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Paul Herring: /* Campaigns */

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Campaigns

Paul Herring: /* FIFA World Cup 2014 */

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FIFA World Cup 2014

Paul Herring: /* FIFA World Cup 2014 */

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FIFA World Cup 2014

Paul Herring: /* Campaigns */

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Campaigns

Paul Herring at 14:57, 17 June 2014

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Paul Herring: /* Income */ Adding 2013

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Income: Adding 2013

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Income

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Income

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	As opposed to the Big Temperance Industry, who normally demonstrate the power they have over government, are - for a change - are being ignored.		As opposed to the Big Temperance Industry, who normally demonstrate the power they have over government, are - for a change - are being ignored.
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		+	=== Disregarding the truth to an MP - Jun 2014 ===
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		+	Eric Joyce, MP, was somewhat concerned about [[Alcohol Concern]]'s agenda...
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		+	{{quote\|I’ve noticed recently that some lobbyists are prepared to simply lie – or give no value at all to the truth – in pursuit of their apparent aims.
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		+	[...]
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		+	The thing about the article which immediately struck me is that [[Alcohol Concern]], a ‘good cause’ lobbying organisation who say in their website they want to ‘make sense of alcohol’, was quoted as follows;
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		+	'''“It’s disappointing that Parliament isn’t leading by example, instead alcohol consumption continues to increase."
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		+	I wrote to Alcohol Concern and asked why it had given such a weird quote claiming increased consumption when it seems patently untrue – certainly un-evidenced. ‘Interim Chief Executive’ Eric Appleby, who’d been given as the source, wrote back. His reply, didn’t make much sense and included this classic of its genre:
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		+	'''“the niceties as to whether a 10% increase in spending represents an equivalent rise in consumption is frankly irrelevant”.'''<ref>[http://ericjoyce.co.uk/2014/05/hic/ Making sense of ? hic : (] - Erick Joyce MP</ref>}}

	=== The Welsh drink too much - 19 Oct 2012 ===		=== The Welsh drink too much - 19 Oct 2012 ===

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 {{quote|Tom Smith, policy programme manager at Alcohol Concern, said: "The fact that Fifa has pressurised Brazil to overturn domestic law so that World Cup venues will now sell alcohol shows the power the drinks industry has already had on the Fifa World Cup 2014.<ref name="aol" /><ref name="bt" />}}
+As opposed to the Big Temperance Industry, who normally demonstrate the power they have over government, are - for a change - are being ignored.
 === The Welsh drink too much - 19 Oct 2012 ===

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 <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10890568/World-Cup-alcohol-licensing-extension-criticised.html World Cup alcohol licensing extension criticised] - [[The Telegraph]]</ref>
 <ref name="aol">[http://travel.aol.co.uk/2014/06/09/world-cup-2014-england-fans-warned-of-alcohol-dangers/ World Cup 2014: Fans issued grave warning over drinking] - AOL</ref>
-<ref name="bt">[http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/alcohol-should-not-be-central-feature-of-world-cup-11363909605234 Alcohol should not be 'central feature' of World Cup] - BT}}
+<ref name="bt">[http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/alcohol-should-not-be-central-feature-of-world-cup-11363909605234 Alcohol should not be 'central feature' of World Cup] - BT</ref>}}
 No. There really aren't.

