We will support organisations based in, or working for the benefit of people in the following local authority areas;

• North Shropshire – Older Males 40+
• Wrekin – 18-25 year olds
• Shropshire Wide – BAME groups

You can be delivering or based in the areas detailed above. However, you must have a local connection to the area in which the proposal will be delivered and clearly demonstrate this connection. Applications without clear demonstration of local connection will not be considered.

In this first round of grant funding there will be system-wide focus on under-represented groups that were the result of a detailed local data analysis.  These include:

• Men over 40 years
• Young Adults (18-25 years)
• BAME groups

Grants will support a range of activities aimed at providing support to people accessing primary mental health services find the support they need to live healthy lives within their local community.

Successful projects will be required to collect and record specific information on the people they are working with, and the costs they are incurring.

• Equipment Costs
• Capital costs
• Training costs
• Project costs
• Event costs
• Revenue/ staff costs
• Overhead costs – maximum of 10% of the total grant requested

 Ineligible Costs

This fund will not offer support for the following costs;

• Funding towards religious projects that promote religion (although religious organisations can be funded for non -religious projects)
• Overhead costs which are more than 10% of the total grant requested

• Core costs of running your organisation other than those directly associated with delivery of the project.
• Any costs that cannot be fully evidenced back to your organisation’s nominated bank account

• At the end of the project, groups will be asked to complete the end of grant impact report.
• It is important that every grant awarded seeks to improve the access and/or experiences of individuals who need to access support regarding their mental health, therefore part of this monitoring will include the below table to show quantity data of outcomes and outputs achieved by your project.

Documents That Must Be Submitted With Your Application

The following documents must be provided with your application form.  If you fail to provide these documents your application will not be considered for funding.  All documents should be submitted at the time of application.

• A copy of your governing document, (constitution or Memorandum and Articles of Association).
• A copy of your most recent accounts, (audited or independently examined)
• A recent bank statement, (dated within the last three months clearly showing account number and sort code)
• A copy of your safeguarding policy
• At least three quotes for any capital items

Submission Deadlines

The following dates are submission dates and panel dates for 2022.

• Applications received before 12^th August 2022 will go to the panel on or around 12^th September 2022

Dates of subsequent application windows and panels are to be confirmed.