Join us on World Mental Health Day

We know that mental health is just as important as physical health, and we want to help you make a difference in the lives of people in your community.  

That’s why we’re excited to be offering grants between £500 to £1,000 to support community projects that promote mental health and wellbeing around the  5 ways to wellbeing framework.  

• Connect 
• Be active 
• Take notice 
• Keep learning 
• Give 

Whether you're running a project to help people cope with stress, anxiety, or depression, combating loneliness or isolation, improving overall wellbeing or you're providing specialist support for people with mental health conditions, we want to hear from you. 

To be eligible for a grant, your project must: 

• promote mental health and wellbeing around the 5 ways to wellbeing. 
• aim to engage with, and benefit, SNG customers, within Oxfordshire, Newbury, Reading, North Hampshire and Surrey, South Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP), Dorset, Devon, Bristol, Gloucester, Wiltshire, Hertfordshire, Somerset and London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Haringey, Harrow, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Lambeth, Westminster, Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea, Richmond, Hounslow.  
• be from a non-for-profit group/organisation that has a constitution which includes a formal decision-making process and has a bank account. 
• be sustainable and have a long-term impact. 

Please fill in this form to apply.

Deadline for applications: 31 October 2023 at 5pm  

In the meantime, here are a few ideas for projects that you could apply for funding for: 

• Connect: A weekly social club for people with mental health conditions, a community garden where people can come together to grow food and socialize, or a volunteer programme that matches people with mental health conditions with opportunities to give back to their community. 
• Be active: A walking club for older adults, a yoga class for people with depression, a dance class for people with disabilities or a cycling programme.   
• Take notice: A mindfulness meditation class, a nature walk for people with anxiety, or an art class for people with PTSD. 
• Keep learning: A community education class on mental health, a book club that discusses books about mental health, a language class for people with mental health conditions or awareness campaigns.  
• Give: A mentoring programme for young people with mental health conditions, a donation drive to collect food and clothing for people with mental health conditions, or a community service project to improve the spaces where beneficiaries access counselling or other specialist mental health services.  

Alternatively, are you a specialist mental health charity or local provider running key services for our residents? Or do you have a great innovative idea for a project that supports better mental health and wellbeing in our communities ?  

If so, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for new partners to collaborate with on large-scale programmes and who are delivering specialist mental health and wellbeing services in our communities.  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email on community.development@sovereign.org.uk