Deadline: 27-Nov-20
The Basildon Council is seeking applications for its One-off grants to support existing voluntary and community sector mental health providers operating within the borough.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount you can apply for is £5,000.
What do they fund?
All applications are required to show how the project contributes towards one or more of the following priorities:
- Tackling health inequalities in the community by engaging hard to reach/vulnerable / socially isolated/ at-risk groups;
- Helping people to recover from long term illness;
- Raising awareness of and increasing access to mental health services in their community;
- Increasing young people’s access to information about mental illness and where to go for support;
- Increasing employment and other opportunities for those living with long term mental illness;
- Supporting people with mental illness to re-engage with their community and everyday activities;
- People feel positively supported within their community;
- Reducing stigma and discrimination around mental health illness;
- Improving and developing initiatives that respond to the rising prevalence of dementia;
- Reducing social isolation and loneliness;
- Projects that build resilience in mental wellbeing;
- Projects that support mental illness that has arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not limited to, trauma support, creating coping strategies, reducing and managing anxieties, bereavement support.
They Cannot Fund
- They cannot fund projects that do not meet one or more of the key priorities.
- They cannot fund parts of large building projects such as new builds, or buying vehicles such as minibuses.
- They cannot fund ‘running’ costs, which includes utility costs and any other items which contribute towards the daily operation of your organisation. They cannot fund parts of large building projects such as new builds, or buying vehicles such as minibuses.
Who can apply?
You can apply to this fund if you are:
- A formally constituted, not for profit community or voluntary group or registered charity.
- A Social Enterprise or Community Interest a company or group whose aim is to make a Company. You will need to demonstrate the profit, including private businesses and sole voluntary status of your organization – these traders. Will be in your articles of association or constitution etc.
- A community/voluntary group based in the Basildon Borough, which provides a direct benefit to the local community.
- You can be one of the above, based outside a politically affiliated group. Or an organization the Borough providing your project/activity is proposing a project that includes party political delivered within Basildon and is for the sole activities or activities which are a statutory benefit of our residents.
- Schools who have Academy status
- Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA’s) and “Friends Of” groups, as long as they can demonstrate voluntary status.
- They welcome applications from religious or faith organizations, but will not fund religious or faith-based activity.
Application Process
- All applications and the information contained within them will be treated confidentially. Basildon Council would never share any information with third parties.
- If you would like to find out more about how Basildon Borough Council use your personal data please go to their website.
- They ask that you provide them with a full cost breakdown, including quotes, detailing how the Council grant funding will be spent.
- Please use the budget sheet in the application form. Please ensure that you enclose a recent bank statement (within the last 3 months). Your account must have two signatories, who are unrelated and live at separate addresses. Please note that they are not able to accept applications without the relevant supporting documents.
- Please note that they are not able to accept original documents. In all cases, a photocopy or scanned copy will be sufficient as long as they are all clearly legible. They are not able to accept unclear copies.
For more information, visit https://www.basildon.gov.uk/grantsmentalhealth