Publication - FOI/EIR release

Talk Now funding queries: FOI release

Published: 16 October 2025
Directorate: Mental Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500478567
Date received: 28 July 2025
Date responded: 18 August 2025

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

You asked for:

Whether Talk Now currently receives funding from the Scottish Government or any of its agencies.
The nature, amount, and duration of any such funding.
Whether there are plans to continue or expand this support in the future.

Response

The answer to your question is:

Currently, Talk Now does not receive funding from the Scottish Government or any of its agencies.

Plans for funding arrangements beyond this financial year have not yet been finalised by the Scottish Government.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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