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Fiona Spargo-Mabbs appointed to government drugs advisory body

The DSM Foundation is delighted to announce that drugs education charity founder and director Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE has been appointed to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. The ACMD is an advisory non-departmental public body that makes recommendations to the government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and […]

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DSM Foundation responds to government moves to reclassify ketamine as a Class A substance

Media, News / Asha Fowells

The government has announced plans to seek advice on ketamine, including consideration of whether it should remain a Class B substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act 10971 or move to Class A, the most tightly regulated group. The BBC – among other media outlets – has covered this news at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8306prgy6o DSM Foundation Director,

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DSM FOUNDATION BECOMES APPROVED ACTIVITY PROVIDER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DOING THEIR DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD

News / Asha Fowells

The drug education charity’s Safer Choices programme will enable young people to learn about communication and staying safe strategies [DATE] The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs (DSM) Foundation is proud to announce that they are now an Approved Activity Provider (AAP) for the Skills section of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE). The Safer Choices programme, run by

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The Larchfield Estate Christmas Fair raises £24K for the DSM Foundation!

News / Grace McCormack

In November 2024 the Larchfield Estate in Lisburn hosted their annual Christmas in the Barn, and this year it raised £23,938.28 for our charity. This will enable us to fund a new production of our powerful commissioned verbatim play, ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die’ by Mark Wheeller, which will tour schools across Northern

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Author Flora Dunn to donate share of book sales to DSM Foundation

News / Asha Fowells

The DSM Foundation has partnered with Lumina Publications, with £1 from every sale of Flora Dunn’s ‘Summer at Tillingford Hall’ going to the charity to support its drugs education work. This is the first time the DSM Foundation has embarked on such a partnership, having been approached by the author Primavera Moretti (who writes as

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NIHR funding for academic evaluation of DSM Foundation’s drug education programme

News / Asha Fowells

The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation’s universal drug education programme is to be evaluated as part of an innovation project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The research is one of four innovation projects aimed at helping to reduce the use of drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy, nitrous oxide and powder cocaine

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Larchfield Estate Christmas Fair 2024

News / Grace McCormack

On 4th and 5th November the Larchfield Estate in Lisburn will again host Christmas in the Barn, a popular annual event organised by Lucinda Kinnaird, that brings people from miles around to purchase beautiful crafts produced by local artisans, and which every year also raises funds for charities bringing benefit to people in Northern Ireland.

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BBC Radio 4 Appeal to feature the DSM Foundation

Media, News / Asha Fowells

We are delighted to announce that we are going to be on the BBC Radio 4 Appeal! This is an amazing opportunity for us as a charity to reach new people and raise a significant amount of money, particularly as we have £12,000 of matched funding available. As the founder and director of the

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Comment on a fall in the number of 11-15 year olds taking drugs in England, according to NHS data published October 2024

News / Asha Fowells

The latest NHS Digital ‘Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England’ survey, which as a drugs education charity we reference frequently in our provision, was published today. Fiona Spargo-Mabbs, director and founder of the drugs education charity the DSM Foundation, comments: “It’s so encouraging to see the numbers of 11-15 year olds

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Brighton Marathon 2025

News / Grace McCormack

We’re delighted to announce that we have three places for the Brighton Marathon in 2025! This is a BIG deal for our small charity, it’s incredibly rare that we get places for large marathons, so this is a really special opportunity for us. One of our places has already been taken, but we have two

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