• Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults - Small Grants Programme

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  • About You

  • About Your Group or Organisation

  • Is your organisation currently receiving Year 1 of a Year 5 multi-year award from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund?

  • Organisations currently receiving Year 1 of a Year 5 multi-year award cannot apply for a new Year 6 grant through this Small Grants Programme. Year 6 continuation funding for existing multi-year awards will be released following the end-of-year evaluation of the existing project, in line with the terms of the multi-year award.

  • Group or Organisation: Primary purpose*

  • Organisation Governance and Finance

  • The guidance that we have received from the Scottish Government identifies specific legal structures as being eligible for funding. Those not included within the list are ineligible. If you are unsure of whether your organisation's legal structure is included, please email claire.shaw@acvo.org.uk for guidance.

  • What is your organisations legal structure?*

  • The Scottish Government is supportive of funding unconstituted groups, either by supporting them to become constituted, or by providing small value grants up to £5000 for wellbeing support and capacity building purposes.

    If you would like guidance on becoming constituted, please email sandy.mathers@acvo.org.uk

     

  • Parent Councils are eligible to apply, subject to the following conditions:

    Condition 1: The funded activities should meet the aims of the Fund and specifically should focus on supporting adults not children.

    Condition 2:  Any Parent Council applying to this fund should have a statutory duty to keep proper accounts, for which there may already be legal and regulatory requirements for them to do so depending on the status of the Parent Council, for example, some parent councils are registered with OSCAR as a charity. 

  • Please select the category which describes the income of your organisation per annum*
  • Does your organisation have an eligible organisational bank account that can be used to receive and manage the grant?*

  • If your organisation does not have an eligible organisational bank account that can be used to receive and manage the grant, you must have a constituted organisation willing to host and administer the grant on your behalf. Grants cannot be paid into personal bank accounts.

  • Your accounts must be up-to-date, independently examined and submitted online to OSCR. You will also be asked to upload a copy of the accounts towards the end of this application. If you are an unconstituted group, you will be required to upload the account information relating to the organisation that has agreed to hold the funds for you.

  • About Your Application

  • Which of the following best describes the status of the activities you are wanting funding support for?*
  • Which of the following best describes the project and type of activities outlined in your application?*
  • Which of the following best describes the purpose of your application? You can select more than one option.*
  • Which of these best describes the beneficiaries of your project? Is your project for the general population (general), open to all but with a focus on particular target groups (targeted) or aimed directly at particular target groups (restricted)?*
  • Which of these best describes the main purpose / activity of your project? You can only select one option.*
  • Which of the following 'at risk' groups (adults-16+) does your project support? You can select more than one option.*
  • The following family types are considered to be most at risk of poverty.  Please select any (or all) who are highly likely to engage with this project.*
  • Which of the following statements do you believe your project will contribute towards? You can select more than one option*
  • When do you think the activity outlined in you project will commence?*
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  • When do you think the activity outlined in your project will end?*
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  • Where in Aberdeen will the activities outlined in your application take place? You can select more than one option. *

  • Project Costs

  • Which of the following types of costs will this funding cover? You can select more than one option*

  • *Any organisation applying for staff costs must be able to demonstrate that anyone directly employed to deliver any activity funded by the grant they are applying for is paid at a rate that is equal to or higher than the Real Living Wage (RLW) level. This level is currently set at £13.45 per hour.  More information about the RLW is available via the Living Wage Foundation (https://www.livingwage.org.uk/).

  • You will be asked to provide details of the costs associated with delivering your project in the next section.

    The ‘Type of Cost’ selected should align with the cost category you chose above. Please note that any costs associated with employing or engaging staff, sessional workers or other individuals to deliver project activities should be included under Staff Costs, whether they are internal or external to your organisation.

  • The example below is provided for guidance only and demonstrates how costs should be entered.
  • Now, please provide a detailed breakdown of your costs and click on the 'Add New Cost' grey button to add a new cost. *

  • The Scottish Government wants to ensure that people from underrepresented groups are able to benefit fully from the Fund.

