Suicide Prevention VCSE Grant Fund for 2023/24 and 2024/25 (Department for Health and Social Care)

Grants available from a £10million pot for up to £750,000. For funding requests of less than £10,000, fewer details are expected in the application form. Funding is for revenue – capital costs above 5,000 are not eligible.

Grants are to support suicide prevention activities delivered in England by non-profit organisations including: micro-organisations (peer-led, community-led or peer support groups that may be unregistered or unconstituted), small to large voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and CICs.

Applications must meet strategic objectives of the fund which are:

• to support non-profit organisations to configure their suicide prevention services and activities to better meet increased demand
• to support a range of innovative activity to prevent suicides, both at a national and community level

Particularly (but not exclusively) interested in applications to fund suicide prevention activity targeted at:

• population groups that we consider to be ‘groups of concern’, based on evidence and data (including numbers, rates and trends), stakeholder engagement and expert views. These include:
  • children and young people
  • middle-aged men
  • people who have previously self-harmed
  • people in contact with mental health services
  • people in contact with the justice system
  • autistic people
  • pregnant women and new mothers
•  geographic areas where demand for services is greatest and where there are disparities in provision and access to services, compared to other regions in England
• more marginalised groups, such as ethnic minority groups including Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities, and LGBTQ+ communities

If your proposed project does not meet some or any of the criteria above, so long as your project meets the strategic objectives of the fund and you can make a convincing case of the need for funding.

Apply by 1st October 2023 online via the Find a Grant portal, unless exceptional circumstances apply. Guidance can be found here, including strategic objects of the fund, eligibility criteria, and details on the application process. Ongoing support is available throughout the application window. You can send queries to suicidepreventiongrant@dhsc.gov.uk and we will aim to get back to you as soon as possible.
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DHSC will also be holding Meet the Funder webinars for potential applicants to answer any questions. To sign up, please contact the team at SuicidePreventionGrant@dhsc.gov.uk

You can join one of two webinars already planned: You will require the Microsoft Teams app to join as a guest, which is free to download. After the event is over, you should be able to access a recording of the event using the relevant links. Both events will be similar in structure and content but may differ in terms of questions asked.

At this event, we will briefly describe the objectives of the grant, who is eligible to apply, and provide some pointers on the application process. Mostly, this event seeks to provide the opportunity for prospective applicants, like you, to put questions to the Grant Team about applying to this fund.

If the date of the webinar has passed, if you click on the link you will be able to view the recording.

7^th September, 10:30-11:30 join as a guest by clicking here

12^th September, 10:00-11:00am join as a guest by clicking here: 

Please note that local groups in Leeds can contact Charlotte Hanson in Public Health who can give support by providing local data/evidence regarding suicide and young people. Please contact Charlotte by e-mailing charlotte.hanson@leeds.gov.uk

 

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