The Island’s Drug Advice Support and Helpline has had all its government funding cut by the Department of Social Care.
This is believed to be just shy of £110,000 and will come in to effect in August.
DASH confirmed the rumours on its Facebook page, saying it amounted to £85,000 for the adult service it currently offers and £25,000 to fund a part-time young persons worker, DASH had then planned to raise the extra to fund it full time.
In total, this equates to around 85% of the organisation’s funding.
DASH provides a confidential telephone helpline and one-to-one support to drug users and their families as well as providing education in schools and youth services.
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