# Culturally Sensitive Support Service - Supplementary SUbstance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [London Borough of Hackney](/buyers/london-borough-of-hackney/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: SWIM
- Award value: £85,178
- Tender value: £85,178
- Award date: 14 May 2023
- Published: 14 September 2023
- Contract start: 1 July 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 274cc060-d6a4-439d-ac21-0275342090bd-680730
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e6c46027-32f9-414c-b739-ce301c7f91ca

## Description

Development of earlier initiative to provide support to older black men from criminal justice settings/using drugs\. Indications that service delivery led by a community based organisation, with strong culturally sensitive underpinnings, has enabled increased uptake of services from underrepresented groups\. Service development/change to move away from criminal justice specific action, and group based work, to look more holistically at delivering services to individuals identifying as members of the black community regardless of age/gender and criminal justice connection\. Further expansion to think about other underrepresented ethnic groups within treatment\. No other provider within Hackney offers a culturally sensitive offer of support\. Funding for the service has been agreed by Central Government, specifically the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, as part of additional funding for the local authority as part of the national 10 year drug strategy\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/274cc060-d6a4-439d-ac21-0275342090bd-680730)