See Me - Small Grants Scheme
‘see me’ SMALL GRANTS SCHEME
AWARDS UP TO £5,000
“ ‘see me’s vision is for a Scotland where all people with mental health problems are fully equal and included. This is your chance to make a real difference in your community. We will award grants that help to tackle public perceptions of mental ill-health and which promote positive messages about recovery.”
– Suzie Vestri, ‘see me’ Campaign Director
‘see me’s new Small Grants Scheme will grant awards of up to £5,000 to local groups who can come up with fresh and innovative ideas and projects to tackle stigma and discrimination associated with mental health. The first round of awards will include groups and organisations in the Area Health Board Regions of Lanarkshire, Orkney, Shetland and Tayside. There will also be one Equality Award of up to £5,000 on offer for work with aims to tackle mental health and stigma inequalities in one or more equalities group.
We will fund projects that aim to:
- Change public understanding, attitudes and behaviour so that the stigma and discrimination associated with mental ill-health is eliminated
- Enhance the ability of people to challenge stigma and discrimination
- Ensure people with mental health problems and those who support them are valued and included
- Improve media reporting of mental ill-health
Applications open on 1st February and close on 12th March 2010. You can download a copy of our guidelines and application form from our website www.seemescotland.org or email info@seemescotland.org or call ‘see me’ on 0131 554 0218 and we will send a copy out to you.
