
The Department for Communities and Local Government cash will be handed to existing community projects and partnerships with a proven track record of reducing binge and underage drinking in their area.
The move comes as the government’s safe communities champion Baroness Newlove launches her latest report Building Safe, Active Communities, which focuses on tackling problem drinking as well as support for community groups. Problem drinking was highlighted as a priority in her interim report released last July.
Among examples of successful anti-drinking campaigns highlighted in her latest report is the work of Newquay Safe Partnership, which includes promotional campaigns aimed at young people and a crackdown on the use of fake IDs. Since 2009 there has been a 30 per cent fall in incidents of antisocial behaviour in the Cornish town.
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