CHEX network organisations* - be part of the 2023-24 Community Wellbeing Exchange!
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Social Enterprise Scotland, SCHW and CHEX are delighted to be collaborating for another year on the Community Wellbeing Exchange, following the success of previous years supporting community organisations to address mental health & wellbeing needs within their local community.
Community Wellbeing Exchange aims to help address ongoing mental health and wellbeing challenges faced within local communities. Community organsations, including those in CHEX’s network, are invited to express interest in taking part.
The programme is funded through Scottish Community Alliance’s Pockets and Prospects fund.
It will enable around 20 community organisations (including a planned 6 organisations within CHEX’s network) across Scotland to purchase a wide range of mental health & wellbeing focused activities and services supplied by social enterprises and third sector organisations. Community organisations will have access to up to £1k to buy in mental health & wellbeing focused activities or services until the end of March 2024.
The purpose of this is to support community organisations in addressing emerging mental health & wellbeing needs within their community. The funding can also be used to purchase activities which support the mental health & wellbeing of staff and volunteers.
In previous years, the programme has led to a number of positive outcomes for organisations and communities. See this case study of how one organisation in Lewis benifited their members.
Note: community organisations who took part in the programme in previous years are welcome to express interest, although priority will be given to organisations who were not involved last year.
How to get involved
To express interest* please tell us in no more than 500 words why your organisation would like to be considered.
We will be selecting community-led health organisations representing a diverse range of communities to take part. The pilot also aims to address need where organisations are unable to provide this themselves and this will be a further consideration when selecting participating organisations.
Please let us know by Friday 17th November 2023.
What’s involved as a pilot participant?
If you take part, it is likely you will do the following:
Identify a lead point of contact for project communications.
Browse the Menu of activities & services and explore what you want to access.
We’ll connect you with the suppliers you’re interested in so you can discuss local requirements and schedule activity.
Activity takes place as agreed between you and the supplier before 1st April 2024.
Submit feedback on activities accessed.
Contact
If you have any questions about this project and how you could be involved, please contact us:
Andrew Paterson : andrew.paterson@scdc.org.uk
*If your community organisation is not already on the CHEX network, it’s free and easy to join. All you have to do to join is sign up to our comunity-led health database by entering a few details here https://www.chex.org.uk/join-the-network.
Any community-led organisation whose work benefits people’s health and wellbeing can join.
The Community Wellbeing Exchange gives community organisations access to up to £1000 for mental health activities provided by social enterprises