May 2023
VOLUNTARY ACTION SHETLAND
Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Funding – Along with the other 31 Third Sector Interface’s throughout Scotland, Voluntary Action Shetland distributed a second year of the Scottish Government Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Funding to support community activity until March 2024. Shetland’s allocation totalled £71,420.37
Outcome of the Fund: The intended outcome of the Fund is to develop a culture of mental wellbeing and prevention within local communities and across Scotland with improved awareness of how we can all stay well and help ourselves and others.
The Fund seeks to contribute to the four key areas of focus from the Mental Health Transition and Recovery Plan:
- Promoting and supporting the conditions for good mental health and wellbeing at population level
- Providing accessible signposting to help, advice and support
- Providing a rapid and easily accessible response to those in distress
- Ensuring safe, effective treatment and care of people living with mental illness
National Performance Framework: the Fund also seeks to contribute to the following national outcomes from the:
- We are healthy and active
- We will live in communities that are inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe
- We tackle poverty by sharing opportunities, wealth and power more equally
18 Community Groups/Organisations Received Funding to Support Initiatives
No | Name of Organisation | Activity | Amount Awarded |
1 | Ability Shetland | To support delivery of North Mainland Adult social club and transport costs | £5000 |
2 | Mind Your Head | To support delivery of their low-level support programme - Wellness programme | £5000 |
3 | Sporting Memories | To cover costs to run a weekly community club consisting or sporting reminiscence and cognitively stimulating games/low level physical activity | £5000 |
4 | Shetland Bereavement Support Service | To cover the costs of specialist post suicide training for their volunteer counsellors | £5000 |
5 | South End Menopause | To cover costs to deliver a peer support group for women affected by Menopause | £5000 |
6 | Autism Understanding | To cover costs to support pre and post diagnostic support, training and peer support sessions | £5000 |
7 | Scalloway Youth and Community Centre | To cover costs to support their Adult social club to undertake purposeful activities | £5000 |
8 | Shetland Care Attendant Scheme | To cover costs of providing support to unpaid carers to provide them with a well-earned break – short breaks./overnight respite | £5000 |
9 | Shetland Womens Aid | To cover costs of wellbeing interventions for clients to support recovery | £5000 |
10 | Shetland Community Connections | To deliver residents of Shetlands Care homes a regular opportunity to engage once a month in supported reminiscence and storytelling with a trained facilitator | £5000 |
11 | Bressay Running Club | To cover costs of volunteer expenses in supporting park run in Bressay | £600 |
12 | Whalefirth Mens Shed | To cover costs for new equipment for their Mens Shed to support group/community activity | £4998 |
13 | Bressay Development Ltd | To cover costs for new equipment to make their room more multi-purpose for all the community to benefit from | £660 |
14 | Unst Partnership Ltd | To cover additional activities/transport costs for their over 60’s “Ootnaboot” Club | £3650 |
15 | Win Furt | To cover costs to support community outdoor bulb, flower and tree planting in communal community areas | £700 |
16 | Purple Loft Project | To cover the costs of Art packs and expand reach of current project to the Isles and other areas | £2020.37 |
17 | Playlist for Life | To support those affected by dementia through music | £2434 |
18 | Relationship Scotland Shetland | To deliver Time to Talk peer support group sessions for 16 to 19 year olds | £5000 |
