Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults brings vital support to grassroots groups and organisations across Dumfries and Galloway.
The fund helps community-led initiatives that promote good mental health, reduce inequalities, and strengthen local resilience. The fund’s fifth round closed on 24th October.
Background
Established in 2021, the Fund has already distributed over £66 million across Scotland, supporting a wide range of community initiatives. In March 2025, the Scottish Government confirmed a further £15 million per year for both the fifth and sixth rounds.
Fund aims
The fund is designed to:
- Promote positive mental health and wellbeing through prevention and early intervention.
- Address social isolation, loneliness, suicide prevention, poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on tackling the cost-of-living crisis.
- Strengthen community connections and resilience.
- Support smaller, grassroots organisations to deliver activities that make a real difference.
Local priorities
In Dumfries and Galloway, funded projects must contribute to at least one of these priorities:
- Reducing social isolation and loneliness.
- Supporting suicide prevention.
- Tackling poverty and inequality, particularly among those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis.
The fund also encourages applications that focus on at-risk groups, including young people (16–24), women affected by sexual violence, older people (50+), people with disabilities, minority ethnic groups, LGBTI communities, refugees, neurodiverse individuals, and those facing multiple disadvantage.
Eligible applicants include charities, community groups, SCIOs, CICs, cooperatives, community councils, and more.
Applications are screened by Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) for eligibility before being assessed by an independent scoring panel.
For more information, contact wellbeingfund@tsdg.org.uk
