The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Y5 – Y6 is Here!

The Fund seeks to support the three key focus areas in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy published in June 2023:

Promote positive mental health and wellbeing for the whole population, improving understanding and tackling stigma, inequality and discrimination.

Prevent mental health issues occurring or escalating and tackle underlying causes, adversities and inequalities wherever possible.

Provide mental health and wellbeing support and care, ensuring people and communities can access the right information, skills, services and opportunities in the right place at the right time, using a person-centred approach.

Applications must only be accepted from a range of voluntary, ‘not for profit’ organisations, associations, groups and clubs or consortiums/partnerships which have a strong community focus for their activities. The range of organisations eligible to apply are:

– Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO) 
– Unincorporated Associations 
– Companies Limited by Guarantee 
– Trusts 
– Not-for-profit company or asset locked company or Community Interest Companies (CIC) 
– Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies 
– Community councils 
– Parent councils (Provided the funded activities meet the aims of the Fund and specifically must focus on supporting young people aged 16 or over or supporting adults rather than their children) 

Applicants must first complete an online Expression of Interest form by Thursday 9^th October at 5pm to see if their project is eligible.

Eligible applicants will be sent the application form on 17th October 2025. Ineligible applicants will also be notified.

Final application and supporting documents can be sent to info@thirdsectorpk.org.uk with the subject line: CMHWF Application – [Organisation name].
The due date for applications is Thursday 13^th November 2025 at 5pm.

A dedicated panel will review applications for the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing fund. This panel consists of 5 members.

Roisin Smith – Team Manager, TSI (Perth & Kinross)
Chris Lamont – Senior Service Manager for Mental Health Services, NHS Scotland
Carol Downie – Former CEO of the Gannochy Trust
Alison Jenkins – Service Manager, Health and Social Care Partnership (Perth & Kinross)
Lynsey Johnstone – Community Mental Health Programme Manager, Health and Social Care Partnership (Perth & Kinross)

The focus of the Fund is on prevention and early intervention, and all funded projects are expected to focus on one or both of these themes.

For an in-depth look at which projects will be funded, see the ‘Funding Priorities’ heading in our Information for applicants document.

A dedicated assessment panel will once again review applications from third sector organisations across Perth & Kinross to decide how funds are allocated. Applications are open for both one and two-year projects, please note that funding for year 2 is currently indicative and subject to Scottish government funding.

The fund will support projects running through to 2027 that promote and protect mental health and wellbeing within local communities. You can view last year’s funding round here.