Social Innovation Fund- Children and YouthMental Health Fund
The Children and Youth Mental Health Fund has been created by Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development.
The aim of this fund is to provide meaningful, lasting support to innovative mental health programmes and initiatives that reach out to children and young people before and during the societal, academic, physical, and emotional pressures of early adolescence and early adulthood.
As part of the application for this fund, SIFI are asking applicants to demonstrate that they have secured private or philanthropic funding for the duration of their project. If the applicant is successful, SIFI will match their donation by providing a 50% uplift on their funds, as well as delivering other supports such as training, impact measurement and capacity building.
The objective of the Children and Youth Mental Health Fund is to provide meaningful, lasting support to innovative mental health programmes and initiatives that reach out to children and young people before and during the societal, academic, physical, and emotional pressures of early adolescence, adolescence and early adulthood. The fund is open to all innovative projects offering either preventive supports or interventions for children and young people and their mental health.
The Children and Youth Mental Health Fund offers:
· 50% uplift on funds raised by applicants (applicants must provide evidence to verify that private funding has been secured)
· Peer to peer networking and knowledge sharing
· Training workshops
· Impact measurement
· A platform for awardees to showcase their work at an awards event
Applicants must have not-for-profit legal status to be considered for the Children and Youth Mental Health Fund. For example: charity, company limited by guarantee, trust etc.
How to apply:
The Children and Youth Mental Health Fund application form is available here
The Children and Youth Mental Health Fund is open for applications from 21st January 2019 to 17th May 2019.
Applicants are expected to be available for interviews between the 17th June – 28th June 2019
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