A campaigner who founded a charity to help the “Trainspotting generation” during the HIV crisis in the 80s has died.Heather Black died at home two months after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.
She was 69.The mum of three launched Support Help and Advice for Drug Addiction (SHADA) in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, in 1984, when the capital was ravaged by heroin and HIV.Heather’s daughter Sarah Drummond, 44, said her mum was “pioneering” in her caring approach.Sarah added: “She realised everything
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