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Addiction Awareness Week

Addiction Awareness Week: bringing addiction out of the shadows.

Action on Addiction launched Addiction Awareness Week to further raise awareness of addiction and also to challenge the stigma associated with it. We were overwhelmed by the momentum generated around the week. In total, the week itself produced 446 pieces of media coverage – online and in both broadcast and print media - in the UK and overseas. In addition, our own gala dinner, which our patron, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge attended produced 429 pieces of coverage alone. 

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Action on Addiction organised and/or took part in 10 events throughout the week including:

  • A reunion for our alumni in Essex
  • A focused debate involving members of the gambling and racing industries
  • A parliamentary roundtable event in which politicians, academics and policy professionals came together to address the impact of addiction on families
  • Moving Parents and Children Together Programme (M-PACT) 12-year evaluation launch 
  • A ‘Café for Addiction Awareness’ event at The Brink, Liverpool

 

 

  • The Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies open day
  • The Alcohol and Families Alliance Parliamentary Fair
  • Action on Addiction gala dinner with HRH The Duchess of Cambridge in attendance
  • The ‘Tea at Clouds’ event
  • The Clouds Reunion, where Tony Adams MBE was the guest speaker