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Alliance House Foundation
Posted by user23 (user23) on Jan 19 2009
Charities >> Alcohol

UK Charity Number: 208554

Website: None

Stated Aims

THROUGH CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC, HEALTH AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BEVERAGE ALCOHOL USE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES, PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, ORGANIZING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS AND OTHER ADVOCACY INITIATIVES. THE CHARITY OPERATES THROUGHOUT THE UK AND IS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE EU AND WORLDWIDE.

Summary

The Alliance House Foundation is a well established temperance group and a member of the Alcohol Health Alliance (formed 2007). It funds the Institute for Alcohol Studies.

Detail

The Alliance House Foundation started life in 1853 as the UK Alliance for the Suppression of the Traffic in all Intoxicating Liquors. This prohibitionist outfit changed its name to the UK Temperance Alliance in 1942, before adopting its current name in 2003. 

As a member of the Alcohol Health Alliance, the group campaigns for:

• Dedicated funding for alcohol treatment and prevention strategies
• Increased taxation on alcohol 
• A ban on alcohol advertising before 9.00 pm and in cinemas apart from 18 rated films
• Promotional material to carry information on health related harm
• The drink driving limit to be reduced to the EU standard of 0.5g/l and a near zero limit for new drivers

The Alliance House Foundation makes most of its money from its property portfolio. Of its grants and donations, its 2007/08 accounts show a total of £83,567, of which:

• European Union's Bridging the Gap project: £41,138
• European Union's Alcohol Policy Youth Network: £35,098
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• Total £76,236 (91.3% of all unearned income)

its single biggest donor is the EU's Bridging the Gap project (£41,138). Donations from the general public amounted to just £70.

Last changed: May 26 2009 at 8:45 AM