The 2023/24 round of the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund will open for expressions of interest on the 29th of September 2023!
Expressions of Interest - close 27th October 23
Full Applications - close 24th November 2023
Expressions of interest must be completed before applications can be submitted. Once your EOI has been reviewed by our TSSA's and feedback has been provided, your application will open and pull across any necessary data.
For year three Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface has been allocated £281,900.15 to distribute to third sector and community organisations by the end of March 2024. Year three funds will need to be used by the end of August 2024 at the very latest and reported by September 2024.
The guidance document will be uploaded in the coming days along with important reporting dates.
Any queries can be sent to laurenmartin@argylltsi.org.uk
Good luck!
Fund shaping Workshops
Shaping Argyll & Bute's Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund Workshop 25-9-23
Background:
The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults was established in October 2021 and to date has distributed around £36 million to community initiatives supporting mental health and wellbeing across Scotland. Funding for a third year of funding (£15 million) was announced in April 2023.
The Fund has a strong focus on prevention and early intervention and aims to support grass roots community groups in tackling mental health inequalities and address priority issues of social isolation and loneliness, suicide prevention and tackling poverty and inequality. There will be a continued emphasis in Year 3 on responding to the cost of living crisis and on those facing socio-economic disadvantage.
The Fund will continue to be delivered through a locally focused and co-ordinated approach via local partnership groups (building upon existing partnerships and with TSIs as lead partner), working together to ensure that support to community based organisations is directed appropriately and in a coherent way.
Purpose of Funding and local priorities:
The overarching aim of the Fund is to:
Support community based initiatives that promote and develop good mental health and wellbeing and/or mitigate and protect against the impact of distress and mental ill health within the adult population (aged 16 or over), with a particular focus on prevention and early intervention.
Specifically, the Fund aims to:
The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults was established in October 2021 and to date has distributed around £36 million to community initiatives supporting mental health and wellbeing across Scotland. Funding for a third year of funding (£15 million) was announced in April 2023.
The Fund has a strong focus on prevention and early intervention and aims to support grass roots community groups in tackling mental health inequalities and address priority issues of social isolation and loneliness, suicide prevention and tackling poverty and inequality. There will be a continued emphasis in Year 3 on responding to the cost of living crisis and on those facing socio-economic disadvantage.
The Fund will continue to be delivered through a locally focused and co-ordinated approach via local partnership groups (building upon existing partnerships and with TSIs as lead partner), working together to ensure that support to community based organisations is directed appropriately and in a coherent way.
Purpose of Funding and local priorities:
The overarching aim of the Fund is to:
Support community based initiatives that promote and develop good mental health and wellbeing and/or mitigate and protect against the impact of distress and mental ill health within the adult population (aged 16 or over), with a particular focus on prevention and early intervention.
Specifically, the Fund aims to:
- Tackle mental health inequalities through supporting a range of ‘at risk groups (as outlined in the Equalities section).
- Address priority issues of social isolation and loneliness, suicide prevention and poverty and inequality with a particular emphasis on responding to the cost of living crisis and support to those facing socio-economic disadvantage.
- Support small ‘grass roots’ community groups and organisations to deliver such activities.
- Provide opportunities for people to connect with each other, build trusted relationships and revitalise communities
The Year 2 Fund in Argyll and Bute
We were allocated £282,303.16 to distribute amongst the third sector in Argyll & Bute by the end of March 2023.
The aim was to support local, grassroot community activity that met the overarching national ambitions for the fund and the local priority areas.
There were 2 types of grant, a small grant fund for bids £500 to £2,000, and a large grant fund for bids £2,001 to £10,000. The performance monitoring and evaluation for larger grants will also be more stringent, however the general approach to this fund was to reduce the administrative burden on applicants and grantees as much as possible.
The grants are for time-bound activities and projects which had to begin prior to March 31, 2023 and were intended to benefit those aged 16 plus.
To view a list of successful applicants and a summary of their projects, click here.
The Year 1 Fund in Argyll and Bute
We were allocated £697,243.20 to distribute amongst the third sector in Argyll & Bute by the end of March 2022.
The aim was to support local, grassroot community activity that met the overarching national ambitions for the fund and the local priority areas.
There were 2 types of grant, a small grant fund for bids £500 to £5,000, and a large grant fund for bids £5,001 to £50,000. Given the need to ensure access to funds across Argyll and Bute there were obviously fewer larger grants. The performance monitoring and evaluation for larger grants will also be more stringent, however the general approach to this fund was to reduce the administrative burden on applicants and grantees as much as possible.
The grants are for time-bound activities and projects which had to begin prior to March 31, 2022 and were intended to benefit those aged 16 plus.
To view a list of successful applicants and a summary of their projects, click here.
We held an information session on Monday the 15th of November to give applicants the opportunity to view and understand the government guidance and help shape the local beneficiaries of the fund. To view the recording of the meeting, click here
