A LARKFIELD lady is turning sweet smells into cash for good causes. Charity worker Suzie Gallagher has set up a new social enterprise - Scents for Good - from her own home. It s already raised £500 with family, friends and neighbours all supporting the page. Suzie is selling a range of perfumes and cosmetics with all money raised going to local community groups supporting children and families in the area. The 48-year-old suffers from an autoimmune condition and has had to shield for the last year during the pandemic. But she has been determined to help others on her own doorstep.
Action demanded to tackle Scotland s drugs deaths crisis
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A DRUG support worker says a rethink will be required to reduce the soaring number of drugs deaths in Inverclyde. Latest figures show that Inverclyde s drug death rate per 1,000 people over the last five years is the third highest in the country. During 2019 a total of 33 people - 26 men and seven women - died as a result of drugs, with the toll going up by a third. Daryl McLeister, local family support worker with Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs, believes a three-pronged approach is needed to reduce harm. He champions the supply of take-home Naloxone kits, which can reverse the effects of opioids and avoid fatal overdoses.
Drugs project offers a lifeline to Renfrewshire families
Funding for Families as Lifesavers comes from the Drugs Deaths Taskforce
Drugs policy minister Angela Constance (Image: © Wattie Cheung)
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A new project that will help Renfrewshire families with people at risk of dying through drugs will start work this month.
Families as Lifesavers is being funded through the Drugs Deaths Taskforce A NEW project which helps the families of people at risk of dying through drugs will start work in early January. Families as Lifesavers, which is being funded through the Drugs Deaths Taskforce, helps family members to increase their understanding of drug addiction while building coping strategies and helping them to continue to support their relative. The project, run by Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs, is one of a number of schemes funded through the taskforce. Minister for Drugs Policy Angela Constance said: “Finding out that a loved one is using drugs, and might even be at risk of losing their lives to their addiction, is one of the toughest things any family can face. People want to know the best way to respond, and what they might be able to do to help. They also want to feel they are not alone.
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