Purpose

To seek approval for the award of funding to organisations from the Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Dependence Grant

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Health and Communities:

a)  Approved the award of funding totalling £0.574m to the eight organisations outlined in the report, who met the Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Dependence Grant Funding Criteria, noting the full breakdown of allocations as outlined in the financial implications in Appendix one, to provide recovery activities in Derbyshire over the financial years of 2024/25 and 2025/26.

b)  Approved the award of funding totalling £0.142m to the four organisations outlined in the report, who met the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant Criteria, noting the full breakdown of allocations as outlined in the financial implications in Appendix one, to provide recovery activities in Derbyshire over the financial year 2024/25.

c)   Approved the award of up to £0.040m from the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant to Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service (DAAS) to co-produce with people in recovery updated branding for the Growing Recovery in Derbyshire (GRID) website and to improve the functionality of the website by rebuilding the website with the updated branding on a new web hosting platform.

Reasons for the decision

The eight organisations met the criteria for the grant funding and the projects had demonstrated that they could provide activities to support recovery in Derbyshire from 01 April 2024 until 31 March 2026.

The four organisations met the criteria for the grant funding and the projects had demonstrated that they can provide activities to support recovery in Derbyshire from 01 April 2024 until 31 March 2025.

Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Services (DAAS) were uniquely placed as part of Derbyshire Recovery Partnership and work with people in recovery, to co-produce updated branding and rebuild the website on a new, web hosting platform that had greater scope in its functionality and adaptability.

Alternative options considered

Do nothing: This is not a preferred option as individuals in receipt of drug and alcohol treatment are more likely to recover if they can access supportive arrangements alongside treatment. Also, this option would not be in line with the recent government 10-year policy ‘From Harm to Hope’, which recent updated guidance had a renewed focus on developing recovery opportunities.