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Big Give Christmas 2025

We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025, which is a seven-day online match funded campaign, meaning one donation, twice the impact. We have £12,500 of matched funding available thanks to generous pledges and champion funding from Reed Educational Trust Limited, and money raised through this campaign will enable us to fund […]

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DSM Foundation responds to ASH’s annual survey on youth vaping in Great Britain

The DSM Foundation, a charity dedicated to drug education, has welcomed new data released by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) showing stability in vaping rates among young people aged 11–17 in Great Britain. However, the charity echoes ASH’s concern over a significant increase in those identifying as “ever smokers,” rising from 14% in 2023

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DSM Foundation’s drug education work in Moray, Scotland continues to grow

The DSM Foundation is delighted to be working with Moray Council/the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund to deliver our evidence-based, multi-component drug education programme in all eight of the local authority’s secondary schools and its service for students with special educational and behavioural needs. The report for the 2024-25 academic year can be found at Moray

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DSM Foundation responds to disposable vape ban with its unique insights on young people and drugs

Ten days on from the UK-wide ban on disposable vapes that was introduced on June 1, drug education charity the DSM Foundation is commenting on how they see this impacting young people in particular – who have, in the past, been cited as the biggest users of single use vapes. Although it is likely to

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DSM Foundation and University of Bath launch training to combat growing concerns Over Spice-containing vapes in schools

In response to findings that one in six confiscated vapes from UK schools contained the illegal and dangerous drug Spice, drugs education charity the DSM Foundation has collaborated with the  University of Bath which undertook the original research to produce an innovative training resource aimed at helping school and college staff identify and address the

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