1. SCOTTISH YOUTH COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL SCOTTISH YOUTH COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL

2. Scottish Youth Commission on Alcohol Wasted? Alcohol and Mental Health Conference Lynsey Harper and Tobias Paul

3. Scottish Youth Commission on Alcohol The recommendations  8 areas of focus identified  38 specific recommendations agreed  Presented to Government Minister  Published and disseminated by Young Scot

4. SCOTTISH YOUTH COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL SCOTTISH YOUTH COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL

5. 20.Research the impact of passive drinking on adults and young people 21.Raise awareness amongst young people about passive drinking and the support services available to them 22.Improve support for the whole family when an individual completes a brief intervention or accesses treatment 23.Scottish government should set up a youth-led investigation into how young people’s resilience and self-esteem is developed

6. 36.Generate effective intelligence about the needs of young people with alcohol problems 37.Ensure that the needs of young people become central in the agendas of Alcohol and Drug Partnerships 38.Establish a ‘Youth Champion’ scheme as a permanent voice for young people in alcohol related policies

7. 8. Involve young people in designing leisure and lifestyle choices 9. Create sustainable local strategies for diversionary activities 10.Research the leisure time needs of different age groups 11.Action to encourage alcohol-free leisure and lifestyle choices 12.Invest in rewards and incentive programmes 13.Promote safer stag and hen parties

8. 14.Recognise ‘health and Wellbeing as a subject in its own right 15.Embed alcohol education into pre-service and continuous professional development for all learning professionals 16.Encourage and promote sharing of best practice 17.Promote and evaluate peer education approaches 18.Young people should be co-designers of alcohol and lifestyle education packages 19.Better support for use of community resources in alcohol education

9. 28.Reduce the amount of advertising young people are exposed to 29.Ensure that the public sector clearly leads regulation of alcohol promotion in Scotland 30.Devise stricter regulation of digital promotion and advertising

10. Scottish Youth Commission on Alcohol Reflections, Impact and what next  Detailed recommendations are result of a detailed investigation  Youth-led throughout the process  Media coverage was crucial  Engagement with government throughout the process  Presented to key stakeholders  Young Scot will work with Government and other partners to implement recommendations  Impact on individual young people

11. Scottish Youth Commission on Alcohol For more information, see www.youngscot.net