Digital Lifelines Scotland (DLS) programme gains significant momentum

Announcement of new partnerships and locations for Phase 3 of DLS.

After assessment of applications submitted last month DLS were delighted to announce East Ayrshire and Angus Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADP) will be the two locations for this phase. Each ADP provided strong and creative proposals in collaboration with their local partners who will also receive funding.

A place-based and person-led approach will incorporate Digital Inclusion and Digital Products workstreams and seek to identify new ways of working to better integrate service for people who use drugs. This new phase marks an evolution of DLS from a learning programme to a change programme. Implementing sustainable system change which can be adapted and adopted elsewhere in Scotland.

DLS will be supporting the locations to deliver to key Scottish Government priorities outlined in the recently published Population Health Framework. Aligning to the principles of both the Charter of Rights for People Affected by Substance Use and Getting it Right for Everyone.

Remaining at the core of the programme will be Communities of Learning, and the team intend engaging widely with previously funded partners, and other organisations and ADPs with a keen interest in embedding digital inclusion and digital services. Please contact the team if you would like to be kept informed of future opportunities: digital.lifelines@dhi-scotland.com

The award of grants follows on from last month’s release of the positive Evaluation of DLS and the granting of further Scottish Government funding - read the article here: https://www.dhi-scotland.com/post/pioneering-digital-lifelines-scotland-programme-secures-new-funding

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Digital Lifelines Scotland is managed by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in conjunction with core partners Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and Simon Community Scotland. The third phase of DLS is funded by Drug and Alcohol Policy Division in the Scottish Government with previous phases receiving funding from Drugs and Alcohol Policy, Digital Health and Care Divisions, and the Drug Deaths Taskforce in the Scottish Government.