Deadline: 5-Dec-22
The Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) has announced its Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund to support small to medium sized community groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises to deliver adult mental wellbeing projects across the city’s diverse communities.
Fund criteria and priorities
Projects funded through the Glasgow Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund will need to demonstrate how they build one or more of seven wellbeing drivers:
- Emotional resilience, strength and mindfulness.
- Connection to others within the community.
- A sense of security, trust and being included.
- Mobility and physical activity.
- A sense of purpose and being valued through volunteering, helping others, or paid work.
- Support for people who are in distress.
- Access to learning opportunities and the development of new skills and knowledge.
Applicants should consider how their proposal contributes to promoting people’s human rights. Priority will be given to projects which demonstrate that they work with groups of people who are routinely disadvantaged or excluded in society, or who have been particularly affected by the ‘pandemic and cost of living crisis. This can include activities which bring together different perspectives and communities, or work by organisations barriers and improve participation.
Funding Information
- Most organisations can apply for up to £10,000.
- Unconstituted groups can apply for up to £2,000.
What can be funded?
- Equipment, Materials.
- Capital costs (up to £5,000).
- One-off events.
- Hall and room hire, including appropriate refreshments.
- Participation costs.
- Staffing costs.
- Training costs.
- Transport.
- Utilities and running costs.
- Volunteer expenses.
- Safety equipment and PPE.
Projects
Some types of projects which may benefit from the Fund include (but are not limited to):
- Arts and creative projects.
- Physical and recreation activities.
- Befriending or peer support groups.
- Lunch, food or cookery clubs.
- Gardening and green space initiatives.
- Mindfulness sessions.
- Work to support people in distress.
Grant funding will support projects which work with adults (those aged 16 or above) and applications can come from new and existing groups, or from partnership projects. Applicants need not have a specific wellbeing or mental health remit, but their applications must clearly outline the benefits of the proposed project to mental health and wellbeing.
Applications for up to £10,000 may be made by constituted third sector organisations, parent councils and community councils. Constituted groups includes charities (including SCIOs), Companies Limited by Guarantee, trusts and unincorporated associations. Community Interest Companies (CICs) are eligible provided they are constituted in a way which prevents distribution of profits to shareholders.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only voluntary (third sector) organisations, Community Councils and Parent Councils can apply for the fund. Public bodies and private enterprise are not eligible to apply.
- Larger voluntary organisations (income over £1m) are eligible to apply but must be able to demonstrate that the fund would not meet outcomes for a particular community if they were not funded.
- The Glasgow Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is designed to support small scale projects which promote wellbeing in local communities within the Glasgow City boundary.
- Community is the key word for applicants – bringing people together to connect with and support each other is an absolute priority for the fund.
- Small and medium sized organisations which can demonstrate a strong community focus for their wellbeing work or proposed project are encouraged to apply, especially those who provide support for those who are often excluded or disadvantaged, or are experiencing isolation, distress or anxiety. GCVS recognises that people have all sorts of communities – and GCVS is keen to fund a combination of communities of place, communities of interest and communities of circumstance.
- It is expected that the majority of applications will come from groups which are already operating to some extent, who have some ifnfrastructure in place, or who can demonstrate the benefits of a developing a new project. The main criteria is that each application must clearly demonstrate how its proposed project will benefit local people’s mental health and wellbeing within one of or more of the seven categories.
For more information, visit GCVS.
For more information, visit https://www.gcvs.org.uk/projects-overview/wellbeingfund/