Ecominds offers mental health and environment grants
Howard Lake | 20 March 2010 | News
Funded by Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme, Ecominds is offering grants of up to £20,000 to projects that involve people with mental health problems in benefiting their local environment. These could involve graffiti removal projects, creating or renovating urban green areas, setting up a recycling scheme, or creating a community garden.
The is £1 million of funding still available, and it will be allocated by mental health charity Mind. Research by the charity has found that being outdoors and being active can be highly beneficial to everyone’s mental wellbeing.
The closing date for small bids (£0 to £20,000) is 30 April 2010. Any group or organisation based in England and working on a not-for-profit basis can apply.
www.ecominds.org.uk
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