The Managed Care Network is an alliance of county-wide community groups and organisations delivering a variety of support activities, services and projects which provide people with structure and choice in their lives contributing to individuals’ emotional wellbeing within their own community.

The funding aims to support people to live well and independently in their own homes and communities with access to a range of activities and services that promote outcomes including:

• reduced social isolation,
• contributing to mental health recovery
• contributing to positive mental health and resilience
• contributing to improved health and wellbeing
• supporting with signposting to other relevant services
• providing choice for people with a mental illness including serious mental illness
• supporting with independence
• making new social connections
• learning new skills

Wave 11 of the fund launched in 2021 and say an investment of £318,750 into 34 successful projects in communities across the county.

Wave 12 of the fund launched in the summer of 2022 and was a further investment of £318,750 countywide and saw 51 applications with 33 successful projects.

Details of these projects along with organisation contact details can be found below, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the organisation directly or us here at Shine. Over the coming weeks, we will be posting details of all the funded organisations on our website and across our social media accounts.