Healthy Young Minds Fund

The Healthy Young Minds Fund is a grant program open exclusively to members of the Healthy Young Minds Coalition (previously known as the Sir Norman Lamb Mental Health and Wellbeing Coalition). The programme focuses on strengthening and enhancing community youth provision to support the mental wellbeing and resilience of children and young people in Norfolk. This year's priority has been determined by the Flourish 2024 survey findings, which identified concerning declines in mental wellbeing among Norfolk's youth, with just over 1 in 10 pupils reporting high mental wellbeing. Grants of up to £6,000 are available for projects offering therapeutic support for children and young people up to the age of 25. The funding can be used for project costs or core costs relating to ongoing needs of groups, and can include small portable capital items and equipment such as IT equipment, sports or arts materials. The fund aims to improve mental health outcomes, enable young people to better understand and manage their mental health, increase appropriate service access, and support young people through transitions. Eligible applicants must be members of the Healthy Young Minds Coalition and their activities must address the fund's priority areas. Schools-based projects are considered with specific limitations - the fund can support after-school activities where alternative venues aren't accessible, but cannot support projects previously funded by schools or short-term school projects expecting future school funding. Applicants must be willing to contribute to an evaluation process.