The Liverpool Primary Care Trust is taking to the city's streets this weekend to promote safer drinking.
The ASSIST alcohol team will be out and about on their dedicated bus, stopping at Paradise Street to offer free information, advice and support to people about alcohol – and inviting people to take their alcohol challenge.
The team of health intervention workers will offer non-judgemental, friendly advice and information to shoppers and passersby - armed with tons of fun giveaways including mocktails (non-alcoholic cocktails), drinks diaries, exacto pourers, alcohol calorie counters and drinks spinners which help people calculate how much they are drinking.
The ASSIST team will also be providing short, free, confidential alcohol screenings to help people assess their drinking habits as ‘safe’, hazardous’ or ‘harmful’ – and offering tips on how to drink safely.
Jay Mannhart, one of the ASSIST alcohol advisors said: "A lot of people we meet tell us that alcohol units are hard to understand, and that they don’t really know how many measures of alcohol are in a typical drink – which makes it hard to know their limits.
"The underlying aim of our alcohol challenge is to educate people about how much alcohol is a safe amount – in a simple and fun way that they can understand.
"The ASSIST team isn’t here to judge or tell people to stop drinking, but just to make people more aware of how much they are drinking and of the damage excessive alcohol can cause to their long-term health so that they can make an educated decision for themselves.
"We want people of all ages and backgrounds, to come on board the bus and to feel comfortable and confident that their concerns will be listened too and taken seriously."
Over the past ten months, more than 2,000 people from around Liverpool have spoken with the ASSIST team at alcohol awareness events taking place across the city, including many right in the heart of communities in North Liverpool.
The ASSIST bus will be at Paradise Street, by McDonalds, on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th February.
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