Simpson House: Our History
1985:
Simpson House Counselling & Recovery is established to improve the lives of people affected by drug use in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
2003:
Sunflower Garden is established to help children within the city of Edinburgh who are affected by drug or alcohol misuse in their families.
2005:
Simpson House Training is established, growing out of the work of Simpson House Counselling & Recovery and Sunflower Garden.
2009:
Make It Happen, an Early Intervention Initiative designed to identify children and young people that may become at risk and vulnerable in East Edinburgh, is launched. In the first 12 months Make It Happen worked with 23 people aged 10-18, and police reported a 65% reduction in antisocial behaviour and a 74% fall in offending.
Simpson House: History of the building
Sir James Young Simpson, who lived at Simpson House from 1845 to 1870, discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and successfully introduced it for general medical use.
More details about his life and work can be found here:
