Mental wellbeing small grants
From 14 April 2025, community and voluntary sector groups working in Nottinghamshire can apply for mental wellbeing small grants to support the improvement of the mental wellbeing of residents.
The grants are being administered by Nottinghamshire County Council public health team for mental wellbeing and suicide prevention. Decisions will be made by the end of July. Applicants are strongly advised to read the information leaflet prior to submitting an application.
Grants available
Community and voluntary sector groups and organisations can apply for a minimum of £500 up to a maximum of £6000.
What we will fund
The funding has been set up to help us deliver against our locally agreed priorities for suicide prevention in line with the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Self Harm and Suicide Prevention Strategy 2024-2029 and the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Adult Mental Health Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.
Our ambitions include:
- Nottinghamshire residents to have good mental health
- improving mental wellbeing and suicide prevention is everyone’s business
- promoting a safe and stigma free environment
- promoting wellbeing and reduce risk in at-risk groups
- ensuring people get the right support, at the right time and in the right place.
Your group or organisation doesn’t need to work in the field of mental health or suicide prevention. Mental ill health or suicide are complex and rarely caused by one factor. We know that certain factors can contribute. This can be things like relationship breakdown, financial difficulties, unemployment, long term ill health particularly where pain is an issue, or bereavement, especially if that bereavement is due to suicide.
This programme of small grants has been designed to focus on the prevention of mental health problems or issues around self-harm and suicide, or to support the escalation of common mental health disorders or low mental wellbeing. Projects focussing on serious mental illness are not covered by the scope of this funding.
The funding will cover projects that are aimed at adults, children and young people or all ages.
All applications will be considered but projects supporting the named groups below will be prioritised if demand is high.
- men
- autistic people
- black and other ethnic minority groups
- older people
- people with physical health conditions or disabilities
- LGBTQIA+.
How and when to apply
Applications will be open from 14 April 2025 and must be submitted by 30 May 2025. All applicants will be notified by the end of July 2025 if they have been successful or not.
To be eligible to apply you must:
- be a voluntary or community sector group or organisation
- be based in Nottingham and/or Nottinghamshire or be able to demonstrate that the activity you wish to deliver with this funding will be delivered solely in Nottingham and/or Nottinghamshire for the benefit of residents from the City and/or County
- be a constituted group or be able to apply as part of a constituted group
- have a business bank account
Please read our mental wellbeing small grants information leaflet [Word] to find out more about the funding and criteria before making your application.
If you have any questions, please email suicide.prevention@nottscc.gov.uk
