Sir Norman Lamb Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
Funding available
The Sir Norman Lamb Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is open only to members of the Sir Norman Lamb Coalition for Young People.
The programme is focused on strengthening and enhancing community youth provision to support the mental wellbeing and resilience of children and young people in Norfolk. This year the priorities for the fund have been determined by the young people that Coalition members support. 14 Coalition members held focus groups earlier this year to ask young people what matters most to them and what support they think is missing.
If you wish to find out more about the benefits of membership and how to join, you can read more here.
Funding available
Grants of up to £6,000 are available from a pot of circa £100,000 to support activities addressing one of the fund priority areas for children and young people up to the age of 25:
1. Spaces for young people to be themselves
- Open access youth spaces
- Places for young people where additional support is available (wellbeing, life skills, developmental)
- Making activities and trips available and accessible to young people
2. Interventions to support young people to feel safer
- Detached youth work that helps to engage young people who are not currently accessing youth services.
- Empowering, informing, and practically supporting young people to feel safer.
- Building young people’s confidence and resilience to speak out, ask for help, and be able to navigate their local area safely.
Project examples:
- Staff training on warning signs for Serious Youth Violence, including county lines, Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), knife crime and terrorism.
- Information sessions for young people.
- Basic self defence classes for young people.
- First Aid training for young people.
Thinking of applying? Things to include in your application:
- Why is your space important to young people in your area?
- How does your space enable young people to access activities or development opportunities?
- How can young people access support from peers or trusted adults in your space?
- How are your staff and volunteers well placed to support young people to feel safer?
- Have you involved young people in the design or writing of your application? If so, how?
How to apply
To apply, complete the online application form linked below.
If shortlisted, we may contact you for further information to complete your application. If you are applying to the Fund for the first time, we may arrange an online meeting with you to further discuss your funding request.
When to apply
The Fund is now open. The deadline for applications is Monday 6th January at 12pm. We expect grants to be awarded in early March 2025.
The Fund can support activity starting at any time between 1st April 2025 and 31st August 2025. Regardless of the start date, grants can fund one year of activity, and must be fully spent by 31st August 2026.
This funding may be right for you if:
- You are a member of the Sir Norman Lamb Coalition for Young People.
- Your activity addresses one of the fund priority areas.
- You are seeking project costs or costs relating to the ongoing needs of your group (i.e. core costs). Requests can include small “portable” capital items and equipment to aid the delivery of activities e.g. IT equipment, sports or arts materials, etc.
- You are willing to contribute to an evaluation process.
This funding is NOT right for you if:
- You are not a member of the Sir Norman Lamb Coalition for Young People.
- Your activity does not address one of the fund priority areas.
- You are looking for large capital (building) costs.
- New members of the Coalition are less likely to be funded in their first year of membership.
Schools-based Projects
Many Coalition members have longstanding relationships with schools in their area, and we know these partnerships can be a great pathway to engage and support young people.
However, there are some schools-based projects this funding is not able to support.
The Fund can support:
- Projects delivered in school to support pupils outside of school hours and where alternative venues are not easily accessible (e.g. after school youth groups or activities).
The Fund cannot support:
- Schools-based projects where the project has previously been funded by the school.
- Short term or new schools-based projects where the aspiration is to seek future funding from the school to sustain the project.
Call for Applications
Open
Maximum Grant
£6,000
Deadline
6 January 2025 – 12:00am
Who can apply?
Members of the Sir Norman Lamb Coalition for Young People are eligible to apply.
Eligible Area
Breckland, Broadland, Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich, and South Norfolk
Find Out More & Apply
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