Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
(Phase 2)
Link Officer:
Gordon Watson
gordon.watson@vanl.co.uk
Case Studies
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
Nov 2022
Fund End Date
March 2024
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 quarterly 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 2:
- 1x 3 Monthly Progress Report – July 2023
- 1x Mid project report- October 2023
- 1x End of project report- April 2024
Reporting by VANL to funder
VANL produces a fund-specific annual Impact and Learning report for the CMHWB.
Publication of Phase 1 report in Autumn 2023.