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Alcohol Awareness Week is moving!
The next Alcohol Awareness Week will take place from 3-9 July 2023. Alcohol Awareness Week is moving from its traditional November slot to July to enable more people to take part.
As the charity behind Dry January®, we’re delighted to continue to manage and host the week. Moving Alcohol Awareness Week to the summer provides us with another key moment in the year to bring people together for a national campaign focused on alcohol and avoids us having two big national alcohol campaigns running so closely together.
We’ll be sharing more information on the theme and resources for Alcohol Awareness Week 2023 and what you can expect when in our special newsletter update for local places - so sign up today!
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Recruitment
We’re excited to announce three exciting new roles in our Marketing and Communications team. We’re looking for:
Please share these roles with your networks and anyone you think may be interested. If you have any questions about any of the roles, please get in touch.
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Andy’s World Record attempt
Andy Stone is taking fundraising to another level – he’s attempting to complete 70 triathlons over 70 consecutive days, each 70.3 miles long, setting not one, but two Guinness World Records!
Now six years sober after struggling with his drinking for many years, Andy is taking on this huge challenge to raise money for us, Humankind and Mind to help those in a similar situation.
Andy has been posting regular updates on his daily triathlons on his Instagram page since he started his challenge on 4 April, and has appeared in many news outlets including Sky News.
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Alcohol tags “helping thousands of offenders stay sober”
More than 97% of offenders on ‘sobriety tags’ have stayed off alcohol, a year after they were introduced in England following a successful pilot in Wales, according to the Ministry of Justice. The tags monitor offenders’ sweat every 30 minutes and alert the probation service if alcohol is consumed. Not complying with their alcohol abstinence order – new powers allowing courts to issue drinking bans for up to 120 days – could see them back in court for further sentencing or facing fines.
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More than 1,200 people died while homeless in the UK in 2021
Cuts to alcohol and drug services, as well as mental illness and housing services, contributed to a 32% increase in homeless deaths compared to the previous year, according to an annual audit conducted by the charity Museum of Homelessness. The Dying Homeless Project recorded 1,286 deaths across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2021. The charity is now calling for an inquiry into the deaths, “to allow an honest appraisal of what’s happening to the UK’s most vulnerable people”.
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Prominent health warnings on alcohol products make drinking “unappealing”
Young adult drinkers are more likely to perceive alcohol products as “unappealing” and “socially unacceptable” if they display prominent health warnings, according to new research. The University of Stirling study comprised a survey of 1,360 drinkers living in the UK aged between 18 and 35 years old. It found that large pictorial or text warnings on product labels could help to counteract the appeal and social acceptability of alcohol products, while increasing awareness of risks.
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Caggie Dunlop: finding your people
Caggie Dunlop, podcast host and Alcohol Change UK Ambassador, writes about how her sobriety helped her form deeper, more meaningful connections with people – drinkers and non-drinkers alike.
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Alcohol and the Equality Act
In this blog, Ailar talks about the need for fundamental changes to the Equality Act to ensure that those of us who are struggling with alcohol dependency are protected in the workplace.
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