A new Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) highlighting the risks of underage drinking to children and young people is set to launch in Beverley. The official launch will take place Thursday 10April 2025 at Beverley Parish Hall.

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‍CAPs are partnerships between police, local authorities, schools, and retailers who work together to highlight the risks of underage drinking and improve the health and wellbeing of local children and young people.  Partners in the new CAP include: Humberside Police, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Beverley Town Council, Licensing, Trading Standards, Youth Services, local schools, Asda, Morrisons and Tesco.  

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The CAP in Beverley will work to educate young people about underage drinking and help them to make better decisions about issues such as alcohol, drugs and anti-social behaviour.

Working with local retailers, the CAP also aims to prevent underage sales and ‘proxy’ sales, where adults buy alcohol for under-18s.    

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A spokesperson from Humberside CAP said: “Beverley Joint Youth partnership and Humberside Police Neighbourhood policing team are delighted to welcome CAP into the partnership. Proving how agencies can work together, bringing together their knowledge and resources, to make changes in our local community of Beverley- We are looking forward to getting started.”

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Emma Good, Assistant Headteacher at Beverley Grammar School said: As a school we are committed to supporting our young people to understand the risks they can be exposed to and to help them understand how to look after their health and wellbeing and become positive contributors to the local community. CAP offers us the opportunity to both support our young people whilst working with the local community partnerships to achieve this by using a more collaborative and more informed approach.  We are looking forward to being part of the CAP family to support young people, parents, staff and the local community to sustain positive change."

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Kate Winstanley, Director of CAP said “We know from extensive research that underage drinking can lead to lots of challenges for young people in their education, relationships, health and also in later life.  We also know that the work CAPs do in local communities can help reduce things like the supply of alcohol to children, alcohol-related anti-social behaviour and underage street drinking.  That’s why it’s great to see local partners coming together in this new CAP to highlight the risks of underage drinking and reduce alcohol harm among our young people.”  

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‍She continued: “We are looking forward to seeing the initiatives that the CAP is working on and to making an impact in the local community.”

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For media information, please contact: Samantha Patel, Communications Manager - sam@communityalcoholpartnerships.co.uk