Comic Relief Funding Program 2019 for Organisations Improving Health and Mental well-being in Kenya

Deadline: October 18, 2019

Applications are open for the Comic Relief Funding Program 2019 for Organisations Improving Health and Mental well-being in Kenya. They want to make targeted investments in organisations originating in Kenya which have a strong track record in improving mental health in Kenya.

Global Mental Health is one of four priority issues under Comic Relief’s funding strategy. Under DFID’s Disability Inclusion Strategy, supporting people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities has been highlighted for special focus. To address these priorities, UK aid have matched £2 million of public donations from Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day 2019 campaign, to create a £4 million programme to invest in mental health in Kenya.

In order to advance the agenda on the neglected issue of mental health, Comic Relief and UK aid are looking to raise the profile of the rights of people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities in Kenya. This call for proposals is aimed at organisations working to ensure people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities can access the support they need, and feel empowered to speak out and able to live free from stigma and discrimination.

Scope

Proposals should respond to one or both of the programme’s aims and may focus efforts at community, county and/or national level:

• Tackle stigma and discrimination associated with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities: Funding might include research to understand the context of stigma and discrimination in communities in more depth, co-ordinated public awareness campaigns, promoting mental health awareness in the media, raising awareness amongst generalist healthcare workers about mental health, advocacy work with people who can champion mental health as an issue, holding government to account for existing commitments, investing in models of prevention that could be replicated and using creativity to tackle stigma and discrimination.
• Improve access to quality mental health services in line with human rights approaches, for people living with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities: Funding might include research to better understand the gaps, examples of good practice, developing standard operating procedures, promoting quality assurance and monitoring, review of current policies and practice, professional development and support for practitioners, training at community level, support for new collaborations, support for groups advocating for quality services, community support for livelihoods and social integration to support adherence to care and mainstreaming interventions.

Funding

• Funding is available for a minimum of 24 months to a maximum of 42 months. Comic Relief will fund investments from £100,000 up to £750,000.

Eligibility

• Applications must be led by organisations originating in Kenya. Applications from organisations working in partnership with others, especially with representative groups, are welcomed.
• The lead applicant must have a minimum track record of one year of successful work on mental health issues in Kenya; and preferably more than 3 years’ experience.
• The lead applicant must be Kenya-registered with a minimum annual income of £75,000.

Application

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For more information, visit Comic Relief Funding.