Purpose

To agree the award of grants up to
a total of £0.200m for a period of one year to 5
organisations for recovery from alcohol and drug dependence and to
agree the award of a grant up to £5,000 to fund the Growing
Recovery in Derbyshire (GRID) website to ensure the website
continues to be hosted and maintained by the designers for a period
of two years.

Decision

 

That the Cabinet Member for Health
and Communities:

 

a)        
Approve the grant award of a total
of £0.142m, from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026 to four
organisations from the Public Health Reserve, noting the full break
down of allocations as outlined in paragraph 4.8 of the
report.

 

b)        
Approve the grant award of up to
£5,000 from the Public Health Reserve to Derbyshire
Addictions Advice Service (DAAS) to fund the ongoing development of
the Growing in Recovery Derbyshire (GRID) website to ensure the
website continues to be hosted and maintained for a period of two
(2) years from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2027.

 

c)         
Approve the award of £0.185m
of underspend from Year Three (3) of the Supplemental Substance
Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant (SSMTRG) in line with approval
from the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID),
noting the full breakdown of allocations as outlined in paragraph
4.13 of the report.