Aberdeenshire Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund for Adults Round 4 Expression of Interest

Are you eligible to apply to the Fund? 


Please read the funding guidance on our website here at www.avashire.org.uk/cmhwfund before
completing this check for further details about eligibility.

Location

Applications received for consideration must be led by a group/organisation who are delivering projects within Aberdeenshire.


Legal structure
Applications can be accepted from a range of community, voluntary, and third sector ‘not for profit’ organisations, associations, groups and clubs or consortiums/partnerships who have a strong community focus for their activities. 

The range of organisations that can apply are: 

• Community Amateur Sports Club
• Community Benefit Society
• Community Council
• Community Interest Company Ltd by Guarantee
• Company Ltd by Guarantee
• Co-operative
• Friendly Society
• Industrial & Provident Society
• Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) 
• Trust 
• Voluntary Group or Unincorporated Association
• Unconstituted Groups
Unconstituted groups can apply for the funds, but they must be working in partnership with a constituted group/organisation and use that group/organisation’s bank account for managing the grant. Any item(s) purchased using the grant will remain the property of the constituted group and they must be willing to provide access to the item(s) as required for the unconstituted group.

A letter of partnership will be required with the application form, signed by all parties, to be considered for the grant. This is to enable smaller, ‘heart of the community’ type groups to benefit from The Fund and deliver their services/projects within their communities.
Social Enterprises can apply to this fund if they operate in line with the following principles:

1. They operate in an asset locked manner (surplus funds will not be used to pay a dividend of any sort to directors or shareholders).

2. They agree that any assets purchased and/or owned by the social enterprise will belong to the social enterprise and not to any individuals associated with the social enterprise.


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Income

Organisations with an annual income of up to £1m can apply to this fund. Previous applicants to the fund can apply for funding during round 4 providing they meet the criteria of what can and can’t be funded.

To enable groups and organisations to manage any grant that they secure, and to facilitate access to smaller grants for small groups and organisations, the following levels are being applied to The Fund: 

Funding Level                        Funds Available             Maximum Income of Group/Organisation

1 (inc. unconstituted groups)   £0 to £2000                     Up to £100,000 in the most recent financial year 

2 (constituted groups only)      £2000.01 to £10,000       Up to £500,000 in the most recent financial year 

3 (constituted groups only)      £10,000.01 to £50,000    Up to £1m in the most recent financial year 

Accounts

Eligible to apply
Based on the answer provided, your organisation/group is eligible to apply for the Aberdeenshire Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund for Adults Round 4 Fund.

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Prefilled Application Form
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A pre-populated application form will be sent out to you within 2 working days. If you do not receive the form within this timeframe please contact grants@avashire.org.uk.