Getting Better Together
Funded Projects 2025/26
Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Phase 5
GBT Mind & Motion
Locality: Wishaw & Shotts
Length of Project: 2 years
Total Funding: £29,200.40
Description: This project aims to equip members with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make positive changes in how they exercise, eat, and connect. In addition to promoting health and wellbeing, the program also offers access to volunteering and training opportunities that enhance employability and create pathways to positive future destinations.
Thematic Fund
Community Weight Management- Extended to Year 2
Locality: NL Wide
Strand: Stage 1
Total Funding: £76,000.00
Description: Delivery of a community weight management programme.
Hospital Discharge Support Programme- Extended to Year 2
Locality: NL Wide
Strand: Stage 1
Total Funding: £80,000.00
Description: Delivery of the hospital discharge support programme.
Funded Projects 2024/25
Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Phase 4
Get Active - Bump to Birth and Beyond
Locality: Wishaw & Shotts
Total Funding: £24,888.32
Description: The project provides a range of activities and supports for families linked to a variety of antenatal and postnatal topics that aim to improve overall mental health and well-being. Also, the project provides an opportunity for parents (mainly new/young) to make friends in a positive and child friendly environment and gain a better understanding around the importance of key infant priorities.
Local Activity Funding
Sound Healing
Locality: Wishaw & Shotts
Total Funding: £1,618.00
Description: Purchase of musical instruments to expand existing music project
Fruity Fridays- Houldsworth Hub
Locality: Wishaw & Shotts
Total Funding: £1,333.00
Description: Expansion of Fruity Friday Programme to Houldsworth Centre.
Funded Projects 2023/24
Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Phase 3
Bump to Birth and Beyond
Locality: Wishaw & Shotts
Total Funding: £20,400.64
Description: Antenatal services that support families throughout the whole pregnancy and create clear pathways into Early Years services.