    Applicants are therefore encouraged to include reasonable costs for accessibility and inclusion in their project budget where these are needed to enable people to take part.

    These costs could include, for example, accessible transport, BSL or other interpretation, translation, accessible venues, additional support, childcare or other reasonable adjustments.

    We recognise that making activities accessible and inclusive can involve additional costs. Any costs included in your application should be reasonable, clearly linked to the needs of participants and proportionate to the size and scale of your project.

    Please explain below what the cost is, why it is needed and how it will help people to take part fully in the project.

  • Proposed Project

    Please be as brief as possible, whilst providing enough information for application assessors to make an informed decision. Please do not assume that assessors know anything about your organisation or activity.

  • What challenges or hardships have the people you support experienced over the last 12 months that have affected their mental health and wellbeing?

    Please describe the main challenges people in your community are facing. These might include poverty, financial pressures, disability, caring responsibilities, loneliness or social isolation, discrimination, poor housing, unemployment, bereavement or difficulties accessing support.

    Please briefly explain how these challenges have affected people’s mental health and wellbeing. You do not need to provide personal or identifying information about individuals.

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  • What will your project do?

    Please describe your project and what you hope it will achieve.

    Tell us:

    • what you plan to do and the main activities you will provide;
    • who will take part and how they will benefit;
    • why these activities are helpful for the people you want to support; and
    • what you hope will be different for people as a result of taking part.

    This might include people feeling less isolated, having better wellbeing, building confidence, developing new skills, making connections, becoming more active or creative, or feeling better able to cope with challenges.

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  • How have you identified the need for your project and the activities you plan to deliver?

    Please tell us how you have listened to and learned from the people who will benefit from the project. This could include conversations, meetings, surveys, feedback, previous activities or other forms of community engagement.

    You can also tell us about discussions with local community organisations, voluntary groups, health and social care services, local authorities, housing providers, schools or other organisations.

    Please explain how what you have learned has influenced your project and helped you decide what activities to provide.

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  • How will your project improve or protect the mental health and wellbeing of the people taking part?

    Please explain how your project will support people’s mental health and wellbeing through prevention and/or early intervention.

    By prevention, we mean activities that help protect and maintain people’s mental health and wellbeing, reduce the risk of mental health difficulties developing or getting worse, and help people stay connected and supported.

    By early intervention, we mean providing support at an early stage when someone may be starting to struggle with their mental health or wellbeing, helping them to access support before their difficulties become more serious.

    Please describe how your activities will achieve this.

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  • Who will you work with to deliver your project, and how will this help?

    Please tell us about any organisations, groups or services you will work with as part of the project. This could include voluntary organisations, community groups, health and social care services, local authority services, housing providers, schools, colleges or other relevant partners.

    Please explain what each partner will contribute and how working together will strengthen the project or make it easier for people to get the support, activities or connections they need.

  • Documents to be uploaded

  • Please upload the following applicable documents.

    All documents must have your organisation's name in the file name so that we know which files relate to which applications:

    1.    Most recent bank statement showing bank account name, sort code, and account number.

    2.    Most recent annual accounts.

    3.    Your organisation's constitution or governing document (if applicable).

    4.    If you wish to submit any supplementary information to support your application to the fund, please upload it here. 

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  • Declarations

  • I have read the guidance provided by ACVO on its website, and it has been carefully considered whilst preparing this grant application.*

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • I understand that a project evaluation questionnaire will need to be completed and submitted to the Scottish Government via ACVO.*

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • I understand that if for any reason our capability to deliver the project/service that this grant application is to support changes, I must inform ACVO and seek their guidance on how to proceed.*

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • I understand that where two signatories are required on the designated bank account that funds are to be managed from, the two named people must not be related.*

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • I understand that if there is an underspend on the grant, I must report it to ACVO and that the underspend may have to be repaid.*

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • I declare that the following statement is true: The organisation I am completing this form for has not applied to any other fund for support to deliver the project/service(s) that have been described in this application.*

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • You are unable to submit the application as you have answered 'no' to this declaration point.

  • Date of application*
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