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The latest updates and insights from the Devon Mental Health Alliance
Orchard Forest School provides an update following their Innovation Fund grant
How a grant from the Devon Mental Health Alliance helped Orchard School Forest run a number of over-50s groups.
Innovation Fund: WayMakers provides an update on their range of wellbeing activities
How a grant from our Innovation Fund has helped to reduce anxiety in young people in Northern Devon.
Innovation Fund update from Hakeford Woods
Stuart Young gives us an insight into the popularity of men’s and women’s wellbeing in the woods groups since accessing the Devon Mental Health Alliance Innovation Fund in 2023.
Updated: Innovation Fund granted to writing for wellbeing social startup OutPour
The funding will pay for the brand new social enterprise to launch a dedicated website, as well as marketing materials to help spread the word across Devon.
Updated: Paignton CIC HealthScape awarded grant from DMHA Innovation Fund
HealthScape will be able to deliver more water-based community events thanks to funding from the Alliance.
Updated: DMHA Innovation Fund supporting residents in Cranbrook, Exeter through EX5-Alive
A small grant from our very own innovation fund is helping Aynsley Jones with supporting Cranbrook residents through an innovative project.
Headway Devon provides an update on its creative journaling project
With the help of a small grant from our Innovation Fund, Headway has been able to help even more people develop confidence and wellbeing.
Updated: Innovation Fund grant helps to extend Tor Support’s counselling service in Mid Devon
Tor Support services provide counselling for children and young people up to the age of 25 in the Okehampton area.
Updated: Art group in Crediton supporting women who have experienced trauma receives Innovation Fund
Helen Hamilton’s weekly, term-based groups are focused on offering a safe and supportive space for vulnerable women in the local community to connect and work through past trauma.
Updated: Innovation Fund grant used to support Exeter Phoenix with its Bloom festival
The annual festival offers a full day of free activity aimed at raising awareness of mental health issues and promoting local support.
Linking in with the Straw Patch Project in Ilfracombe for nature-based wellbeing activities
Recovery Practitioners in Northern Devon are now signposting clients from various referral sources to the project.
AccEPT Clinic launched at the University of Exeter to support people across Devon
The free psychological therapies service funded by the NHS and hosted by the University of Exeter is designed for adults living in Devon who have depression, bipolar disorder, and other related conditions.
Supporting the work of the Eastern Rehabilitation and Recovery Team
James, one of our Recovery Practitioners in the Eastern locality, tells us about his work with the award-nominated rehabilitation team.
CoLab Exeter launches ‘Out of the Shadows’ toolkit to support women at risk of sexual exploitation
The innovative new toolkit was collated and prepared by Jeanie Lynch, Programme Manager of the CoLab Women project.
Innovation Fund recipient Horticultural Therapy Trust updates us on their recent work
Deb from the charity providing nature-based therapy shares an update on the project following their recent grant.
Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support uses Innovation Funding for outdoor activities
The Plymouth-based organisation provides a range of support services for those seeking asylum in the UK.
Co-funding WayMakers and Survivors Alliance North Devon with Recovery Devon
Our collaboration with Recovery Devon in supporting two North Devon organisations demonstrates our shared commitment to improving mental health outcomes in the area.
The Intersection launching a new project thanks to the Alliance Innovation Fund
Listen In is open to adults with marginalised identities, who would like to join the team for outdoor workshops to explore identity, sound, and place.
Devon to benefit from major investment in learning disability and autism
If plans are approved by NHS England, Devon will receive two new regional inpatient centres to support adults with a mental health need and a learning disability or autism.
Co-Production Week 2023: Designing a community listening project alongside service users
We worked with five experts by experience who guided the project to test a new approach on gathering lived experience information to influence mental health services in Devon.