UK Charity Number: 291705
Website: http://www.alcoholconcern.org
Stated Aims:
ALCOHOL CONCERN’S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ALCOHOL POLICY; RAISING ALCOHOL AWARENESS; PROVIDING QUALITY INFORMATION ON ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM; DEVELOPING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF PRACTITIONERS AND OPERATING A SPECIALIST CONSULTANCY SERVICE; AND DELIVERING PROJECTS THAT BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE SECTOR.
Summary
Created by the British government in 1985, Alcohol Concern wages an incremental campaign against drinkers and the drinks industry.
Details
Alcohol Concern supports banning happy hour, raising the price of alcohol, lowering the drink drive limit, banning glass bottles in pubs, warning labels on cans and bottles and banning TV advertising before 9pm. It described the ban on happy hour promotions as “a step in the right direction” and the introduction of cigarette-style warning labels on bottles as “a very good first step”.
Its 2008/09 accounts show a total income of £1,137,582, of which:
- Department of Health (restricted grant): £142,000
- Department of Health (unrestricted grant): £400,000
- Big Lottery Fund: £127,275
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- Total £669,275 (58.8% of all income)
It received just £8,186 in public donations.
UPDATE
October 2011: Alcohol Concern have reported that they have lost their key funding (ie. the Department of Health), leading to the departure of their Chief Executive and their full-time fundraiser. If this excellent news in confirmed when the next accounts appear, we will be happy to remove the ‘charity’ from this site.
Totally agree with everything alcohol concern is doing – for once am glad government is funding them a bit. What a shame government is too chicken to stamp out the drinks industry who are just drug pushers by another name. Alcohol kills and wrecks families. Ban alcohol advertising now. If you want to drink stop wasting nhs cleanup cash and don’t take it out on the wife.
Nanny state is drinks industry propaganda- better than massive domestic violence
Alcohol Concern Fake
(58.8% of all income)
NSPCC
(12.5% of income)
“corrupt their morals?” fake Charities take our money and lie to us to put they Idea. in to law. if you like to see all for men women and children dead on the Street. you use you money not my money.
Prohibition doesn’t work in the past. doesn’t work today or now.
I think you’ll find it’s people that occasionally wreck families – alcohol is just a molecule
Rubbish
Also alcohol concern clearly states that it is a national agency – so they are not trying to pull the wool –
Sick of having to wait behind alcohol abusers when I have a lifelong medical condition which is no fault of my own – drink if you want but stop pushing it
Saddo
And I’m sick of having to wait behind idiots who have lifelong medical conditions (which are never any fault of their own) and yet somehow forget to take their life-saving medications with them when they go out – be ill if you want but stop pushing it down everyone’s throat like some bloody martyr
This group sounds worthy, but they should be receiving far more from the government/general public if this is to be considered a major alcohol related charity. So many forget (or simply dont know) that drinking alcohol is
linked to an increased risk of many cancer types, with deaths worldwide likely being attributable to just alcohol alone. Breast cancer, cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx and larynx, colorectal cancer,liver cancer, stomach and ovaries, amongst others. Our western worlds love of alcohol and the money it brings in unfortunately doesnt help the situation. Many will argue that its not the alcohol causing the social or family problems et al.. but thats just the same old excuse-it is of course a combination, with alcohol increasing these problems by a fair degree. Try talking in the same light about social problems through drug addiction of any other type, and youll notice theres a completely different, biased opinion. That is not fair. Just because its drunk, doesnt make it any less important. As with many other drugs, alcohol is a major contributor to poor health and social problems in a fair percentage of the public, whether people want to accept it or not. The worst, as its certainly the most popular. The majority that drink, even when only socially, tend to go over their daily recommended limit (4 units max per day-thats 21 units men or 14 women, per week)! One glass of wine=1 unit, one pint=2. Theres no denying that many human beings are pathetic when it comes to watching how fast and how much they drink.
Perhaps one day alcohol adverts and all related programs will be completely banned from tv, similar to what has happened to cigarettes-I cant remember the last time I saw a hamlet or regal advert. Its unlikely it will ever happen due to our love of drink, but you never know. The price should certainly shoot up with the extra going towards cancer research, supporting hospital intake of general cancer patients, or if not directly, through charities such as the above.
Listen to your self, I’ve never heard anything so sanctimonious in my life
By the way , what are’generAl cancer patients” all teetotal vegans perhaps ? God help us if you’re a
Cancer specialist