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	== Campaigns ==		== Campaigns ==
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		+	=== FIFA World Cup 2014 ===
		+	Lots of hand-wringing and shroud waving for this one. Since a few people are unable to control their drinking, everyone who likes to drink must suffer, and of course - because no-one listened too much to their hand-wringing, Big Alcohol were to blame..
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		+	A small smattering of [[Alcohol Concern]] wailing and gnashing their teeth:
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		+	{{quote\|Earlier this week charity Alcohol Concern said drink and football have become closely linked, and there are many "forces" during the much-anticipated sporting event which encourage people to drink too much.
		+	<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10890568/World-Cup-alcohol-licensing-extension-criticised.html World Cup alcohol licensing extension criticised] - [[The Telegraph]]</ref>
		+	<ref name="aol">[http://travel.aol.co.uk/2014/06/09/world-cup-2014-england-fans-warned-of-alcohol-dangers/ World Cup 2014: Fans issued grave warning over drinking] - AOL</ref>
		+	<ref name="bt">[http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/alcohol-should-not-be-central-feature-of-world-cup-11363909605234 Alcohol should not be 'central feature' of World Cup] - BT}}
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		+	No. There really aren't.
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		+	{{quote\|Tom Smith, policy programme manager at Alcohol Concern, said: "The fact that Fifa has pressurised Brazil to overturn domestic law so that World Cup venues will now sell alcohol shows the power the drinks industry has already had on the Fifa World Cup 2014.<ref name="aol" /><ref name="bt" />}}
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	=== The Welsh drink too much - 19 Oct 2012 ===		=== The Welsh drink too much - 19 Oct 2012 ===

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	While in the years since then the proportion of their funds received from the tax-payer have declined, they, as of 2013, still obtain less than 10% of their income from 'donations.'		While in the years since then the proportion of their funds received from the tax-payer have declined, they, as of 2013, still obtain less than 10% of their income from 'donations.'

−	In 2013, they still received a 5.2% increase of funding from the taxpayer on the year before.	+	In 2013, they still received a 5.2% increase of funding from the taxpayer on the year before, despite the whole country being 'in austerity' with alleged budget cuts across most areas of government.

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-[[Alcohol Concern]] is a fake-charity ({{UKCharity|291705}}) that in the financial year ending 2011, received most of its £1.22M funds from the taxpayer<ref name="accounts2011">[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends05%5C0000291705_ac_20110331_e_c.pdf Financial year ending 31 Mar 2011] - Charity Commission</ref>. While in the years since then the proportion of their funds received from the tax-payer have declined, they, as of 2013, still obtain less than 10% of their income from 'donations.'
+[[Alcohol Concern]] is a fake-charity ({{UKCharity|291705}}) that in the financial year ending 2011, received most of its £1.22M funds from the taxpayer<ref name="accounts2011">[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends05%5C0000291705_ac_20110331_e_c.pdf Financial year ending 31 Mar 2011] - Charity Commission</ref>.
 {{quote|Department of Health: £300,000
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 So, a charity, funded by government, to lobby government.
 == Loss of government funding ==

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−	[[Alcohol Concern]] is a fake-charity ({{UKCharity\|291705}}) that in the financial year ending 2011, received most of its £1.22M funds from the taxpayer<ref name="accounts2011">[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends05%5C0000291705_ac_20110331_e_c.pdf Financial year ending 31 Mar 2011] - Charity Commission</ref>.	+	[[Alcohol Concern]] is a fake-charity ({{UKCharity\|291705}}) that in the financial year ending 2011, received most of its £1.22M funds from the taxpayer<ref name="accounts2011">[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends05%5C0000291705_ac_20110331_e_c.pdf Financial year ending 31 Mar 2011] - Charity Commission</ref>. While in the years since then the proportion of their funds received from the tax-payer have declined, they, as of 2013, still obtain less than 10% of their income from 'donations.'
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		+	In 2013, they still received a 5.2% increase of funding from the taxpayer on the year before.

	{{quote\|Department of Health: £300,000		{{quote\|Department of Health: £300,000

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 ! scope="col"|2012<ref>http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends05%5C0000291705_AC_20120331_E_C.pdf</ref>
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 |'''Voluntary income'''
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 |Grants - Consulting and Training
 |£209,336
 |22.8%
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 |Grants - Other
 |£353,536
 |38.4%
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 |'''Operating Activities'''
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 |Conference & Publications
 |£2,309
 |0.3%
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 |Consultancy & Training
 |£316,166
 |34.4%
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 |'''Total taxpayer income'''
-|£881347
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 |95.8%
 |£1,197,720
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 |'''Total Income'''
 |£919,912
 |100%

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 |£377,349
 |30.9%
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 |'''Total Income'''