Application deadline: Friday 28 June 2019 at 12 noon for stage 1 applications (stage 2 application deadline: Friday 13 September 2019 at 12 noon).
Funder: Comic Relief (founded 1984. Charity number: 326568. Total value of grants awarded during the year ending 31 July 2017: £74.4 million).
Not to be confused with Comic Relief’s new “Ahead of the Game: Sport and Mental Health” featured in last Wednesday’s GRIN bulletin, ‘Bridging the Gaps: Strengthening Mental Health Support for Children and Young People” is seeking proposals from organisations providing mental health support to vulnerable and underserved children and young people at an early stage so that they are aware of their mental health and can build resilience as they grow and develop. Grants are available for initiatives in the United Kingdom working with children and young people aged 5-24, and Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nigeria, or Zambia for projects working with children and young people aged 5-30.
Proposals should be working on two or more of the following areas:
o Tackling stigma and discrimination;
o Increasing access to quality service provision; and/or
o Strategic / systemic changes at local and/or national level.
o Increasing access to quality service provision; and/or
o Strategic / systemic changes at local and/or national level.
The funding is for proposals that are particularly focusing on vulnerable children and young people from groups underserved by current services.
Comic Relief defines under-served groups as a group that is (or can) be marginalised and unable to access mental health services. This is not a definitive list but some examples of the groups Comic Relief is seeking to support can include:
o Socio-economically disadvantaged people of any ethnicity;
o Marginalised ethnic groups (in the UK referred to as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME));
o Children and young people who have a parent with mental health problems;
o Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ+);
o Children and young people living with HIV or other long term and life limiting illnesses;
o Children and young people with disabilities, including learning disabilities;
o Refugees and asylum-seeking children and young people;
o Children and young people affected by traumatic experiences such as violence, abuse and neglect; and/or
o Young offenders and young people who are not in education, employment or training.
o Marginalised ethnic groups (in the UK referred to as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME));
o Children and young people who have a parent with mental health problems;
o Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ+);
o Children and young people living with HIV or other long term and life limiting illnesses;
o Children and young people with disabilities, including learning disabilities;
o Refugees and asylum-seeking children and young people;
o Children and young people affected by traumatic experiences such as violence, abuse and neglect; and/or
o Young offenders and young people who are not in education, employment or training.
Grants of between £150,000 and £700,000 are available for between 3 and 5 years.
Applications will be considered from a range of organisations working on mental health including:
o Community based organisations;
o User-led organisations. They should consider working in partnership with others to submit a bid, as Comic Relief will be prioritising applications from these user-led groups;
o Faith-based organisations; and
o Non-governmental organisations working on issues like education, HIV/AIDS, in health settings and in the criminal justice system.
o User-led organisations. They should consider working in partnership with others to submit a bid, as Comic Relief will be prioritising applications from these user-led groups;
o Faith-based organisations; and
o Non-governmental organisations working on issues like education, HIV/AIDS, in health settings and in the criminal justice system.
Where appropriate, schools, universities, criminal justice services, local authorities and other local service providers should be included and involved in the work.
Applications will be considered from organisations with a maximum annual income of £10 million, and a minimum annual income of £250,000 in the UK or £75,000 in other countries, as shown in the last annual accounts submitted to the relevant authority.
Funding can be used to cover specific project activities, or a combination of activities and organisational core costs or overheads. Organisations can include full cost recovery.
Both existing work and piloting new approaches and partnerships will be considered.
The application process has two stages, as follows:
o Stage 1: the deadline for stage 1 applications is 12 noon on Friday 28 June 2019.
o Stage 2: the deadline for second stage applications is 12 noon on Friday 13 September 2019.
o Stage 2: the deadline for second stage applications is 12 noon on Friday 13 September 2019.
Successful applications are expected to be announced by Friday 31 January 2020.
Further information about the programme, together with details about how to apply can be found on theComic Relief website.
Contact details for Comic Relief are:
The Grants Team
Comic Relief
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 2000
Email: grantsinfo@comicrelief.com
Comic Relief
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 2000
Email: grantsinfo@comicrelief.com
