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Read MoreApplications are now open for the Lincolnshire Community Suicide Prevention Innovation Fund and will close on Monday 15th February 2021.
Suicide prevention is a key public mental health priority in Lincolnshire, an audit has highlighted that males in Lincolnshire are almost five times more likely to end their own life than women.
Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire CCG and the SHINE Network have worked in partnership to set up the Lincolnshire Community Suicide Prevention Innovation Fund Grant Programme that is looking to fund community organisations to work directly with males who are the highest at-risk group for suicides in Lincolnshire.
The grant programme consists of:
– Larger grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 for projects over a 12-month period.
– Small grants up to £5,000 for 12 months activity to fund pilot projects, support smaller groups, and help with capacity building.
– Within a total grant pot of around £130,000
Eligibility
– Focus on supporting males and being creative and innovative about your ideas and proposed developments.
– Reducing self-harm and suicides within at-risk males.
– Supporting males through peer support / people with lived experience.
– Opportunities for males to talk and places where they feel safe to talk.
– Support Groups and Activities that promote good mental health and prevent suicide.
– Plans to raise awareness.
– How to become self-sufficient in the future?
– Applications can be from either from single organisations and groups or can include joint applications made in collaboration with other organisations and groups – Alliance Bids.
How to apply
You can download the application form here.
To be successful in your application, the programme leaders encourage applicants to:
– Be creative and innovative about your ideas and proposed developments.
– Include people with lived experience in the design and development of your ideas.
– Include ideas about how best we can work together in raising awareness about suicide and access to support.
Please return completed grant application forms to info@lincsshine.co.uk by Monday 15th February 2021.
Further information
Should you require any further information, you can contact the below:
Shabana Edinboro – Acting Programme Manager, Lincolnshire County Council
Mobile: 07876 395710
Email: shabana.edinboro@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Barry Earnshaw – Development Consultant, SHINE Network
Mob: 07854 526 200
Email: barry.e@zen.co.uk
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