Purpose

In November 2023, Camden were notified by the Office of
Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), that their Supplementary
Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant (SSMTRG) allocation
for 2024/25 (Year 3) would be £2,792,326.  Since then,
officers have been liaising with key delivery partners and grant
leads at the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities to agree
how the grant can be spent to support Camden in achieving the
outcomes outlined in the national Drug Strategy.
 
All funding must be utilised by 31 March 2025, any unspent
grant must be returned to OHID.
 
This report is proposing Camden will enter into a number
of separate grant agreements with local providers currently
delivering services under the menu of interventions outlined in the
grant conditions. We have liaised with providers to determine that
interventions have been co-produced with service users and will
meet the outcomes of the drug strategy.  Full
details of the proposed grant funded external provision are
outlined below.
 
This report is required as the Camden Constitution
requires that any grant award between £25,000 and
£100,000 per year is delegated to the Director of Public
Health in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member.
 
 

Content

THAT the Director of Health and Wellbeing in consultation
with the Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social
Care:
 

1.    
Notes the requirements of the central government funded
Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery grant
programme.

2.    
Awards grants to local
providers according to the allocations and timelines set out under
section 2 of the report. This would equate to an allocation of
£367,316 in 2024/25. The exact amounts may be subject to
changes to allow for flexibility in enabling us to deliver
according to the conditions of the central government
grant.