Comic Relief: Maternal Mental Health

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This scheme is be partly funded by HM Treasury’s “Tampon Tax” to support women’s and girls’ issues. Proposals are welcome for up to £120,000 for between two and three years of activity. Comic Relief anticipates making approximately 10 grants to existing or new community based providers of maternal mental health support. The scheme opens on 19 May 2016 and closes 15 June 2016 (12 Noon)The scheme funds projects that –

Increase access to high–quality, local community based support.
Improve access to up-to-date information about local, community-based, non-clinical support for women experiencing maternal mental health issues, their families and professionals.
Increase access to appropriate specialist clinical support from local statutory providers
Ensures that there is a solid framework to ensure all community-based, perinatal mental health support services are providing high-quality, safe and effective support
Lead to a better understanding of the impact of community-based, non-clinical support and the piloting of new models; putting local providers in a better position to be commissioned by CCGs and other statutory providers.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate how they will work within existing cross-sector referral pathways, or develop these in order to provide wrap-around support to women experiencing perinatal mental health issues.

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