Pat Harvey, Executive Chairman of Alcohol Forum (formerly the North West Alcohol Forum), on community-based initiatives to reduce alcohol-related harm at Alcohol Action Ireland's conference "Time Please... For Change".

1. Pat Harvey
Executive Chairman
Alcohol Forum
Nov. 2012

2. The Prompt
 CEO
 ‘Elephant in the Room’....Talk V Grappling
 Cross Agency/Community Forum
Love Affair
Philosophy – alignment / synergy

3. Mobilising Communities
 Macro
 Local
 Support tools developed
 Learning from past two years...
 Story of ...
 fine tune
 Ensure comprehensive ‘evidence base’
 Impact measurement
 Replicate / roll out with support

4. Current focus
 Continuing Research
 Fine tune & roll out
 In parallel.....
 Sport
 Civic Leadership
 All island

5. So What?
 About contributing to Awareness Raising
 Supporting communities in the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of
tackling
 Alignment / synergy
Ultmately contibuing to a....
 Culture Change over a (?) generation

6. Nice to be able to say in time...
 Significantly fewer children at risk
 More beds available for unavoidable needs
 Public order offences significantly down
 1000 deaths pa decreasing year on year
 Enhanced treatment wherewithal
 €30/37bn not be required in coming 10 years!
 Our reputation...

7.  We need to take this seriously.....
 ...a greater challenge than our economic dilemma
 ...certainly deserves as much focus....from everyone!

8. Thank You