Digital Lifelines Scotland Secures £783k to Extend Life‑saving Digital Inclusion Work

Digital inclusion programme for people affected by drug use secures new funding

A programme that aims to ‘digitally include’ people affected by drug addiction has secured £783,150 in funding to continue and extend its work as new figures showed drug deaths rose in Scotland by 8% last year. Digital Lifelines Scotland is an award-winning national programme that seeks to reduces the risk of harm and death amongst people who use drugs through digital inclusion. The programme is delivered by the Digital Health & Care Innovation …

Digital Lifelines Scotland Secures £783k to extend life‑saving digital inclusion work

The Scottish Government’s Digital Lifelines Scotland programme, which seeks to reduce the risk of harm and death amongst people who use drugs through digital inclusion, has secured £783,150 in new funding to continue and extend its work. Delivered by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in partnership with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and Simon Community Scotland, Digital Lifelines Scotland (DLS) and suppo…