Shine Lincolnshire manages funding on Behalf of Lincolnshire County Council and the Integrated Care Board for Lincolnshire. The funding aims to support people’s mental health at a grass roots, community level to prevent crisis escalation. This is because we know that communities know each other best and are often best suited to looking after one another.
Since 2021 Shine Lincolnshire has supported over 100 organisations across Lincolnshire and continues to support many more to deliver projects that aim to support the wellbeing of local communities.
A fundamental aspect of the Mental Health Transformation Strategy for Lincolnshire is to support people to live independently in their own homes and communities.
By providing access to a range of activities and services within the community that promotes outcomes which in turn support recovery and good mental health; this would contribute to generally improved health, wellbeing, independence, and choice for people with a mental illness, including serious mental illness. This involves working alongside people with lived experience and partner agencies to ensure unbiased access to community support services across the County and developing Community Assets to provide a wide range of activities and service for Social Prescribers to ‘tap into’.
As of March 2023, The Community Asset Development Funding has merged with the Managed Care Network Funding and to form the Mental Health and Wellbeing Community Investment Fund and has ceased to exist.
Wave One saw 21 applications; 20 were approved; however, one could not continue with their project. In all, 19 successful organisations began to deliver in 2021.
GCAT
Stay Connected
The Lockdown Legacy
Upbeat! (Grantham)
28 Days Of Mindful Art
Bridging The Gap
The Writing Project
EFL Extra Time Hub
TALA
Upbeat! (Gainsborough)
The Outwood Project 1
Nature Project
Positive Pilgrims
Hoarding Project
Feeling Good
The Toolshed
Upbeat! (Boston)
Upbeat! (Lincoln)
Bhive
Following on from the success of Wave One, Wave Two opened across 9 Primary care network areas: Trent, Imp, Apex/Marina, East Lindsey, First Coastal, SOLAS, Boston, K2 Grantham and Four Counties. The fund received 106 applications, with 35 successful organisations granted funding for projects between September 2021 and March 2022.
Acistance – East Lindsey
Acistance- Trent
Stamford Connections Wellbeing Activity Programme
Assist – 1 To 1 Support And Wellbeing Space
Community Campervan
Case Worker To Support Independent Living
Cafe Green Spaces
The Menopause Project
Rural Escapes
A Step In The Right Direction - DevelopmentPlus
Building Better Mental Health
Circles Of Support For Positive Mental Health
Circles Of Support For Positive Mental Health
“Feeling Good Again!” (Project Completed)
The Growing Room
Happier, Healthier And Better Connected
Gainsborough Reaches Out
The No Work Network
Rebuild-In Nature
Horses Helping To Improve Mental Wellbeing And Reduce Social Isolation
Monday Open Door Cafe
Reconnecting With Confidence
Reconnecting With Confidence (Project Completed)
Extra Time Hub – Move More – Seated Chair Classes
Growth For Health
The Outwood Project 2
Upbeat! Stamford
The Wulfram Centre For Wholeness & Wellbeing
The Legacy Project – Don’t Get It Right Get It Written
The Lockdown Legacy – The Story Continues
The Garden Party
ReStore Wellness
Post Covid Community Recovery Project - Mental Health
Dance Your Cares Away (Project Completed)
Wave Three launched in the summer of 2022 for a further four PCN areas: K2 Seaford, South Lincoln Healthcare, South Lincs & Rural and Spalding. The funding invested £170,000 and saw 18 applications with 13 successful projects between Autumn 2022 and March 2023.
Early Intervention and Good mental Health Project (Sleaford)
Bridge south Well-Being Cafes and Outreach
Crowland Community Good Mood Cafe
Men Care 2
Flourish With Food
Time For Yourself
Extra Time Hub – Bracebridge Heath
Growth 2 Health
Time to Talk & Walk
Music For All Social
Wellbeing at Baytree
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 Mental Health Promotion Fund that underpins this network is a partnership which has historically been provided by Lincolnshire County Council and Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT). The management of the network was handed over from LPFT to Shine Lincolnshire to for the 2021/22 wave 11.
The funding aimed 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:
Wave one of the fund was a £318,750 investment countywide and saw 48 applications split into East, West and South resulting in 34 successful projects.
All projects completed in 2022.
