ACTION events and training
ACTION provides a platform for learning and education opportunities for all staff who work in alcohol care teams.
Our programme is shaped by ACTION members and range from informal peer support sessions to structured learning that is eligible for CPD points.
Our learning events include community of practice webinars, staff forums (including specific forums for Lead Alcohol Nurses and Band 3 and 4 nurses), National ACT collaboration days, peer review training and complex case discussions.
ACTION Community of Practice webinars are monthly events taking place online. Community of Practice webinars include speakers on topics related to alcohol care as well as learning and collaboration opportunities guided by evidence based best practice.
Access to these webinars and recordings is included in ACTION membership and the ACTION events package. Webinars are organised by the ACTION team and facilitated by different speakers each month.
The webinar programme is currently being revised and developed towards a more interactive, workshop-style format that will focus on common clinical challenges faced by ACTs, led by a range of clinicians and researchers and guided by evidence based guidance such as the Clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment and the ACTION Standards.
ACTION holds an annual face-to-face National ACT Collaboration Day to bring ACT clinicians together from across the country. The day is an opportunity for alcohol care teams across the UK to celebrate past achievements and identify solutions and developments for the future.
Previous collaboration days have been held in March 2023, September 2023, November 2024 and October 2025.
Peer reviewer training is accessible to ACTION members who would like to become peer reviewers and have not taken part in the training before. Becoming a peer reviewer is an opportunity for development in your own role and support quality improvement within other alcohol care teams.
Training sessions occur regularly on Microsoft Teams and are facilitated by a member of the ACTION project team.
The next peer reviewer training session will take place on the 1st April 2026, 09.00 - 10.00. To sign up please complete this short booking form.
See more information regarding the benefits of becoming a peer reviewer
The ACTION events package is available to teams or individuals working within or alongside alcohol care teams. The package includes access to:
- 1 year access per team to ACTION Community of Practice webinars (12 sessions, April 2026 - March 2027)
- Two places at the National ACT Collaboration Day, an annual, in-person conference taking place at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
The ACTION events package is priced at £400 + VAT.
For further details regarding the package please see our promotional poster.
To sign up for the ACTION events package please email ACTION@rcpsych.ac.uk.