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Hawkspring drug and alcohol service to close
A drugs and alcohol recovery service in Hartcliffe is to close its doors despite a last ditch effort to merge with another organisation.
Hawkspring announced it would have to close last summer after its funds ran dry. A crowdfunding bid was launched to plug the financial hole and a merger with the Matthew Tree Project was mooted as a long-term solution. But the merger failed to go through before funds ran out again.
“Despite having limited capacity, and trying to cope with the high demands for our services, we have worked very hard to raise funds necessary to keep the door open. But without core funding to give us stability, it has become untenable to continue to fire fight for every penny,” said Lorraine Bush, CEO at the charity.
She added: “It is therefore, with great regret and sadness that we’ve had to issue notice to all our clients and very dedicated and hard-working staff and will be forced to close at the end of March.”
Hawkspring lost out to council funding when drugs and alcohol recovery services were reorganised under the new Bristol Roads system.
Drugs and alcohol services in Bristol are gearing up for a £1.2 million (10 per cent) cut in council funding when services under Roads are once again re-tendered.
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