A new Community Alcohol Partnership highlighting the risks of underage drinking to children and young people has launched in Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire. The official launch took place on Friday 7 November 2025 at the Morrisons store in Cambuslang.

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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.  

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‍The CAP in Cambuslang 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. The CAP will also look to highlight risks of harmful drinking among adults in the community and make parents more aware of the dangers of supplying alcohol to their children.  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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Sergeant Gary Mackie, who leads the community policing team at Cambuslang Police Office, welcomed the new partnership to the area and commented “We have had a CAP in Rutherglen for a while now and we are pleased that we have been able to extend it into the Cambuslang area.  The CAP will build on the good work already being carried out in the area and help to give young people confidence to make better choices for a healthier lifestyle”.

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To help with the work of the CAP, Sergeant Mackie is encouraging people who stay in Cambuslang and Rutherglen to share their views about young people and alcohol by completing an anonymous online survey which can be found at https://bit.ly/47QeXNg

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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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