Action on Youth Alcohol: Progress So Far and The Next Steps To Be Taken
Date: Tuesday, 12th October 2010
Time: 10.30am – 3.15pm (including networking lunch)
Venue: Westminster
Cost: £225 per place or £175 for two or more places
“It’s a sad indictment of our broken society that so many are turning to things like drug and alcohol abuse at such a young age… The Government needs to take action now, before it’s too late.”
Andrew Lansley MP, Secretary of State for Health, July 2009
The Context
The new Government signalled its intention to be tough on underage drinking with two specific commitments in its coalition programme:
- We will allow councils and the police to shut down permanently any shop or bar found to be
persistently selling alcohol to children
- We will double the maximum fine for under-age alcohol sales to £20,000
How far have measures to tackle youth alcohol consumption been successful to date, what can be learnt from those areas more successful at tackling underage drinking and what does the new Government intend to do to tackle the problems associated with young people misusing alcohol in the future?
Confirmed Speakers Include:
- Ian Whitehouse, Young People at Risk, Department for Education
- Commander Gore, ACPO Lead on Licensing
- John Bromley, Director, National Social Marketing Centre
- Amanda Adams & Stacey Miller, Star Project, Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Leon Livermore, Cambridge Community Alcohol Partnership
- Peter Wileman, Operation Park, Brighton and Hove
- Roger King, Visiting Fellow, Office for Public Management (chair)
The Issues
Engaging with the panel, key issues to be addressed at this Policy and Practice Briefing include:
- Progress in tackling youth alcohol consumption to date and the next steps to be taken
- The recent Tackling alcohol fuelled youth anti-social behaviour and crime guidance
- Implementing the new mandatory code for alcohol retailers
- Using the new powers in the Policing and Crime Act to best effect
- Alcohol marketing and what can be done?
- A joined up approach working with local authorities, health authorities, schools, police the third sector
- Learning from current good practice
Objectives and Outcomes
The morning policy session will allow participants to engage with the panel in discussion about the latest Government measures to tackle the problems created by underage drinking. The afternoon policy into practice session will be highly interactive with case study examples and group discussions focusing on current good practice work already being done.
Who Should Attend?
Delegates will be drawn from all those whose work involves underage drinking, including; Drug and Alcohol Action Teams; community safety teams; police; NHS services and PCTs; schools and educational professionals; trading standards; youth workers; children’s trusts; youth offending teams; magistrates; licensing; the alcohol industry; NGOs and charities; academia and elected representatives.
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