Raising Together
Restore Programme - WRAP Course
Early Intervention and Good Mental Health Project
Keep Connected Mobile Outreach Project
Wellbeing Map of Bourne
Along with Us
Mums Fit
AXIOS Project (project Completed)
The Postnatal Project
Black Barn Rural Retreats
Feel Good Project
X-church Community Drop-in
Yes to Health / Your Health Matters
Winter Pressures Relief Project
Gainsborough Vikings Gaming Club
Coppice Crafting
Heard by Horses
Friends Again
Growing Support
LRSN Supporting Casework in East Lincolnshire
The Peaceful Plot
Prescribing the 5 Ways to Well-Being
Community Lounge
Grow Better
Stepping Stone Theatre For Mental Health –The Story Continues
Renew SSJ
ReStore Wellness
Tonic Health Safe Places Deepings Meeting Group
Intergeneration Lens
Project R&R
Willow Farm Equine Facilitated Social Activity Mornings
MIND – BODY – SPIRIT
Following the Success of Wave 11, Wave 12 was launched in the summer of 2022 and was a further investment of £318,750 countywide. The fund saw 51 applications split into East, West and South with 33 successful projects which completed in March 2023.
Now We’re Cooking
Happy Hooves – Volunteer Training Project
Another Friend in Sight
Supporting Casework in South Lincolnshire
Coffee and Company
Men’s Group
Team Talk
Walking Your Way To Fitness
Restore Programme – WRAP
Green Wood Craft
Wild Things Rescue Mental Health Support
Horses helping to improve wellbeing, reduce social isolation and teach new skills
Renew SSJ
Early Intervention and Mental Health Project (West)
Wellbeing in the Woods
The Toolshed
Project Art Pals
Gainsborough Crisis Action Team
Men Care 2
Butterflies
Postnatal Project
Growing Support
Let’s Get Organised!
SociABLES
Women Supporting Women (WSW)
BEAMing
Visually Impaired Group Fishing Activities
Holbeach Good Mood Café
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Community
Citizens Advice @ Mind Space
Community Care Farm
Singing for All
Time2Bee
October 2020 saw a publication from Lincolnshire County Council documenting a suicide prevention strategy, co-produced alongside people with lived experience to reach out and save lives. The vision is to recognise and support that Lincolnshire is a place where suicide is not considered as an option and people will continue to have hope.
Between 2016 – 2018 there were sadly 156 male suicides between the ages of 25 and 59 years. Men were identified within a high-risk group and therefore became the focus for this project. Suicide Prevention Innovation Funding was secured from NHS England and Shine were awarded the task of managing the project across Lincolnshire.
The aim was for community organisations who work directly with men in supporting mental health, to apply for grants up to £10,000 to support and strengthen their organisation.
The Suicide Prevention Fund aim:
Across Lincolnshire there were 28 applications for innovative community-based projects and from that, 14 were awarded grants in the first wave of funding for 2020-21.
'View, Do and Make Something New!' For Men
Men’s Support Group - "The PITCH"
MEN United
New Growth Project
Harmless: Catch up Café
A Better Way
Coppice Crafts
Team Talk
LRSN Lifelines
Aware
'Chatabit'
ManChat
Place2Bee
Log Sutton Men's Shed Quiet Room
October 2020 saw the publication of Lincolnshire County Council’s suicide prevention strategy. This has been developed on a multi-agency basis and co-produced alongside people with lived experience to reach out and save lives. The vision is to recognise and support the aim that Lincolnshire is a place where suicide is not considered as an option and people will continue to have hope.
Suicide Prevention Innovation Funding was secured from NHS England and Shine Lincolnshire launched the wave 1 Investment Programme for Suicide Prevention across the County, with a focus on men at risk of suicide aged 25 to 59. The Investment Programme was £130,000 aimed at community organisation’s who work directly with men in supporting mental health, to apply for grants up to £10,000 to support and strengthen their organisations and their offer to men at risk of suicide.
Following on from the success of wave 1 of the funding, wave 2 of the Suicide Prevention Programme was launched with a further £130,000 investment. This Programme is not age specific and will have a focus on supporting people 18+ and being innovative and creative with ideas and developments that promote healthy lifestyles, reduces self-harm, suicides, and raises awareness. The fund saw 25 applications with 12 successful projects being awarded funding.
Chatter Cake
Fathers in mind: the baby massage project
The PTICH
The Growing room
The Tomorrow Project
Team Talk
Suicide Prevention in Rural Communities
Weave Stamford
WomanChat and ManChat
The 'Rollin' Rock Café' (Project Complete)
Place2bee - Bhive Community
Well Self – Well Safe
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