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Edinburgh Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is now open

30 November 2021 By EVOC Comms

Please note that applications for this fund have now closed [Fri 14 Jan].

Funding Scope Update (17 Dec): Having discussed concerns with Scottish Government about the decision to exclude counselling from this fund, we have received updated feedback that some counselling can in fact be funded. We appreciate that this timing is inconvenient, but given the strength of feedback about the need for counselling during the funding events, we felt it was essential to be transparent about this change.

Get the latest updates and other key info about this fund here. 

Expressions of Interest I Get Involved I Key Documents I Funding Overview


We’ve had a busy November, discussing this funding with as many people as we can.

To try to make it more accessible, instead of long application forms we’re asking you to fill in a few key details setting out what you think your organisation or group can do to meet the needs of communities in Edinburgh. Please also tell us what support you might find helpful.

These expressions of interest will be publicly available for others to see on our website from mid-December, so do check back in a week or two. We hope this open process will stimulate partnerships and ideas.

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Update: Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Funding

19 November 2021 By EVOC Comms

We have now developed a draft Partnership Plan for the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Funding that begins to set out Edinburgh’s approach to implementing the fund announced by Scottish Government on Fri 15 Oct 2021. 

You can still register for our last online event and share your thoughts and experiences on how to development a funding process that will get the most out of this investment for the people of Edinburgh: register here. 

If you are unable to attend you can add to a shared online whiteboard here. 

Here’s the full funding briefing document (Tue 2 Nov) I Evidence appendix

PARTNERSHIP PLAN BACKGROUND

  • Some elements of the fund are set out by Scottish Government and others are to be defined for
    Edinburgh in partnership.
  • £1.255 million has been allocated to Edinburgh to support community 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

Read the full draft partnership plan here. 

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Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Funding Awards

1 April 2021 By EVOC Comms

We are delighted to be able share the final report on the distribution of over £329,000 of grants to children, young people & families organisations in Edinburgh to support and improve mental health and emotional wellbeing in our communities: Mental Health & Wellbeing Funding Report 2021

This investment of Scottish Government money through City of Edinburgh Council is fully detailed, providing a guide to funded additional services in the city during 2021. 

Over £1million of applications were received from 65 organisations, with 24 grants being awarded by the funding panel based on the Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Support and Services Framework.

Grants were awarded to the following organisations and partnerships:

  • Big Hearts Community Trust
  • Canongate Youth
  • Citadel Youth Centre
  • Collaborative Partnership: City of Edinburgh Council, LAYC, NHS
  • Cyrenians
  • Deaf Action
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • Granton Youth
  • Multi-Cultural Family Base
  • NHS Lothian Psychology Adding Value: Epilepsy Screening (PAVES)
  • NHS Lothian Training in Psychological Skills-Early Intervention for Children (TIPS-EIC)
  • One Parent Families Scotland / Family Journeys
  • Richmond’s Hope
  • Safe Families
  • SCOREscotland
  • Space & the Broomhouse Centre
  • Stepping Stones / Circle
  • Tailor Ed Foundation
  • The Junction North East
  • The Speech Language Communication Company
  • The Yard
  • Wester Hailes Youth Agency
  • With Kids
  • YMCA / Pilmeny Development Project

 

 

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