24 January 2023

Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) wants the help of every Community Council to get alcohol onto the live agenda of City of Edinburgh Council. (This is part of an AFS country-wide endeavour.)

AFS has produced alcohol harm fact sheets for each local area. For Edinburgh you can find this at:

https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/media/440130/edinburgh-city.pdf

Alcohol use and misuse is a 'here-and-now' issue for all our communities.

AFS offers first-hand guidance on how to approach the jeopardy threatened by alcohol abuse and licensing evasion.

Here are some of the questions AFS poses of council authorities.

• Would you agree that action on alcohol is a priority issue that cuts across many sectors?
• How would you reduce the impact of alcohol on health, families and communities in your area?
• What steps will you take to find out about the impact of alcohol locally?

In turn, they are legitimate questions for Community Councils. 

[Follow AFS on Twitter @AlcoholFocus.]

KR