Alcohol Focus Scotland is the national voluntary organisation for alcohol issues. We are working to improve the quality of people's lives by changing Scotland's drinking culture. We want to see a Scotland where:

• moderate, responsible drinking is the norm, and drunkenness is socially unacceptable
  
• fewer children have to live with the harmful effects of adult drinking and fewer families break up due to alcohol
  
• our villages, towns and cities are free from alcohol fuelled violence and disorder and people who do have a problem with alcohol can get help quickly and effectively
  
• all alcohol producers and retailers take their legal and social responsibilities seriously and significantly fewer Scottish lives are lost to alcohol
  

We work to achieve change by:

• providing information and advice on safe drinking
  
• training volunteers to become alcohol counsellors in their local communities
  
• working with employers on how to encourage and support their staff to drink responsibly
  
• providing training to professionals working with people with alcohol problems
  
• working with alcohol manufacturers and retailers to encourage them to make, advertise, and sell alcohol responsibly
  
• providing training to licensees, managers and bar staff in all aspects of responsible selling
  
• working with, and advising, the Scottish Executive on public information campaigns, legislation and policy
  

Scottish Charity Number SC009538