Wellbeing for Life

On this page:

Who are we?

What we do together?

Our meeting dates and papers

Action plans

News

Who to contact

Who are we? 

Chair

• Dr Meng Khaw, Director of Public Health NHS North of Tyne and Newcastle City Council

Other Members

• Stephen Savage, Director of Regulatory Services and Public Protection, Environment and Regeneration Directorate, Newcastle City Council 
• Vivienne Air, Head of Environment and Public Protection, Environment and Regeneration Directorate, Newcastle City Council
• Tommy Hughes, Drug and Alcohol Commissioning Manager, Adult and Culture Services, Newcastle City Council
• Superintendant Gillian Mitchell, Northumbria Police
• Margaret Orange, Treatment Effectiveness Manager (Alcohol and Drugs), Newcastle and North Tyneside Community Health
• Rod Stapley, Lead Specialist Practitioner, Children's Services Directorate, Newcastle City Council
• Lynda Seery, Public Health Specialist, NHS North of Tyne
• Paul Stanley, Harm Reduction Co-ordinator, Northumbria Police
• Sue Taylor, Balance
• Ollie Batchelor and Rob Bailey represent the voluntary and community sector
• Neil Toner and Mike Parkin represent service users

• Jane Mackintosh, Northumbria Probation Service

 People who are in routine attendance at our meetings

• Roger Mould, Partnership, Policy and project Officer, Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service
• Liz Robinson, Strategic Partnership Coordinator, Wellbeing and Health Partnership
• Rachael Hope, Drugs Strategy Coordinator, Safe Newcastle 

What we do together

We are working in partnership to reduce the harm caused by alcohol to individuals, children, families and communities.

Our strategy 'Safe Sensible and Social in Newcastle Upon Tyne' outlines in detail how our delivery partnerships will tackle the harm caused by alcohol misuse.

We work together to make sure that the right services are in place so that Newcastle is a healthy and safe place to live, work and visit.

Our work is guided by four outcomes:

• People of all backgrounds and all ages are empowered to engage in informed decision making about their alcohol use 
• People have excellent, quality, appropriate alcohol treatment and care, if needed and their families and carers have access to high quality help and support from dedicated services
•  People live, work and enjoy themselves safely free from the fear of experiencing alcohol related crime or anti social behaviour
•  All partners work together creatively prioritising and tailoring resources to reduce the harm caused by alcohol

For further information please refer to our Terms of Reference

Our Meeting Dates and Papers 

Please click on the date below for the meeting you would like the minutes for, or to view the upcoming agendas where this is already available. 

If you are interested in observing Alcohol Strategy Delivery Board meetings, or any other meeting, you are welcome to do so, although we would prefer prior arrangement is made.  Find out more on this on our FAQs page. 
 
Action PlansThe Alcohol Strategy Board has been working to deliver revised action plans which are Outcome focused and SMARTer in approach.  These draft action plans have been put together with input from many partners and agencies and communities.  We welcome your feedback and will try to incorporate this where possible as the plans evolve across the next 18 months.  These action plans are live flexible documents that will allow us to be responsive to the needs of people living in Newcastle.  Click on any of the links below to access these plans: 
 

Prevention Theme 
 

Treatment Theme 
 

Enforcement Theme 
 

Partnership Theme

News

October 2010 news
December 2010 news
February 2011 news
April 2011 news
August 2011 news
December 2011 news

Who to contact

For all queries about the Alcohol Strategy Board please contact Liz Robinson, Alcohol Strategy Co-ordinator at liz.robinson@newcastle.gov.uk or phone 0191 211 6361.  Alternatively, for general enquiries, you can contact us at wellbeing@newcastle.gov.uk