We are recruiting a Bookings and Events Coordinator to join our team. This role involves coordinating the school Theatre in Education tours of I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die, as well as other DSMF events throughout the year. Suitable candidates will: be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices […]
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We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been awarded a generous Movement for Good grant from the Benefact Group which will fund our project, “Wider, stronger, deeper”. This combines our two priority strategic plans: to expand and deepen the reach and impact of our direct educational delivery, and to develop our capacity to influence change and
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Survey data from just under 5,900 15-18 year olds gathered by drug education charity the DSM Foundation has shown that 95 per cent of respondents say that vaping is one of the main substances used by their peers, and over 75 per cent name it as a substance that they think is causing their peers
The DSM Foundation is delighted to be accepting bookings for the next sessions in its Open Webinar series! On September 10th, again at 6-7pm, DSM Foundation founder and director Fiona and drug educator Sam will be delivering a general drugs awareness session for parents and caregivers who are part of a school
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The 2023-24 academic year has seen the DSM Foundation piloting a comprehensive programme of drugs education in a number of schools in the Grampian region of Scotland. An interim report from the University of Aberdeen, which is conducting an evaluation of the pilot, has shown overwhelmingly positive outcomes and feedback, ahead of the full report
Appropriately enough, on Thursday last week we were busy delivering drug education in a school that also served as a polling station. Meanwhile, across the land, votes were cast that elected our new government. Here is our response. Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE, Director and Founder of drug education charity the DSM Foundation, said: “The DSM Foundation
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We want to say a great big Team Dan THANK YOU to everyone who donated as part of the sponsored walk on Saturday 6th April, as well as to all of our wonderful walkers! We were walking in memory of Daniel Spargo-Mabbs, a boy who is at the heart of everything that we do, and
One of the ways we’re marking our tenth anniversary year is with a campaign to build our regular donor base with our ‘£10 for our Ten Years’ challenge, encouraging people to commit to giving £10 a month (but more or less than this is also very welcome!) to support our work with young people. We
Fiona is often asked to comment on news stories about drug-related matters, and yesterday (March 19th, 2024) was no exception. News that Exeter University had issued a warning to students about contaminated heroin and benzodiazepines led to an approach from LBC’s Nick Ferrari, and Fiona was able to provide some very valuable context around the
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Data from Police Scotland has shown a 10 per cent rise in suspected drug deaths, with 1,197 reported for 2023 compared to 1,092 in 2022. The figure for under 25s is almost unchanged between the two years, with 54 in 2023 compared to 55 in 2022. Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE, founder and director of the
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