Bath and North East Somerset Community Wellness Fund (UK)

Deadline: 11-Jul-22

The Quartet Community Foundation has announced the applications for its Bath and North East Somerset Community Wellness Fund to enable local communities in Bath & NES to tackle some of the causes of mental ill health, social isolation and distress, and to promote and improve people’s mental and physical well-being.

This fund is provided by HCRG Care group which is responsible for the grant programme as part of its contract with Bath & NES Council and NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.

HCRG Care group deliver the Bath and North East Somerset Community Health and Care Services to bring health and care services together and improve outcomes by allowing local people to stay well and proactively look after their health.

HCRG Care group have commissioned Quartet Community Foundation to manage this grant programme to enable local communities in Bath & NES to tackle some of the causes of mental ill health, social isolation and distress, and to promote and improve people’s mental and physical well-being.

Priority

Applications where the intended impact is clear and can be demonstrated
Applications that represent value for money (e.g., partnership working; match funding or where the grant enables an organisation to leverage other funding; use of other local services and resources; increased sustainability; the number of beneficiaries)
Applications from small local groups, and groups that don’t currently provide commissioned services, are particularly welcome and will be given priority.

Aims

To provide funding for projects which improve and promote the mental and physical health and wellbeing of local people
To provide funding for projects which address a gap in provision in community based activities to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing

Funding Information

Grants of between £500 and £2,000 are available.

Eligibility Criteria

This programme is open to voluntary, charitable and community groups based and working in Bath and North East Somerset where a substantial proportion of service users are people who feel they have a mental health or wellbeing need. Priority will be given to work that links to activities that are/could be part of a social prescribing package and that helps service users benefit from these activities.
Groups without constitutions/relevant bank account/management committee will not be funded directly but could ask another organisation to apply on their behalf.
You can apply for a grant towards work where there are currently gaps in provision of communitybased activities (in Bath and North East Somerset) that improve mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Ideally, they are looking for applications for projects or activities that:
- Link to or could form part of a social prescribing package
- Improve and promote the mental and physical health and wellbeing of local people
- Focus on reducing social isolation and loneliness, prevention, and building community capacity
- Will be delivered in a way that will build relationships, reduce isolation, help people to be more involved in their local community and support each other
- Will become self-sustaining
They are unlikely to support applications for service changes resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.