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Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Abuse BriefingMACC has produced a
briefing for voluntary and community sector organisations on the issues around in the city. This includes
- Summary of the policy approach
- Key statutory and voluntary sector contacts
- What your organisation can do to contribute
- Useful resources
>Click here to download a copy of the briefing<
Previous work
In 2009, the Health and Wellbeing Network produced a position paper on the
issues around alcohol and health in Manchester. This included comments
on the apparent lack of progress in delivering the Manchester Alcohol
Strategy. These comments, where they are still relevant have been incorporated into the new briefing paper.
The original position paper was circulated to the Drug & Alcohol Action Team who
welcomed our offer to work with them to increase the contribution (and
profile) of the voluntary sector around these issues. We held
discussions with Manchester PCT Public Health Development Service to
respond to issues raised in the paper, focusing on the tone and style
of health promotion/social marketing material and how to make this more
accessible across Manchester’s diverse communities.
A draft of the second Manchester Alcohol Strategy (2008-2011) was
also
released for consultation and addressed some of the issues raised in
the paper. We built on this by giving additionalfeedback on the draft
strategy and added new information and perspectives where possible.
The revised Alcohol Strategy for Manchester (2008-2011) was launched on 29th
September 2008. It is organised around the themes of :
Prevention, Treatment, Young People & Enforcement. Each theme has
an accompanying action plan.
Link: Manchester Public Health Development Service - Alcohol news page
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