Local Alcohol Action Areas (LAAA) phase 2 announced

The Home Office has just released the list of the 33 regions comprising the second phase of the Local Alcohol Action Areas (LAAA) programme.

On the 27 January the Home Office launched a new phase of the programme to tackle alcohol-related crime and health harms and create a more diverse night-time economy. The programme initially launched in February 2014 covering 20 areas.

Each area will be supported by the government to implement their plan which will see local agencies including licensing authorities, health bodies, and police coming together with businesses to address problems caused by alcohol in their local area.

The 33 new areas will be supported in developing and implementing their plans by specialist support managers. They will receive support and expertise in crime prevention, licensing and public health from the Home Office, Public Health England, the Welsh government and Nightworks, a company that specialises in diversifying the night-time economy.

The programme will run for 2 years and LAAA areas will also be put in touch with mentors who have successfully tackled the issues that they face and will come together to problem solve and share best practice.

The 33 local alcohol action areas are:

• Barnsley
• Bedfordshire
• Camden
• Colchester
• Cornwall
• Derbyshire
• Doncaster
• Exeter
• Fareham
• Hastings
• Havering
• Hull
• Isle of Wight
• Islington
• Merton
• Northumberland
• Norwich
• Nottinghamshire
• Peterborough
• Shropshire
• Southwark
• Surrey
• Swansea
• Swindon
• Wakefield
• Wandsworth
• Westminster
• Weston-super-Mare
• Weymouth
• Wirral
• Wisbech
• Wolverhampton
• Wrexham

For some more background on the LAAA scheme see 'Prospectus for Local Alcohol Action Areas: Phase 2: September 2016'