The confidential Drug Advice Service & Helpline (DASH) is a Manx Charity with 17 years experience of working with those affected by drugs.

The Manx Lottery Trust, as delegated partner of Big Lottery Fund UK, has awarded DASH a grant of £27,420 for a new drug worker post which will enable DASH to provide preventative education both in school and the wider communtiy with adults, particularly with parents in the workplace.

Director of DASH, Shelly Stanley said " We are very grateful to the Manx Lottery Trust for their support of our early intervention work which aims to head off potential problems with drugs  or help those already involved by reaching them at an earlier stage."