Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems

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Registration as it was on 13 May 2022
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Overview

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

Lobbying Costs

None declared

Financial year: Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems   (SHAAP)

    EU Transparency Register

    887617518906-56 First registered on 24 Sep 2015

    Goals / Remit

    SHAAP was established by the Scottish Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties to raise awareness about alcohol-related problems.

    The work we do involves:
    Raising awareness of the nature and extent of alcohol-related harm in Scotland;

    Reviewing established and emerging evidence and carrying out new research to identify the most effective interventions to reduce alcohol-related health damage;

    Specifying how effective alcohol strategies and policies can be practically implemented at a Scottish, UK and international level;

    Campaigning for the adoption of effective strategies to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harm in Scotland.

    The main aims of SHAAP are:
    To raise awareness and understanding of alcohol-related health problems with health practitioners, policy makers and the public.

    To evaluate current research and identify strategies to reduce alcohol-related health damage based on the best available evidence.

    To work together with key organisa (...)

    Main EU files targeted

    Europe's Beating Cancer Plan
    Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action (CNAPA)
    Farm to Fork Plan

    Address

    Head Office
    12 Queen Street
    Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
    UNITED KINGDOM
    EU Office
    12 Queen Street
    Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
    UNITED KINGDOM

    Website

    https://www.shaap.org.uk

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    50%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Eurocare (European Alcohol Policy Alliance)
    EPHA (European Public Health Association)
    Alcohol Health Alliance (UK)
    Scottish Alcohol Research Network (Scotland)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

    Total organisational budget in closed year

    227,162€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Grants

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution Scottish Government 226,571€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Alcohol-related policy.
    Work of DG Sante.
    Public Health policy.

    We publish and disseminate by email weekly briefings on alcohol issues and 2 x per year policy briefings.
    Recent publications include:

    SHAAP Manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliament Election (May 2021)

    Exploring the factors that influence harmful alcohol use through the refugee journey: a qualitative study (Nov 2020)

    SHAAP briefing for the Scottish Government debate on the Internal Market (August 2020)

    Rural Matters - Understanding alcohol use in rural Scotland: Findings from a qualitative research study (September 2020)

    Men and Alcohol: Key Issues (August 2020)

    Updated Guidance: COVID-19: Advice for heavy drinkers who are thinking about cutting back or stopping drinking alcohol (April 2020)

    We are members of Eurocare (European Alcohol Policy Alliance) and EPHA (European Public Health Alliance).

    We have been especially active recently on campaigning for an EU Alcohol Strategy and to allow Scotland to implement its Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing policy.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    1 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

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