Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership are leading a programme to improve mental health support and services for families in pregnancy and the first two years of a child’s life.
Grants to Grow aims to build the capacity of the VCSE sector to support parents facing challenges relating to the maternity experience, including:
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Tokophobia (fear of childbirth)
- Trauma associated with childbirth
- Still birth and infant death
- Pre-term delivery requiring neonatal intensive care support
Who can apply? To be considered for an award, organisations must:
- Operate exclusively or primarily within Greater Manchester
- Be a VCSE group, network or organisation, whether formal or informal
- Support parents and families at risk of poor mental health due to the maternity experience (either as their sole purpose, or via a dedicated programme)
- Have experience of working in partnership with the statutory sector, or a willingness to do so
Grant amount: Grants and support will be tailored to each organisation, and can cover anything from help with getting constituted to training, business development advice, renting premises, upgrading IT or employing new staff.
Application process: Contact Hannah Berry (details below) by 15 March for an informal chat to explore how Grants to Grow could benefit your work.
Deadline: 15 March 2021
Contact Information: Hannah Berry tel: 07726 888521 Email: hannah.berry@gmcvo.org.uk
Website address: www.gmcvo.org.uk/GrantsToGrow