Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Phase 4- This Fund has now closed for new applications
Link Officer:
Gordon Watson
gordon.watson@vanl.co.uk
Fund
Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
Fund Purpose
The Community Mental Health and Wellbeing (CMHWB) Fund is a national fund established by the Scottish government in late 2021 to help local CVS groups provide increased mental health and wellbeing support. The Scottish Government asked the 32 Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) in Scotland – of which VANL is the interface for North Lanarkshire – to manage the funding on their behalf.
Funding Provider
Scottish Government
Custodian Funding
£955k
Recurrent or Fixed Term
Fixed Term
Fund Start Date
September 2024
Fund End Date
March 2026
Award Process
- Funding Schedule produced by Senior Programme Officer (SPO) and shared with CEO for approval
- Award letters to funded project prepared by SPO including invoice amounts and unique purchase order numbers for each invoice. Senior Manager Community Solutions (SMCS) checks and signs award letter and they are then issued.
- Funded project returns signed acceptance section and first quarter invoice, quoting the unique purchase number order, to SPO. All paperwork is saved in a Spoint folder and a link sent to Finance. Subsequent invoices for remaining quarters submitted by host organisations in line with schedule in award letter.
- 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
Phase 4:
- 1x 3 Monthly Progress Report – July 2025
- 1x Mid project report- October 2025
- 1x End of project report- April 2026
Reporting by VANL to funder
- VANL produces a fund-specific annual Impact and Learning report for the CMHWB.
Panel Members
NHS Lanarkshire
Jenny Hutton- Public Mental Health and Wellbeing Development Manager
Colin Anderson- Senior Health Improvement Manager
North Lanarkshire Council
Representatives x 4
VANL- Community Solutions
Gordon Watson (Fund Lead)- Senior Programme Officer- Community Solutions
Abeer Ashraf (Strategic lead for Mental Health)- Senior Officer- Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Capacity Building
Marta Szczepanska (Facilitator)- Community Solutions Programme Assistant
VANL- Community Development Team
Kirsty Struthers- Senior Manager- Community Development with consultation from Community Development Team
Community Voluntary Sector
Vicky Allen- Lanarkshire Links Development Manager
Mental Health and Wellbeing Network Members
Mariam Tariq- CEO Miracle Foundation
Anne Rowan- Chair person- Chris's House
Phase 4 Funded Projects
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All Community Solutions funded organisations are required to provide information about their services to the national; 'A Local Information System for Scotland' - ALISS to help local people needing support find information readily.
To add your organisation’s activities and contact information to ALISS or to search for existing projects and other organisations, please use the ALISS website