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Alcohol Change UK | December 2019 | 12 minutes
Four in five adults drink more than they want to at times, according to a new YouGov poll, as one in ten drinkers plan to take on Dry January® 2020.
Dr Richard Piper | December 2019 | 15 minutes
At Alcohol Change UK we value evidence; as a new decade approaches Chief Executive Dr Richard Piper summarises some of the research on Dry January®’s effectiveness.
Richard Piper | December 2019 | 8 minutes
We've partnered up with Fédération Addiction to bring Dry January® to France!
November 2019 | 13 minutes
New survey shows that people are negatively affected by others’ drinking, but believe that their own drinking does not negatively affect others
Mike Ward | November 2019 | 9 minutes
At the end of October 2019, the Blue Light project in Sandwell won the Royal Society of Public Health Award for Healthier Lifestyles 2019.
August 2019 | 15 minutes
Today we have published our sixth Rapid Evidence Review (RER) to conclude our series of short research reports commissioned by us earlier this year, looking into priority areas in the field of alcohol harm reduction.
Lisa Jones | August 2019 | 11 minutes
In this blog researcher Lisa Jones describes the findings of a new rapid review that examines alcohol’s contribution to intimate partner violence.
Andrew Misell | July 2019 | 9 minutes
A new Rapid Evidence Review, commissioned by Alcohol Change UK, shows that to help someone recover from the damage long-term heavy drinking can do to the brain, we need to help them recover their whole self.
Our new report, Learning from tragedies, looks at reviews of the deaths of vulnerable adults in which alcohol was a factor, in order to prevent future tragedies; in this blog Andrew considers one woman’s story.
Julie Symes | July 2019 | 12 minutes
When vulnerable adults with complex needs also have severe alcohol problems, their drinking is often being missed or poorly managed putting them at further risk of harm, a new report finds.
July 2019 | 9 minutes
We’re pleased to publish the first in a series of six rapid evidence reviews that were commissioned by us earlier this year, looking into priority areas in the field of alcohol harm reduction.
Natasha Buckham | July 2019 | 14 minutes
It's time for accurate, transparent alcohol labelling; read this helpful summary of the subject, as well as an update on the 25 June 2019 meeting hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm.
