Announcing the Devon Mental Health Alliance Innovation Fund
Grants of up to £800 are now available for organisations delivering innovative support to improve mental wellbeing — please read on for more information.
The Devon Mental Health Alliance (DMHA) is helping to promote innovation in the delivery of mental health services across the wider voluntary and community sector, with a particular focus on supporting grassroots organisations for whom relatively small funding pots could significantly enhance the outcomes achieved.
Today, we are pleased to be officially launching the DMHA Innovation Fund. We are particularly hoping to help organisations with projects that provide genuine innovation in helping to alleviate challenges in the following areas:
Social isolation
Older people
Young people transitioning into adult services
Integration with eating disorders, personality disorder, or rehabilitation services
Gaps in local provision, or for people who fall between primary and secondary care services
Digital exclusion
Funding can be used to support a broad range of activity including capital (for example, the purchase IT equipment) and/or revenue investment (for example, staffing costs or renting of space).
If you are interested in applying for a grant from our new Innovation Fund, please download and complete the application form below, then send it to the locality team for your area by clicking or tapping one of the buttons below.
Step 1: Download and complete the application form
Click here to download the application form
Step 2: Send it to the relevant locality team
North Devon: email north@mentalhealthdevon.co.uk
Exeter & East Devon: email east@mentalhealthdevon.co.uk
Torbay & South Devon: email south@mentalhealthdevon.co.uk
Plymouth & West Devon: email plymouthwest@mentalhealthdevon.co.uk
Once they’ve received your application, your local Community Development Lead will contact you and:
provide initial guidance on whether an application is suitable,
support you through the completion of the form to ensure appropriate information is provided,
support organisations that are unsuccessful to either resubmit, or seek alternative funding if appropriate, and
capture the impact of investment with successful partners.
Please note that this is a competitive process, therefore not all applications will be successful.
The DMHA Innovation Fund is specifically targeted at organisations providing support for people’s mental wellbeing, with a particular focus on the severe mental illness cohort. However, funding can be used to support preventative work and activity that supports recovery where people are de-escalating from more intensive interventions.