Lottery lifeline for NEDAC

Local agency secures £437,000 Big Lottery grant 

People experiencing loneliness and isolation are amongst those benefitting from £2.5 million of National Lottery funding announced today – World Mental Health Day. It’s great news for North Edinburgh in particular, as respected local organisation North Edinburgh Drug & Alcohol Centre is to receive over £473,000 – the biggest grant of all. Continue reading Lottery lifeline for NEDAC

North West Recovery Service: Lifeline service replaced by CGL

Health and social care CGL (Change Grow Live) has taken over the local recovery service previously run by Lifeline from a shop unit in Muirhouse Shopping Centre. Lifeline is no longer in operation, having ran out of money last month. Continue reading North West Recovery Service: Lifeline service replaced by CGL

NEDAC needs your support

Local service NEDAC has supported thousands of local individuals and their families for more than thirty years. Now, NEDAC needs YOUR support:

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NEDAC has been embedded in the local community for the past 30 years, we grew out of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Edinburgh and was initially started by local residents in response to this.

Over the past 30 years we have gained the trust and credibility of the local community and have developed services to meet the ever-changing needs of this diverse population. We have a strong community identity and links with all partner agencies involved in all aspects of substance use and mental health and we have gone a long way to reducing substance related harm for both individuals and family members as well as the community as a whole.

The current contract is about to be awarded to Lifeline which is an English National organisation based in Manchester, this decision will be made at the Finance and Resources committee on 14 December.

The loss of a locally developed service which has evolved and developed to meet the ever-changing needs of the local community will be a devastation for both the locality and the partnership approach to working with this client group. We believe that there will be a huge reduction in the level of service provided and the lack of a quick response to changing client needs will have a negative impact on the communities most vulnerable people

We are hoping to gain your support on this issue and saving a much needed community resource

GO TO www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/nedac-a-quality-local-service-axed

Addiction issues? Think SMART

North Edinburgh Drug Advice Centre (NEDAC) is to launch a new service at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre next month. The SMART Recovery programme offers support to people who feel they may be drinking too much and individuals whose compulsive or addictive behaviour is causing problems.

Sessions will be held in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre every Friday from 10 – 11.30am, with the first one taking place on Friday 28 June. For further information call Kennedy at NEDAC on 332 2314.

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