Chapeltown Primary Care Network (PCN), in collaboration with Forum Central has launched a £34,000 fund aiming to help us better understand and improve the health of Black men in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, with a focus on mental health.
Black men experience health inequalities around mental health, and we know from conversations and relationships in Chapeltown that there is a stigma for Black men around consulting and accessing services around mental health. Many feel that the existing services are not accessible or appropriate for them. Additionally, those who do access services often do at a late stage and are in need of more complex mental health support.
The core aims of the fund are:
- To build and strengthen relationships between health services and people who live and work in Chapeltown and the voluntary and community sector who have trusted relationships in the communities.
- To better understand the barriers to improving health and accessing health and care services.
- To coproduce innovative ways to improve health and remove barriers to accessing health service.
- To extend/build on existing work.
Activities
Examples of the type of activity that could be funded include (this not an exhaustive list):
- Peer Support Groups
- Sport and/or outdoor activities
- Arts and music
- Mentoring
- Therapeutic Support
- Information and signposting
- Discussion Groups
- Activities should commence no later than November 2022.
Size of Grants
The total funding available is £34,000
The minimum grant size on offer is £5,000.
The maximum grant size is £15,000
Who can apply?
A) Incorporated community groups such as CIOs, CICs and charitable companies from the third sector that:
- Are registered with the Charity Commission, Companies House or Mutuals Public Register (FCA).
- Have a constitution or other relevant governance document.
- CICs, limited companies and similar must be clearly constituted for public benefit and should be limited by guarantee, not shares.
- Have a management committee/board of directors/trustees of at least three unrelated people, none of whom have significant control.
- Can provide a copy of recent annual accounts or financial records showing your organisation’s balance of funds, income and reserves.
- Have a bank account under the name of the group with at least two unrelated signatories (if your organisation doesn’t have its own bank account, but does meet all of the other criteria, please contact us to discuss how we can work around this).
- Are based in or supporting people living in the Chapeltown PCN area (see map above).
- Have an appropriate Safeguarding Policy and an Equal Opportunities Policy or similar in place.
- Have relevant insurance and comply with all required health and safety, food handling/preparation and other local and national statutory regulations, e.g. if organising or running public events, festivals etc.
- B) Charities that are registered with the Charity Commission but are not an incorporated structure can also apply. They must also fulfil the above bullet points. However, grants cannot be used to pay staff that are directly employed by the charity.
Timeline
The fund will be available for applications on 8 August 2022
The deadline for applications is 19 September 2022
How to apply
Full guidance (including information on what cannot be funded) is available here
Online application form here.
Download application form here
Support contact [email protected] or call 0113 242 1321
Key contacts
Pip Goff and/or Karl Witty
[email protected] or call 0113 242 1321
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