Reimbursement grants of up to $5,000 are now available for events that build and maintain the community’s mental health and wellbeing during Mental Health Week in October.
The 2022 Mental Health Month ACT Reimbursement Grant Program is open to community-based groups, organisations, charities, schools, universities, or faith-based groups in the ACT.
“There really is no limit on the scope of events or activities that groups can apply for funding for, as long as they are positive, encouraging, informative, and supportive events about mental health and wellbeing,” said Bec Cody, CEO of the Mental Health Community Coalition (MHCC) ACT.
Mental Health Week runs from 8 to 16 October, and is part of the wider Mental Health Month ACT, held in October each year, and co-ordinated by the MHCC ACT.
“Mental Health Month is an opportunity to raise community awareness and understanding of mental health, reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health conditions, and promote positive mental health and wellbeing,” Ms Cody said.
This year’s theme is Awareness, Belonging, Connection.
“It is about coming together to find out how to care for our own mental wellbeing, how to reach out to others to give them support, and build networks to help us be happy and healthy.”
Community-run events play a significant role in the ACT’s Mental Health Month program. In previous years, around 30 to 40 events occurred.
The $5,000 available is a large increase from previous years.
“We wanted to allow for a wider range of community events this year,” Ms Cody said.
“This funding will allow us to support a few larger events while still helping the smaller ones that have been the backbone of Mental Health Month ACT in previous years.”
Applications for the 2022 Mental Health Month ACT Reimbursement Grant are open until 30 June.
Learn more and apply at: www.mentalhealthmonthact.org/grants-program
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