Sexual health and Blood Borne Virus Action Plan: funding recipients

2026 to 2027

One year funding for projects supporting sexual health and blood borne virus priorities across Scotland.

The funding programme provides one-year grants for 2026 to 2027 to maintain progress between the current Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Action Plan 2023 to 2026 and the next iteration of the strategic plan. It reflects the Scottish Government’s commitment to supporting services that address inequalities, reach underserved populations, and cover both urban and rural communities across Scotland.

Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership

Project:  Support, healing, advice, recovery, encouragement (SHARE).

Delivering integrated BBV and sexual health services in rural communities.

Funding: £90,023

Ama-zing Harmonies

Project: Faith, Culture and Health Improvement in African communities.

Delivering culturally informed approaches to reducing blood borne virus (BBV) stigma and improving testing, prevention and treatment uptake within African communities in Scotland.

Funding: £26,000

Crew 2000 Scotland

Project: Sexual Health and Wellbeing Drop-in for Young People.

Expanding youth-friendly, harm-reduction-based sexual health support.

Funding: £28,609

Glasgow Caledonian University

Project: Understanding PrEP Discontinuation and Supporting Re-engagement Research to improve PrEP persistence and reduce HIV transmission. 

Funding: £58,266

Glasgow Caledonian University

Project:  Eliminating BBV transmission among people who inject drugs. Understanding the impact of changing drug trends on BBV transmission and uptake of testing and other prevention services.

Funding: £25,709

LGBT Youth Scotland

Project: LGBTQ+ youth sexual health and wellbeing work across Scotland.

Improving access to inclusive sexual health information and support.

Funding: £30,389

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Project: WANDR plus Treatment.

Supporting engagement through a Contingency Management-based approach for BBV treatments.

Funding: £10,000

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Project: Direct Supply of oral contraception by community pharmacies.

Increasing access to contraception through enhanced pharmacy provision.

Funding: £18,000

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Project: Clydebank Coil Training Hub.

Expanding provision of intrauterine contraception through enhanced clinical training.

Funding: £30,176

NHS Lothian

Project: ROAM Outreach Bus.

Mobile sexual health and BBV testing for underserved communities.

Funding: £20,953

NHS Orkney

Project: Implementation of the National Sexual Health IT System (NaSH) in Orkney.

Extending digital infrastructure to enhance service consistency and data quality.

Funding: £75,000

NHS Tayside

Project: Life-course Prevention and Sexual & Reproductive Wellbeing Across School Communities.

Integrating sexual health education and support across school settings.

Funding: £47,000

Pillow Talk Scotland

Project: OnlyFacts: Tackling Disinformation About Contraception Among Young Women.

Addressing misinformation to improve reproductive health literacy.

Funding: £45,500

Terence Higgins Trust

Project: Lanarkshire HIV Care Re-engagement & Retention Pilot.

Supporting people living with HIV to re-engage in care, improving retention and health outcomes.

Funding: £30,000

Transform Forth Valley

Project: Transform’ Forth Valley Sexual Health Outreach project.

Supporting engagement through targeted outreach with people diagnosed with BBVs in prison settings.

Funding: £50,000

University of Edinburgh

Project: SCOPE+

Improving access to post-abortion contraception information in Scotland through a co-designed digital resource.

Funding: £100,000

University of Glasgow

Project: Embedding the Sexual Wellbeing Framework in Sexual Health and HIV Clinical Services in Scotland.

Strengthening person-centred sexual wellbeing approaches in clinical care.

Funding: £52,523

Waverley Care and Terence Higgins Trust

Project: Peer Support Framework for Scotland – Widening Access to HIV Peer Support.

Work to support expansion of peer-led support for people living with HIV.

Funding: £65,267