The London Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Lambeth Wellbeing Fund programme that contributes to the Lambeth Health and Wellbeing Strategy. This small grants programme includes funding from Lambeth CCG's 'Project Smith', an area-based initiative and Lambeth Public Health Directorate's 'Wellbeing Community Fund', both of which help communities to support each other to improve their health and wellbeing. Thematic Areas Projects must support participants to address at least one of the following: Being able to manage their own health and wellbeing (or condition) and being supported to do so. This also includes having access to the right information and support, and being able to stay healthy; Being able to have the right things in place to help them to avoid a crisis, or to limit the impact of a crisis, particularly for people who are living independently; Feeling that they are part of a community. Project Criteria £60,000 is available from Project Smith and is for projects which: Support adults in Herne Hill, Prince's or Bishop's; Are led by the communities who will benefit; Improve mental wellbeing and/or; Work with men (especially older men), LGBTQ+ communities, families, disability and autism, or support health & wellbeing in a Covid environment. £18,000 is available from Public Health and is for projects which: Support adults in any wards in the borough Priority will be given to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicity (BAME) groups across the borough, including BAME groups who have personal experience of mental health problems, those who are unemployed, including young people, those with disability, learning differences, long term illnesses, those experiencing social deprivation and those living on their own. Priority will also be given to intergenerational projects (projects linking older and younger people) Grant Size Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available. Any management costs for nurture organisations must be included in the requested amount. The maximum amount for nurture organisation management costs are 15% of the total grant request. Eligibility Criteria Individual Lambeth residents or groups of residents - Foundation want to support applicant ideas, so they do not have to be part of an organisation to apply to this fund. Applicant can apply with the support of an organisation that can hold the funding for applicant and act as a 'nurture organisation'. Lambeth based registered charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs) limited by guarantee, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Companies Ltd by Guarantee (without shares) with an income of less than £100,000 per annum are welcome to apply. For more information, visit Lambeth Wellbeing Fund.
Post Date - 07 Nov 2020
Deadline Date - 03 Mar 2021
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1000 to $ 10000
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