Deadline: 28 September 2018
The Community Foundation for Ireland is seeking applications for Social Change Grants to address mental health issues through innovative, community-based approaches that strive to bring about social, behavioral, attitudinal and cultural change and ultimately improve the mental health of beneficiaries in the target groups.
Type of Strands
- Travellers: Projects aimed at suicide prevention, in particular via the reduction of stigma around accessing mental health services.
- Victims of Domestic Violence: Projects that offer a space and network for peer support and recovery from mental health distress and trauma.
- Refugees: Projects that support the recovery of people suffering from mental health distress and promote their integration into the local community OR Projects that run targeted and culturally appropriate mental health promotion campaigns.
Funding Information
Grants of up to €7,500 are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants may only apply once per Funding Strand
- Applications must be from community and voluntary groups that possess charitable aims and are not for profit
- Applicant organisations should have an annual income of not more than €2,000,000
- Applicants must submit either their organisation’s Annual Accounts or most recent set of Audited Accounts
- Applicant organisations must have an organisational bank account
- A copy of a recent bank statement must be submitted with applicants’ application. This is for account verification only and all financial transactions may be redacted before submission
- Proposals must include clear, detailed, realistic costs and timescales
- Applicants must be prepared to evaluate and learn from their work as well as to share project learning and outcomes through the participation in two Learning Networks Events
- They encourage applicant organisations to consider adopting The Governance Code for charities.
- A commitment to equal opportunities must be demonstrated
- Organisations working with cohorts under the age of 18 will be required to produce a copy of their Child Protection Policy.
Eligible Projects
- Grants will support new or pilot projects that address the mental health needs of the target groups of either Travellers, victims of Domestic Violence or Refugees.
- Applicants must show that service users/beneficiaries are involved or have been consulted in project planning where appropriate.
- Project activity should ideally be evidence-based. Preference will be given to organisations that consult and collaborate with other organisations working in the mental health field and/ or with the beneficiary group.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: Ireland
For more information, please visit Social Change Grants.