Deadline: 10-May-23
The Leeds Community Foundation is delighted to launch an open call for the Local Care Direct Health & Wellbeing Fund to support people with improving mental health and wellbeing.
They believe that keeping the focus of the 2023 round of grants on mental health is the right approach. The legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic combined with the emerging impact of the cost-of-living crisis mean that serious concerns remain about maintaining and improving the mental health and wellbeing of local communities. This is this is particularly true for the most deprived areas and applies to the wellbeing of children and young people as well as adults.
Funding Information
- Grant size: £10,000 to £20,000
- Duration: 2 Years
Activities/Themes That Can Be Funded
- Providing outreach work to encourage people to access services and reduce stigma such as peer support groups, mental health training
- Providing activities to reduce isolation and build connections such as creative projects, cooking activities
- Supporting people that are financially less secure and/or living on a low income, particularly around the Cost of Living Crisis such as family support, and the provision of practical items for families/children and young people
- Supporting people with diagnosed mental health conditions and/or preventative community support aimed at improving low-level conditions and supporting with stress including activities such as signposting, mental health first aid training
What can’t be funded?
- Activity and costs that have already taken place
- Activity targeted at a particular group (ethnic, gender, religious etc.) without a good justification for this
- Activity that promotes a particular political or religious point of view
- Activity primarily for the benefit of animals
- Capital appeals for building projects
- Grant-making to other organisations and/or individuals
- Applications from individuals
- Expeditions or overseas travel
Location: Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit incorporated Community Organisations from the third sector such as CIO, CIC or a charitable company. You will be registered with the Charity Commission, Companies House or Mutual Public Register (FCA).
- Charities that are registered with the Charity Commission but are not an incorporated structure – if grants are not used to pay staff employed directly by the charity.
- For-profit organisations, statutory organisations or activity (e.g. schools and hospitals) and overseas organisations cannot be funded.
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All organisations, regardless of size and structure, must have:
- At least three Trustees/Directors/Committee Members (whichever is applicable, depending on your organisation’s legal structure) who are independent and unrelated. For registered charitable companies (limited companies by guarantee without share capital, CICs and similar) they require a minimum of three unrelated directors, and none should be registered as Persons with Significant Control
- A governing document e.g. constitution or memorandum and articles of association that show how your group is managed
- A bank or building society account in the name of your organisation with a minimum of two unrelated authorised signatories on the mandate and transactions requiring authorisation by at least two of those authorised signatories
- Accounts or a record of income and expenditure for your organisation (if you are a new organisation, you will need to provide a bank statement and a project budget)
- A relevant safeguarding policy, if your organisation works with children or vulnerable adults
Key Information
- Organisations that are based and/or supporting people living in the Metropolitan District Areas of Bradford, Leeds or Wakefield
- Organisations with an income of up to £500,000 in the most recent financial year can apply for funding
- The grants are fixed for 2 years
- The grants should focus on supporting people with health and wellbeing affected by mental health issues, isolation and poverty
- The work should mostly cover one or more of the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in the city/district
- Only one application per organisation can be considered. Organisations that have ongoing grants from the fund are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Leeds Community Foundation.