Funding rounds
The Sussex Health and Care (SHC) Mental Health Collaborative have made available a total of £600,000 to fund projects, delivered by VCSE organisations, that address the recommendations of the national Suicide Prevention strategy and support the transformation of community mental health services for adults in Sussex.
The funding is split between three funding programmes: Innovate, Build, and Grow.
This call for applications is only for projects that support the transformation of adult community mental health services. All funding to support suicide prevention was allocated at the fund's first round. The grants programme is being managed by Heads On, working on behalf of the SHC Mental Health Collaborative.
Current opportunties and availability
Up to £255,000 of Grants for projects delivered in the voluntary sector that support the transformation of NHS community mental health services for adults in Sussex, across two funding programmes:
• £75,000 for Innovate - grants that support the testing of new work
• £180,000 for Build - grants that support the growth and scaling up of existing work
This is the second round of funding. During the first round a total of 46 applications were received, worth £1,596,585 against a total grants budget of £288,000. From this first round we funded nine organisations who were informed in October.
As part of the first funding round we included suicide prevention as a funding focus, alongside transformation of community adult mental health services. Due to the high volume of proposals that related to suicide prevention, we have now allocated all funding available for suicide prevention projects. This second funding round will focus solely on transformation of community adult mental health services.
Deadline for submissions of applications is Noon Tuesday 31st January 2023
For more information and the guidance notes, click here. For the application form, click here.
If you have any questions please email GrantsHeadsOn@spft.nhs.uk
Heads On hosted a webinar, about the funding opportunity and how to submit a high scoring application.
The webinar can be watched back here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BeEbqbdMY&t=32s
Heads On have a produced a frequently asked questions document. This has been updated to include a definition of SMI (serious mental illness). You can download this here.