{"id":6638,"date":"2023-07-03T11:59:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T10:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T10:59:36","slug":"funding-programme-available-for-local-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/?p=6638","title":{"rendered":"Funding programme available for local communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Funding programme available for local communities<\/strong>

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Community and voluntary groups are being encouraged to apply for a short-term funding programme that focuses on improving mental health and emotional wellbeing.\u00a0The\u00a0Public Health Agency (PHA)<\/a>\u00a0scheme opens to applications today [Wednesday 28 June] and aims to address health and wellbeing needs in local communities. The funding programme will also support a range of strategic themes and priorities under the \u2018Making Life Better\u2019 public health framework, in particular mental health, emotional wellbeing, suicide prevention and self-harm.
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Fiona Teague, Head of Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement at PHA, said: \u201cCommunity and voluntary organisations are most acutely aware of the issues that affect people on the ground and this short-term funding programme will give them the opportunity to address issues of mental health and emotional wellbeing specific to their communities.\u201cLast year 364 projects across Northern Ireland benefitted from over \u00a31.6 million investment by the PHA.”<\/strong><\/em>\u201cThe PHA is keen to invest in programmes that will have a particular focus on using one or more of the \u2018Take 5\u2019 Steps to Wellbeing\u2019.\u00a0These are five simple steps that we can build into our daily lives to maintain and improve wellbeing \u2013 Connect, Be active, Keep learning, Give and Take Notice.
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\u201cWe are encouraging applicants to work collaboratively to develop innovative projects and most importantly involve local communities in project design.\u201d
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The short-term funding programme provides the community and voluntary sector with the opportunity to access small, non-recurring funding which can be used to support health improvement in local communities.
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The PHA has commissioned the Clear Project to facilitate this process in each Health and Social Care Trust area.
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Brenda Morris, Manager of the Clear Project, said: \u201cShort-term funding plays a vital role in supporting programmes within the community. This work can take a range of forms from self-help and life skills initiatives supporting those in need to giving groups the opportunity to develop and build their capacity to help others.\u201d
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Two types of awards are available under the programme:\u00a0Award one:\u00a0<\/strong>Funding of up to \u00a31,000 for non-constituted and constituted non-profit taking community\/ voluntary sector groups.Award two:\u00a0<\/strong>Funding of between \u00a31,001 and to a maximum of \u00a35,000 for constituted, non-profit taking community\/ voluntary sector groups.Closing date for applications is\u00a0Wednesday 26th July 2023 at 3pm<\/u>.How do I apply, am I eligible?<\/strong>
To apply for the short-term funding opportunities for Western, Belfast, Northern, South-Eastern and Southern Health and Social Care Trust areas visit\u00a0www.dhcni.com\/pha-short-term-funding-grants<\/a>For further details please contact:<\/strong>
The Clear Project,\u00a0Developing Healthy Communities
Building 83,\u00a0Ledwidge Avenue
Ebrington
Derry~Londonderry
BT47 6GZ.

Tel:<\/strong>\u00a0028 7138 3386
Email:<\/strong>\u00a0clear@dhcni.com<\/a>\"\"<\/td><\/tr>
<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Copyright \u00a9 2023 The Clear Project (Developing Healthy Communities), All rights reserved.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Funding programme available for local communities Community and voluntary groups are being encouraged to apply for a short-term funding programme that focuses on improving mental health and emotional wellbeing.\u00a0The\u00a0Public Health Agency (PHA)\u00a0scheme opens to applications today [Wednesday 28 June] and aims to address health and wellbeing needs in local communities. The funding programme will also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}