The Warwickshire & Solihull CAVA is now accepting applications for its Innovation Fund Micro Grants to support small/grassroots organisations to deliver mental health interventions within the communities of Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Innovation Fund is delivered as a partnership between Voluntary Action Coventry (VAC), Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (CAVA) and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnerships Trust (CWPT) Fund distribution is overseen by Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
Aims
The fund aims to support Coventry and Warwickshire residents aged 18+. Applications must meet one of the following criteria:
Use of community spaces to tackle loneliness and isolation
Deliver peer support for people with mental health needs
Improve accessibility to mental health projects/services e.g., through transport/outreach in local communities
Provide health and wellbeing support in response to the cost-of-living crisis.
Community Mental Health Transformation priorities:
Young Adults– appropriate mental health interventions for 18-25s
Older Adults– appropriate mental health interventions for over 65s (excluding dementia)
Addressing health inequalities- people from under-represented groups/experiencing homelessness/experiencing poverty.
Funding Information
Grants of up to £3,000 for organisations in Coventry and Warwickshire. Funding must be spent by March 2024.
What will they support?
Start-up costs for a new project or organisation
To extend or develop an existing project
For pilot project (to gather research or evidence)
To purchase equipment or resources
To provide essential support to service users e.g., food, travel costs.
Eligibility Criteria
You can apply to this fund if you are one of the following:
Social Enterprise
Independent Employee/Member/Retired Persons Social Associations
Sports and Leisure Club and Societies
Faith Organisation
Registered Charity
Constituted or Un-Constituted Community Group
Company Limited by Guarantee with Charitable Aims
Community Interest Company
A VCSE group or organisation with income of less than £50,000 per annum.
Funding to Community Interest Companies and other non-charities may include conditions to restrict funding to charitable objectives only.
Funding to Un-Constituted Community Groups is subject to appropriate governance being in place.
The Innovation Fund Micro-Grant aims to promote the work of grassroots organisations and groups
