Historic Funding
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.
Community Asset Development Fund
Community Asset Development Wave One
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.
Organisation & Project
Community Asset Development Wave Two
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.
Organisation & Project
Community Asset Development Wave Three
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.
Organisation & Project
The Managed Care Network Fund
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:
- 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
Managed Care Network Wave Eleven
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.
Organisation & Project
Managed Care Network Wave Twelve
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.
Organisation & Project
Suicide Prevention Innovation Wave One
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:
- To support males
- Reduce self-harm and suicide with at risk males
- Support through peer support/people with lived experience
- Provide safe places and opportunities for males to talk
- Raise awareness
- Equip with the tools for self-help and sufficiency
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.
Organisation & Project
Suicide Prevention Innovation Wave Two
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.
