National Charity, The Alcohol Forum will launch Ireland’s first Alcohol Awareness Week from 18 to 22 March, with the aim of raising public knowledge of the country’s “harmful drinking culture” and challenge communities to evaluate their role in tackling it.
The charity said it has developed a series of products to support communities in helping themselves when it comes to reducing alcohol-related harms. These include a Festival Care Guide, Spirit of Sport and a Community Mobilisation Toolkit.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Anne Timony-Meehan, Community Mobilisation Officer at the Alcohol Forum, said the Spirit of Sport Guide will focus on the impact of alcohol on sporting performance and encourage clubs to look at how they celebrate events.
“We’re hoping to get communities to look more at making events and celebrations family friendly,” she said. “Parents say to us all the time that they know their children see too much.”
Source: thejournal.ie, 27/02/2012
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