# Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation launches Mental Health Fund for Young People

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/02/07/bedfordshire-and-luton-community-foundation-launches-mental-health-fund-for-young-people/
- Published: 2020-02-07T07:43:53+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation has launched a dedicated fund in support
of local mental health initiatives for children and young people through The Good
Exchange platform.**

[The Foundation](https://www.blcf.org.uk/)’s new Bedfordshire Mental Health Fund
for Young People officially opened on 6 February and will run for one year with 
a dual aim of distributing grants between £1,000 and £5,000 to local charitable 
organisations and growing the fund through collaboration with funders, local businesses
and individuals who want to work together and give money to support this worthwhile
cause.

According to analysis by the University of Bedfordshire (commissioned by the Foundation),
there are an estimated 660 boys and 360 girls aged 5-10 years and 815 boys and 550
girls between the ages of 11-15 with a mental health problem in Bedford Borough.

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Organisations from Bedford and Central Bedfordshire involved in delivering mental
health education, promotion and development, including therapy and counselling sessions,
are encouraged to submit their applications for funding via the [Foundation’s Funder Page](https://app.thegoodexchange.com/funders/10881/bedfordshire-and-luton-community-foundation)
on [The Good Exchange](https://thegoodexchange.com/) platform.

Dipak Mistry, Grants Manager, Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation commented:

> “We’re fully committed to supporting mental health solutions in our local area.
> Through our new Mental Health Fund for Young People, we hope to be able to support
> a range of different initiatives, but we really need other grant-giving organisations
> and individuals throughout the county to join with us to support this hugely worthwhile
> cause. All local groups who’d benefit from financial support – covering the costs
> of providing treatments and therapy sessions to general day-to-day overheads and
> equipment costs should apply via The Good Exchange.”

Ed Gairdner, COO of The Good Exchange added:

> “We’re looking forward to working with the Foundation to build a collaborative
> network of funders to address the complex needs of children and young people with
> mental health challenges across Bedfordshire through the new Fund for young people,
> and to seeing the impact the Fund will have on local initiatives involved in tackling
> these complex problems at a local grassroots level.”

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