are introduced at pace.

#WorldCancerDay

👀 ➡️ bit.ly/3NWai63

Bit of a wake up call here: when your child or teenager sees zero alcohol brands plastered over the Six Nations (starting tonight!) they are actually seeing alcohol marketing. And this increases their chances of drinking earlier in life, and developing an alcohol problem.

If you or someone you know needs support around their alcohol use, you can find out more on our website below. 🔽

https://twp.ai/ImuHrY

We can talk about our favourite TV shows 📺

But can we talk to someone about their alcohol use?

Our website provides helpful tips on how you sensitively raise the topic with those you care about

#BraveTheBigTalk
#TimeToTalkDay

https://twp.ai/9PZnTQ

#AlcoholMarketing has no place in childhood.

All children should play, learn and socialise in places that are healthy and safe, protected from exposure to alcohol marketing

Join our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign 🔽

www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/Alcohol-Free...

alcoholireland.ie Press release: 43,000 young people aged 15-24 in Ireland living with alcohol dependence as youth drinking levels continue to surge – new report - Alcohol Action Ireland

The idea that youth drinking isn’t a problem anymore? ❌

New data shows youth drinking in Ireland has increased by 3% in the past year alone - and 12% since 2016.

Today is #WorldCancerDay

Too many people still don't know that #Alcohol causes #Cancer 🤔

#BigAlcohol would rather we were kept in the dark - lobbying hard against health warning labels 🤫

We think people have the right to know what's in the products they consume

Well done to the @senedd.wales 👏