New Fund Launching for Racial Justice and Mental Health Projects
Funding will support collective care, campaigning and capacity building activities.
Synergi is an England-wide programme of work which focuses on the intersection of racial justice and mental health. As part of the programme, there will be a small grants fund delivered by National Survivor User Network (NSUN).
One-year grants of £2,000 to £3,000 will be on offer to organisations which are:
- Led by and for Black people and people of colour.
- Led by and for people who have shared experiences or identities with those they are creating spaces for.
- Benefitting people or communities who live with mental ill-health, trauma, and distress.
The fund is intended to reach communities experiencing the most extreme forms of discrimination or injustice including the hostile environment, anti-transgender legislation and Prevent.
Types of work funding can cover include:
- Collective care. This includes providing food and essentials parcels, writing to incarcerated community members, creating opportunities for people to come together and support each other using shared experiences as in peer support groups, mutual aid, creative practices like dance or singing, or covering the costs of accessing therapy or other healing practices.
- Campaigning and change-making. This could include protest, work to create change on a local or national level, sharing information and skills such as community organising training, or creating resources for members of your community to better advocate for themselves.
There will be an information webinar on 14 December 2022, 3pm to 4pm.
The fund will open on 4 January 2023 and close on 29 January 2023.
(This report was the subject of a GRANTfinder Newsflash.)
