Children, Young People & Families Community Mental Health & Wellbeing (Phase 5)

Link Officers:
Claire Stewart or Joyce Morgan
clare.stewart@vanl.co.uk
joyce.morgan@vanl.co.uk

Fund

Children and Young People Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (Phase 5)

Fund Purpose

An integrated model for delivering support to children and their families with additional needs is currently being piloted in North Lanarkshire utilising funding from Scottish government via the Empowering Cluster Integrated Model. This approach will deliver tailored support to children and young people (age range of 5-24 & up to 26 for care experienced young people) in their local communities. The aim of the fund is to enhance local provision and deliver on the ambitions within the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework.

Funding Provider

Scottish Government via North Lanarkshire Council

Custodian Funding

£406K

Recurrent or Fixed Term

Fixed Term

Fund Start Date

Phase 5 – May 24

Fund End Date

Phase 5 – June 25

Award Process

Organisations submit applications during application period. Applications are based on needs analysis which are provided by CIILs.
Funding decisions are made by a panel consisting of representatives from:

- VANL

- Cluster Improvement Integration Lead

- Health Improvement, NHS

- Community Learning Development

- School nurse

- Educational psychology

An award letter is then issued directly to the organisation being funded, with the relevant Host copied in.
The funded project returns signed acceptance section of the award letter and an invoice for the full award amount, quoting the unique purchase number order, to SPO. All paperwork is saved in a Spoint folder and a link sent to Finance.
Once satisfied all paperwork is present and correct, Finance staff will process each invoice in Xero and SMCS approves it on system, Funds are then released to project in next payment run.

Reporting by funded projects

Projects funded through the Children, Young People and Families fund Phase 5 submit an Interim Report to VANL in November 24, and an End-of-Project Report in June 2025.