People living with a serious mental health illness in North Yorkshire are being offered a helping hand – thanks to a new funding scheme.
Applications are now open for micro grants of between £500 and £2,000 through the Access and Connect Fund, to support people to live well in their communities and provide greater control over care.
The funding is offered as part of the North Yorkshire and York Community Mental Health Programme, to encourage people with lived experience and local partners to develop improved access to local support.
The fund – spearheaded by Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Mental Health Group – is open to bids from locals organisations, social enterprises, sole-traders and lived experience initiatives.
Help for the future
Paddy Chandler, Stronger Communities delivery manager for Ryedale and North York Moors said:
“This opportunity is about encouraging applications that are exploratory, creative and transformational with an emphasis on learning through doing.”
David Kerr, Community Mental Health Transformation Programme and Delivery Lead for North Yorkshire and York said: “These grants provide an opportunity to trial new ways of working.”
- For more information or to request an application pack please contact CMHT senior project manager Lucy Artley-Swiers at lucy.artley-swiers@nhs.net All completed applications should be submitted to tewv.transformationnyy@nhs.net
