Partnership Drugs Initiative 

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The Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) has been running since 2001. It is a partnership between The Scottish Government, who invest around £550,000 per annum, and Corra Foundation, who invest around £500,000 per annum.

This fund is currently paused while a review is taking place. The purpose of the review is to present a proposed way forward for PDI as a grant-programme, recognising the needs of people who use services, the needs of the sector, Scottish Government priorities and Corra’s commitment to being the Best Grant Maker possible. The review may result in a significant change to the approach described below.

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PDI existed to support children, young people and families affected by alcohol and drugs. It did this by opening two funding rounds per year, to which third sector organisations could apply to cover project and running costs for direct delivery of services.

Grants ran for up to five years, and on average awards totalled c.£60,000 per year. Grant holders were required to find 50% match funding for their projects. Projects must have focused on direct support to children and young people aged pre-birth to 26, whose life chances were significantly at risk due to their own or parent/carers’ alcohol or other drug use.

If you’d like any further information about this fund, please contact garry@corra.scot.

Which organisations received funding?

View the organisations who received funding. We also upload our grant holder data to 360 Giving.

What next?

Once the review process is complete and the PDI Board have agreed to the changes to the grant making processes, the fund will be relaunched. This is likely to be in late spring/early summer 2023. If you’d like to speak to us about the fund, please contact Garry Donegan at garry@corra.scot.

Further reading and related content

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National Drugs Mission Funding

Welcome to new alcohol and drugs strategy

An introduction to the new alcohol and drugs strategy