Deadline: 1-Aug-22
Applications are now open for its Youth and Community Mental Health Initiative to support community organisations, individuals and local businesses to undertake innovative community led projects, reduce disconnection in community, increase belonging, increase mental health literacy and education, reduce stigma and suicide risk of young people.
Purpose
- This grant program is funded by Western Australian Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA), focused at empowering local Kwinana community organisations and other services to deliver programs and events to reduce disconnection within the community, increase belonging, increase mental health literacy and education, reduce stigma and suicide risk of young people.
- If you are an organization or group wanting to support young people 12 to 24 within the City of Kwinana, they encourage you to apply.
Pillars
- Applications and activities must align to the Four non-clinical Suicide Prevention activities in the Local Government area that fits into one or more of the Alliance Against Depression Framework Pillars:
- Primary Care and Mental Healthcare: Increased access to and improved identification and treatment of depression from primary care general practitioners and specialised mental health professionals.
- Patients’ high-risk groups and relatives: Support for high-risk patients and their relatives.
- General public: depression awareness campaign. Destigmatising depression, anxiety and talking about the prevention of suicide through a public awareness campaign.
- Community facilitators and stakeholders: Alliance and cooperation with community facilitators and stakeholders
Funding Information
- The Youth and Community Mental Health Initiative program is available for 3 different levels of funding:
- Short term/one off initiative or events up to $5,000
- Medium term/staged initiatives, workshops or events up to $10,000
- Longer term/larger scaled staged initiatives, workshops or events up to $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- All community organisations that are based in or relevant to the City of Kwinana are able to apply for funding.
- To be eligible for funding, organisations must be an incorporated, not for profit groups or a community organisation.
- Organisations who are not incorporated may ask another organisation to auspice their application.
- The applicant will need to provide proof of public liability insurance to $10m, current at the time the initiative is taking place.
- If your organisation does not have insurance, another insured organisation can auspice the application if needed.
Exclusions
- Funds are not available for:
- Commercial organisations or activities
- General fundraising activities
- Denigrate, exclude or offend minority groups
- Present a danger to public health or safety
- Projects that will rely on recurrent funding from the program
- Projects that contravene the policies of the funding bodies
- Ongoing operational expenditure
- Previous recipients who have not fulfilled the conditions of their previous funding
- Applicants who do not complete the application correctly
- Deficit funding – for organisations that are experiencing a shortfall in cash or revenue, or anticipated revenue
- Recurrent salaries and recurrent operational costs
For more information, visit https://kwinana.smartygrants.com.au/MHR1
