Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-11255

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 30 September 2022
Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 October 2022

Question

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) children's and (b) adults' organisations in Dundee have received funding from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

Answer

In the first year of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults, 2021 to 2022, we funded 64 projects supporting adults living in Dundee.

These were:

Organisation	Name of project	Type of initiative	Primary target group
Kanzen Karate	Wellbeing through activity	Social isolation and loneliness	Refugees and people with no recourse to public funding (NRPF)
St Nininian's Community Cafe		Social isolation and loneliness	Socio-economic disadvantage
Brooksbank Centre and Services	Brooksbank Debt and Benefit Advice Service	Early intervention	Socio-economic disadvantage
Hope Counselling Dundee		Social isolation and loneliness	Wellbeing and prevention
Yusuf Youth Initiative		Social isolation and loneliness	Minority ethnic background
Bipolar Scotland		Social isolation and loneliness	People with diagnosed mental illness
Menzieshill Community Centre - Local Management Group		Social isolation and loneliness	Socio-economic disadvantage
Just Bee Productions		Social isolation and loneliness	Women
East Cragie Football Club		Social isolation and loneliness	Older people
Dundee City Pipe Band		Social isolation and loneliness	Socio-economic disadvantage
Bharatiya Ashram Ltd		Social isolation and loneliness	Minority ethnic background
Dundee and Angus ADHD support group		Social isolation and loneliness	Carers
Dundee Blind and Partially Sighted Society		Early intervention	Long term health condition/disability
Nurture Steps		Social isolation and loneliness	Carers
Funeral Link		Social isolation and loneliness	Bereavement or loss
Kirkton Community Centre LMG		Early intervention	Socio-economic disadvantage
Dundee Elim Church / Teen Challenge Dundee		Social isolation and loneliness	Severe/multiple disadvantage
Dundee Pensioner's Forum	Blether Café	Early intervention	Older people
The Reconnection Project		Social isolation and loneliness	Severe/multiple disadvantage
Lounge Front		Social isolation and loneliness	Women
Dundee Pride SCIO		Social isolation and loneliness	LGBTI
Dundee Elite Kickboxing		Social isolation and loneliness	Wellbeing and prevention
Dundee North West Community Sports Club		Social isolation and loneliness	Wellbeing and prevention
Lochee Community Shed		Social isolation and loneliness	Wellbeing and prevention
Dundee West Community Trust		Early intervention	Older people
Wellbeing Works		Social isolation and loneliness	People with diagnosed mental illness
Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland	Dundee Sporting Memories Club	Social isolation and loneliness	Older people
Other Ways to Care		Early intervention	Carers
Lochee Community Larder		Early intervention	Socio-economic disadvantage
Lochee Community Group		Social isolation and loneliness	Socio-economic disadvantage
Dundee United Sports Club		Social isolation and loneliness	Long term health condition/disability
Altogether Better	Community Dundee	Early intervention	Young adults
Creative Dundee		Early intervention	Wellbeing and prevention
Street Soccer Scotland		Early intervention	Wellbeing and prevention
Stand Easy		Early intervention	Psychological trauma
RockSolid Dundee		Early intervention	Wellbeing and prevention
Dundee Citizen's Advice Bureau		Early intervention	Socio-economic disadvantage
Art Angel	Osmosis	Social isolation and loneliness	People with diagnosed mental illness
Stobswell Forum SCIO	Advice Hub	Early intervention	Wellbeing and prevention
The Scottish Cycling Charitable Foundation		Social isolation and loneliness	People with diagnosed mental illness
CANDU (Dundee Cancer Support Network) SCIO		Social isolation and loneliness	Long term health condition/disability
YMCA Tayside	Journey to Freedom	Social isolation and loneliness	Severe/multiple disadvantage
The Speech Language Communication Company (SLCo)		Social isolation and loneliness	Long term health condition/disability
Shaper/Caper	Young Creatives/ Dance For Parkinson's/The Out Crowd	Early intervention	LGBTI
Just Bee Productions		Social isolation and loneliness	Women
Social Good Connect	Together	Social isolation and loneliness	Women
Mid-Lin Day Care Ltd		Social isolation and loneliness	Older people
Dundee United Community Trust	Football Therapy/ Still Game	Early intervention	Older people
Parent to Parent		Early intervention	Carers
Alternatives Counselling and Listening Rooms		Early intervention	Bereavement or loss
Deaf Links		Early intervention	Long term health condition/disability
Dundee and Angus ADHD support Group	Parent/ Carer IMACT Courses	Social isolation and loneliness	Carers
Hot Chocolate Trust	Little Lights	Early intervention	Wellbeing and prevention
Insight Counselling		Early intervention	People with diagnosed mental illness
Relationships Scotland FM Tayside and Fife		Social isolation and loneliness	Carers
Uppertunity CIC	Weekly Warriors/ The Upside	Early intervention	Long term health condition/disability
Wellbeing Works		Early intervention
Taymara		Social isolation and loneliness	Long term health condition/disability
Ardler Village Trust		Early intervention	Socio-economic disadvantage
Wellbeing Works		Early intervention	People with diagnosed mental illness
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland		Social isolation and loneliness	Wellbeing and prevention
Kanzen Karate		Social isolation and loneliness	Socio-economic disadvantage
ScrapAntics CIC		Early intervention	Refugees and NRPF
Parish Nursing, The Steeple Church		Social isolation and loneliness	Refugees and NRPF

Through the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services Framework, we are providing local authorities with £15m per annum to fund community-based mental health supports for children, young people, their families and carers.

Dundee City Council’s share of this money supports a number of services, including:

? Perth Autism Support (a highly structured mental health programme which provides help for parents and carers);

? Dundee Rep Drama therapy Service (a specialist psychotherapeutic approach that allows young people to act, mime, draw, and use puppets to make sense of their stories);

? Dundee Carers Centre (a service that raises awareness, identification and direct support for young carers between P4 and S1);

? Dundee Women’s Aid (funding a clinical psychologist to specialise in child and adolescent work in collaboration with CAMHS and educational psychology);

? Hot Chocolate Trust (a community-based service for young people who are resistant to engagement in other contexts to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing);

? Parent To Parent (group and individual support using a ‘train the trainer’ model for parents of children with additional support needs);

? Relationships Scotland (which provides counselling, family mediation and child contact to targeted young people aged 5-24 and their families);

? Community Learning And Development (provides a mental health peer support service for young people through Positive Minds youth residential work);

? Tayside Council On Alcohol (a hub for children and young people living in kinship family arrangements as a result of problematic parental substance use);

? The Speech Language Communication Company (a blended approach for young people mainly with ADD/ASD/multiple barriers, supporting parents who can experience stress and become marginalized);

? LGBT Youth Scotland (youth groups for young people who identify or are beginning to explore identification as LGBT+);

? And the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Portal (an interactive resource of evidence-based information, inclusive of support and guidance for parents and carers).

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