The cost-of-living crisis has increased the number of people experiencing food insecurity and fuel poverty across Scotland. In response, the Hillcrest Foundation focussed the external 2024 funding on charities seeking to alleviate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

The Foundation is delighted to be able to support vital community projects like Boomerang Community Centre’s Cosy Café and Food Larder providing a warm welcoming space and low-cost food items.

In 2021, 3.5 people in Scotland died from a drug-related death each day. Every single one –1295 in total – was a human being with dreams, aspirations, talent and potential. Each of them left a hole in the lives of those who loved them. They mattered.

The Foundation supports peer workers as we understand the value of lived experience of substance use and recovery, and encourages people with lived experience to get involved.