The Mental Small Grants Scheme was created in partnership with the Health and Wellbeing Board to give Brentwood’s communities the opportunity to provide mental health initiatives in the Borough. Grants of up to £2,500 were available to individuals, organisations and groups for wellbeing projects delivered between 1 January and 31 December 2021. Projects must be delivered in the Borough and involve people with lived experience in design planning and delivery.

Mrs Anderson summarised the report. 

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Poppy and SECONDED by Cllr Tierney to

approve the recommendation in the report.

A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY to:

Agree to fund those projects highlighted in green as outlined in Appendix B out of the Mental Health Small Grants allocation.

Reasons for Recommendation

The Mental Small Grants Scheme was created in partnership with the Health and Wellbeing Board to give Brentwood’s communities the opportunity to provide mental health initiatives in the Borough. Each application has been subject to a robust, independent and transparent scoring process to ensure fairness in the allocation of funding.