# Mind to distribute £7.5 million in environment grants

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/22/mind-distribute-75-million-environment-grants/
- Published: 2008-09-22T10:30:34+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Mental health charity Mind is to distribute £7.5 million in grants from the Big 
Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme to projects in England that focus on mental
health and the environment.

The ‘Ecominds’ funding will be distributed over five years to about 125 new and 
existing projects. It is designed “to help people with direct experience of mental
distress become involved in environmental projects that improve mental and physical
health and local communities”.

To be eligible projects must have a budget of less than £250,000 and be delivered
within five years.

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Ecomind is at

www.mind.org.uk/ecominds

and it has a Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Ecominds/11703263550

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## Comments

### By: admin

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/22/mind-distribute-75-million-environment-grants/#comment-3274
- Published: 2008-09-22T10:37:00+01:00

Ecominds helpfull point out that there are other Big Lottery Fund award partners
and projects. These are:

**Local Food**
 Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts [http://www.localfoodgrants.org](http://www.localfoodgrants.org)

which aims to make locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities,
with grants from £2,000 up to £500,000.

 **Community Spaces**
 Groundwork UK [http://www.community-spaces.org.uk](http://www.community-spaces.org.uk)

which aims to empowering people to improve public spaces in their neighbourhood,
including making more interesting places for children to play.

 **Community Sustainable Energy Programme (CSEP)**
 Building Research Establishment
[http://www.communitysustainable.org.uk](http://www.communitysustainable.org.uk)

which aims to support the development of sustainable energy installations in local
communities in England, in places such as village halls, community centres, places
of worship, visitor centers, and activity centres.

 **Access to Nature**
 Natural England [http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/accesstonature](http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/accesstonature)

which encourages people from all backgrounds to understand, access, and enjoy the
natural environment. It offers grants from £50,000 to £500,000 for projects that
will bring a lasting change in areas of high social, economic, and/or environmental
deprivation.