Alcohol Focus Scotland

24/08/2026

Free Alcohol Awareness Sessions
In Scotland, alcohol is everywhere. It affects our health, wellbeing and wider society.

Alcohol Focus Scotland are offering a limited number of free alcohol-awareness sessions to teams or groups to help build a deeper understanding of Scotland’s relationship with alcohol, including key facts, figures, and the wider effects on health and wellbeing.

You’ll discover the impact alcohol can have on our physical and mental health, relationships, and everyday life. You’ll also learn how Alcohol Focus Scotland is making a difference and how you can be part of creating positive change in your community.

Get in touch to find out more and book your team session – email [email protected]

If a team session isn’t the right fit for you, you can still take part by joining our open Alcohol Awareness session on 12 November, as part of Alcohol Action Week.

Book your place at the link below 🔗

Key information

- Session lasts 3 hours
- Free sessions will be delivered between October 2026 and March 2027 and will be offered on a first come first served basis.

Free Alcohol Awareness Session for individuals across Scotland. Learn about alcohol’s impact on health, wellbeing and communities.

18/08/2026

Help us campaign for a future free from widespread health and social harm caused by alcohol

Fundraise for AFS, or support our work with a one off or regular donation

Is running your thing? Taking part in a marathon or 10K might be a great way for you to support us.

Donate or fundraise below 🔽

https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/fundraise-for-afs/

17/08/2026

We would be very grateful to anyone who could share their experience of liver cancer with us, our supporters and possibly the media to help with our campaigning work during Liver Cancer Awareness Month. Please message us for more information.

17/08/2026

17/08/2026

It's time to !

By sober shaming others, we’re upholding society’s view that drinking alcohol is normal and not drinking is not.

On a societal level, sober shaming puts up a barrier for people considering making a change to their drinking. If you know you’re going to be challenged about your non-drinking, that you’re going to have to explain it time and again, that friends and family may judge you or be upset with you, it’s much easier, and probably more tempting, to just keep drinking.

It’s in everybody’s interest to break down this view so we can all make our own choices about alcohol, free from any judgement. Let's make not drinking normal, as it should be!

Reshare this post to help raise awareness!🔁📨

17/08/2026

Making School Work: Building Positive Partnerships Around Your Child

Do you want to feel more confident when working with your child's school?

Join us for a special FASD Month Wednesday Webinar for parents, kinship carers, foster carers, adoptive parents and extended family members. Together we'll explore practical ways to build positive relationships with schools, share what matters most about your child, and create stronger partnerships that support wellbeing, inclusion and success.

This supportive session focuses on seeing the whole child, having productive conversations, and finding collaborative ways to help children thrive both inside and outside the classroom.
Because every child is more than a diagnosis, every family has valuable knowledge to share, and belonging matters just as much as attainment.

Submit your questions to our Education Advisors and book your place today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fasd-month-webinar-making-school-work-tickets-1997692919298?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*1n8wqie*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTY0OTM2NTQ2LjE3ODY1MzczMjU.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODY1MzczMjQkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODY1MzczMjQkajYwJGwwJGgw

16/08/2026

Natalie didn't start out planning to go alcohol free - but as the benefits kept piling up she decided she was better off without it.

Some people may find that boring, but she is rarely bored.

Read Natalie's Story. 🔽

https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/natalies-story/

13/08/2026

Have you ever thought about what you might be saying no to, in order to keep saying yes to the pub or to drinking?

Cutting down our alcohol use can open up new worlds and help us rediscover old passions or explore new ones.

Read Shane's Story. 🔽

https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/shanes-story/

13/08/2026

Whilst it's great to see the return of a popular football tournament, it's extremely disappointing to see football continue to acquiesce to alcohol industry efforts to cement a relationship between alcohol and their sport - exposing children to harmful alcohol marketing in the process.

If football authorities won't act, it's time that the Scottish Government did - and banned alcohol sponsorship of sport.

The Tennent's Sixes, a popular indoor football tournament, is set to return after more than 30 years.

12/08/2026

Whether it's cutting down a little or cutting out alcohol altogether, for lots of people it's not about hitting a 'rock bottom'.

It's just honestly evaluating the little things that alcohol might be costing them and deciding that you'd prefer life without those costs - and maybe experimenting with how you can get the 'benefits' of alcohol in other ways.

Read Natalie's Story. 🔽

https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/natalies-story/