Dry January in your community

Dry January supports people across the country to change their relationship with alcohol through stopping drinking for one month. You can use Dry January to help your community to become healthier and happier.

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Dry January can be used as a low-cost, high-impact public health campaign in your area, or as part of an alcohol harm reduction strategy. Read our slide deck for more on the benefits of running an alcohol public health campaign in your community.

We work with organisations which serve their community to deliver Dry January locally. These could be GP surgeries, housing associations, local authorities, local health boards, pharmacies, local charities, faith groups or any other local organisation.

It is endorsed by Public Health England:

“Dry January is based on sound behavioural principles and our previous evaluation of the campaign shows that for some people it can help them re-set their drinking patterns for weeks or even months after completing the challenge.”

Public Health England 2019

In your community

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Communities across the country promote Dry January using free digital resources provided by Alcohol Change UK.

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A guide to running an alcohol public health campaign in your community

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Alcohol Change UK has published a guide to running a successful alcohol public health campaign in your community, available in English and Welsh. In addition, we provide free digital resources, making it a low-cost, quick to run, high-impact public health campaign. Resources include:

  • Posters
  • Social media images and template posts
  • Pack of ideas for running Dry January in your workplace

The resources will be sent by email in October to all those who have signed up.

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