Alcohol strategy action planning workshops announced

alcoholpolicy.net and London Drug & Alcohol Network are pleased to annouce a new series of free action planning workshops for local alcohol champions.

The first workshop in the series is already heavily oversubscribed and so will be repeated later in the year.  If you are interested in coming along to the repeated workshop on improving alcohol treatment - or any of the workshops in the series, please contact Libby Ranzetta.  The workshops will be in central London, but we will  run them elsewhere if there is enough demand.

aim of the workshops: to drive local action on alcohol through practical guidance

target audience: local alcohol champions (we mean anyone who wants to get things moving on alcohol)

why attend: these workshops will change your (working) life. Action on alcohol has been bogged down in talking endlessly about all too familiar problems, and waiting for funding. There is important work we can be doing now, with existing resources. Come and get started.

about us: alcoholpolicy.net is behind the Alcohol Policy UK website and podcast for the alcohol harm reduction field. We are an informal network of consultants, researchers and practitioners, keen to share our learning and ideas. Our motto: nonus reinventare wheela.

LDAN is the London Drug and Alcohol Network – developing substance misuse policy and supporting the capital’s treatment sector

other info: the workshops are free; places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.  The first workshop on 21st February is fully booked.  Dates for the other workshops will be announced shortly.

The six workshops are:

1. improving alcohol treatment in the real world
2. alcohol, asb and offending - breaking the link
3. alcohol and domestic violence – working with DV victims who have alcohol problems
4. alcohol and domestic violence - working with perpetrators who have alcohol problems
5. tackling street drinking – DPPOs, wet centres and other likely stories
6. alcohol, children and families – developing useful strategies within existing resources