Edinburgh Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund

Funding was announced on October 15th, 2021, by the Scottish Govenrment for the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is part of the wider £120 million Recovery and Renewal Fund announced in February 2021 to ensure delivery of the commitments set out in the Mental Health Transition and Recovery Plan in response to the mental health need arising from the pandemic.

The fund will be distributed by Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs), which in Edinburgh consists of EVOC, Volunteer Edinburgh and Edinburgh Social Enterprise, in partnership with a broad range ofstakeholders. Implementation will take place in the context of Edinburgh’s existing planning framework for mental health and community wellbeing, most specifically the Thrive Adult Health and Social Care Commissioning Strategy (linked to the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board Strategy), as well as the four Locality Improvement Plans and the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan. 

 

Fund Overview

*£1.255 million has been allocated to Edinburgh to support Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing, for those aged 16 and above.
*The fund is to support mental health and wellbeing at a small scale, grassroots, community level. It can be used to increase capacity for existing groups and projects or for new initiatives.
*Groups do not have to have mental health and wellbeing as their main focus, but there needs to be a clear benefit to the mental wellbeing of people in their community.
*Initiatives with a focus on addressing mental health inequalities by supporting those who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic will be prioritised, particularly those supporting communities experiencing multiple forms of marginalisation.

 

Expressions of Interest

All expressions of interest need to be submitted using via online form, with the closing date for all expressions of interest is Fri 14 Jan 2022.

Find out more here.