- Awards for 48 projects in latest funding round
More than £15 million has been awarded to a range of projects
supporting people affected by problem substance use.
These include residential rehabilitation services, support for
those affected by addiction and homelessness and programmes
working with children and families affected by a loved one’s
substance use. The number of lives lost to drugs is still too
high in Scotland and these funds are vital for those services
working on the frontline to help those affected and their
families.
Simon Community Scotland is one of the latest recipients,
receiving £408,000 to deliver a new Edinburgh-based project, ‘We
See You’, offering people who are homeless and using substances a
safe space and access to a range of support services.
Drugs and Alcohol Policy Minister said:
“The National Mission funds have now supported 300 projects but
we know there is much work still to do.
“These organisations save lives and we want to support them so
they can extend as far into their communities as possible and
offer people the support they need when and where they need it.
“Through our £250 million National Drugs
Mission, we are focused on supporting everyone affected by
problem substance use, delivering real change on the ground and
implementing evidence-based approaches to improve and save
lives.”
Simon Community Scotland CEO Lorraine McGrath said:
“We are delighted to have been awarded funding for our 'We See
You' project in Edinburgh.
“The project brings a wide range of partners together
to work with people who often feel excluded from services,
creating an inclusive response that improves health, saves
lives and challenges what is possible.
“Simon Community Scotland has been driving service
change and innovation in reducing drug deaths and harms
within the population we support. This is an exciting step
towards achieving even greater health improvement in Edinburgh.”
Background
These recent awards for multi-year funding are made through the
Corra Foundation which supports the Scottish Government with its
funding processes as part of the National Drugs Mission. £65
million has been awarded through Corra over the duration of the
National Mission to support third sector and grassroots
organisations.
A total of 300 grants have now been made from the funds set up as
part of the National Drugs Mission.
CORRA Foundation – drug
services funds
