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Community groups get £1.5 million fund to improve mental health
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is providing an opportunity for community groups and projects across Manchester to benefit from a £1.5 million fund to help promote well-being and improve mental health.
The Manchester Well-being Fund (MWF) is a three-year programme designed to build community support to help people living with mental health conditions through innovative projects.
The money is from GMMH’s existing funding for the city of Manchester and is divided into 12 neighbourhood budgets.
The main objectives of the fund are to: support people living with mental illness; promote well-being and prevent mental ill health; and challenge the stigma associated with mental illness.
To help support the process, service users, carers, community representatives and staff from the trust will meet to review and develop proposals. It is hoped the extensive knowledge of these different representatives, from the lived experience of service users and carers, the local knowledge of community residents, to the working knowledge of staff, will help develop innovative projects.
Deborah Partington, GMMH director of operations, said: “The trust is really excited to be able to give people the chance to get involved in projects that will make a genuine difference to the wellbeing and mental health of Manchester residents.
“We can help new groups to become established, or support existing ones, and we encourage proposals that might involve a particular community of interest, not only those confined to just one neighbourhood. Whether you are an established organisation or a group of residents with a project you would like to develop, please get in touch with us.
“When GMMH became responsible for mental health services in Manchester in January 2017, we made a commitment to improve the mental well-being of people across the city. This fund can help make a positive difference.”
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