The AERC Alcohol Academy will be officially launching next month with a conference and workshop event in London. The Academy will operate as a social enterprise set up to facilitate networking and skills development for alcohol coordinators, leads and commissioners. It therefore aims to allow those within the relatively new field of strategic alcohol harm reduction to share and develop the innovative practice required to make real impact at local and regional levels. However the Academy also aims to seize on the knowledge and experience of coordinators and look at how this may be used to influence learning, best practice and influence national policy.
Last year a scoping exercise was carried out which showed significant support for the objectives set out by the Academy and the Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC) subsequently funded the Academy to run for 15 months. The Academy will deliver conference and workshop events across the country tailored to suit the needs and interests of local alcohol coordinators and leads. The scoping exercise identified a number of key issues that were consistently highlighted including commissioning skills, the need for best-practice sharing and networking and skills in the delivery and management of a complex and multi-thematic alcohol agenda.
If you are an alcohol strategy coordinator, strategic PCT lead or alcohol commissioner and are interested in attending the launch event on the 9th June, please email [email protected]. Places are very limited so quick contact is advised! See here for the agenda.
The AERC Alcohol Academy is also running an email network forum for alcohol coordinators and leads to allow discussion, networking and best practice and information sharing. To request membership to this group, please email [email protected].
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