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[[File:Dasl.gif|thumb|DASL logo]]'''Drug & Alcohol Service for London''' was a charity based in [[Stratford | [[File:Dasl.gif|thumb|DASL logo]]'''Drug & Alcohol Service for London''' ('''DASL''') was a charity based in [[Stratford, London]] helping communities to tackle the problems caused by drug and alcohol misuse. It offered services free to residents of the [[London Borough of Newham]]. It closed in 2016 after 35 years. | ||
:"Unfortunately on 24 March 2016, we will be moving out of our premises in Capital House, Stratford and closing the charity soon after. This is a planned closure based on a decision which has not been taken lightly by the Trustees. It is, we believe, the only choice left to small specialist charities such as ours who, in the face of short-sighted measures by commissioners to find efficiencies, have in fact reduced the map of provision so significantly, that small charities can no longer compete or survive and local communities, specifically the most vulnerable, no longer receive quality services."<ref>http://www.dasl.org.uk/index.html. Accessed: 2016-06-11. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6iBJbOgqt)</ref> | :"Unfortunately on 24 March 2016, we will be moving out of our premises in Capital House, Stratford and closing the charity soon after. This is a planned closure based on a decision which has not been taken lightly by the Trustees. It is, we believe, the only choice left to small specialist charities such as ours who, in the face of short-sighted measures by commissioners to find efficiencies, have in fact reduced the map of provision so significantly, that small charities can no longer compete or survive and local communities, specifically the most vulnerable, no longer receive quality services."<ref>http://www.dasl.org.uk/index.html. DASL home page. Accessed: 2016-06-11. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6iBJbOgqt)</ref> | ||
DASL was a member of the [[LGBT Consortium]] in 2012.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120826100414/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/drug_alcohol_service_london_dasl</ref> | DASL was a member of the [[LGBT Consortium]] in 2012.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120826100414/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/drug_alcohol_service_london_dasl Archived page from the [[Consortium Directory]].</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Newham]] | [[Category:Newham]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:06, 10 July 2026
Drug & Alcohol Service for London (DASL) was a charity based in Stratford, London helping communities to tackle the problems caused by drug and alcohol misuse. It offered services free to residents of the London Borough of Newham. It closed in 2016 after 35 years.
- "Unfortunately on 24 March 2016, we will be moving out of our premises in Capital House, Stratford and closing the charity soon after. This is a planned closure based on a decision which has not been taken lightly by the Trustees. It is, we believe, the only choice left to small specialist charities such as ours who, in the face of short-sighted measures by commissioners to find efficiencies, have in fact reduced the map of provision so significantly, that small charities can no longer compete or survive and local communities, specifically the most vulnerable, no longer receive quality services."[1]
DASL was a member of the LGBT Consortium in 2012.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.dasl.org.uk/index.html. DASL home page. Accessed: 2016-06-11. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6iBJbOgqt)
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120826100414/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/drug_alcohol_service_london_dasl Archived page from the Consortium Directory.