More than 250 expressions of interest have been lodged in the south of Scotland for a new fund coming soon to promote the conditions for good mental health and well-being.
The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund will open this month in Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders, with over £750,000 available across the two areas.
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) is administering the fund in the south and has been asking community organisations and groups to come forward to lodge their details.
Those still wanting to do so, can sign up here: https://bit.ly/3wONit1
The fund aims to support adult community-based initiatives to help address the impact of distress and mental ill health caused by social isolation and loneliness, as well as addressing the mental health inequalities exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Grass roots community groups and organisations will be able to benefit from the funds to deliver activities and programmes to people to re-connect and revitalise communities building on examples of good practice which have emerged throughout the pandemic.
TSDG is managing the fund in partnership with local integrated health authorities and other partners, including Community Planning Partnerships and local authority mental health leads.
Organisations that have not lodged an expression of interest by the time the fund opens will still be able to send in an application.
