Question reference: S6W-10703
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 6 September 2022
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) children's and (b) adult's organisations in Aberdeen Donside receive funding from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.
Answer
In the first year of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults in 2021-22, the Scottish Government provided funding to the following organisations which operate specifically in Aberdeen Donside:
Name of organisation | Project name |
Third Level Foundation | 1. Foundation Steps - Coping Strategies for Anxiety and Depression 2. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Support Workshops 3. Families affected by BPD 4. Third Level Foundation Signposting |
Danestone Community Centre | 1. Community Connector 2. Chatty Café 3. Brunch Club |
Silver City Blues Masters Swimming Club | Silver City Blues |
Dyce & Stoneywood Community Association | 1. Programme Development in Dyce 2. EncourAGE- Sheltered Housing Tenants and "In Abooters" |
Aberdeen Amateur Athletic Club | Jogscotland Aberdeen Amateur Athletic Club |
Mastrick Community Centre | Mastrick Community Centre - Parent and Toddlers |
ABSA/Feil Graffiti | Bring our boys back safe |
Zone In | Zone In |
St Ninians Scottish Episcopal Church | Craft and Friendship Group |
Early Intervention | Neurodivergent Parenting Programme |
Sunnybank Community Centre Association | Welcome-Learn English in Sunnybank |
Middlefield Community Project | MindU, Wellbeing, baby massage and ecotherapy support |
Through the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults, the Scottish Government has also provided funding to the following organisations to support projects across the Aberdeen City region, which are accessible to people living in the Donside area.
Name of organisation | Project name |
Grampian Stroke Club | Two projects, both named Project SING |
Time to Heal | Domestic Abuse and Mental Health |
Aberdeen Independent Multiple Sclerosis | AIMS Social Inclusion project |
Disabled Persons Housing Service Aberdeen | Friendly Ear |
Hand of Solace | Elderly Support Service |
Team Jak | Jak's Denners Aberdeen |
Future Choices | Breaking down the barriers |
Create Aberdeen | Tune in music and drumming workshops |
The Allotment Market Stall | Growing Healthy - Vegetable Garden Development |
Ditch Debt with Dignity | Empowerment & Engagement |
PEACE Pet and Companion | Team Expansion |
COG (Community Outreach Group) | Don’t Be A Stranger |
Mind Store | Mind Store –Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Support |
Faceyouth | Mental Health Awareness and Stigma Reduction Initiative (MASRI) |
Citymoves Dance Agency | Creative Movement – Dance for Parkinsons. |
Aberdeen Action on Disability | Able to Aid |
Cultivate Aberdeen | 1. Potting Sheds for Patter 2. Volunteer and Community Co-ordinator |
Yuva Yoga | Gentle Yoga |
Aberdeen SANDS | Supporting bereaved families when their precious baby has died |
Befriend a Child | Family Support Project |
Grampian Regional Equality Council | GREC Health and Diversity Network |
Station House Media Unit | SHMU Wellbeing Project |
The Breadmaker | Health and Wellbeing for Adults with learning disabilities |
Four Pillars | LGBT+ Outreach Coordinator |
One Seed Forward | Community Food Growing |
Aberdeen Taexali | Future Proof |
Grampian 50+ Network | Getting Together Again - 2022 |
The Bridge | 2022 Bridge 1 Application |
TLC Aberdeen | Building a fairer Aberdeen together, free of loneliness & isolation |
Avenue | Family Wellbeing Groups |
The Leanne Fund | Get Active Aberdeen |
The Living Well Project | Living Well Dementia Cafes |
Touch of Love Outreach | Elderly Support Service |
Aberdeen Science Centre | The Science of Mental Health |
Parent Network Scotland | Self-healing and positive mental health - it starts with you! |
Sereniti | Relaxation therapy project for parents with children with additional needs |
Community Music Action | Future Melodies - A series of music making sessions with local autistic youth in Aberdeen |
Aberdeen Women's Alliance | Friday Fun |
Aberdeen Care and Repair Group | Care and Repair - Enablement Project |
Choices Aberdeen | Creative Therapy and Bereavement Support |
Grampian Disability Sport | Inclusive Activity Physical |
CALICO (Cancer and Leukaemia In Children Orientated) | Carers Wellbeing |
Grampian Hospitals Art Trust | Outside Artroom |
Open Road | Fittie Community Choir |
Pathways | Powis Pathways to Wellbeing |
Citymoves Dance Agency | Dance for Parkinson's |
Archway Charitable Trust | 1. Covid Recovery & Mental Health Activity Project 2. Caring for Carers Too |
Rape Crisis Grampian | Main Service support to Individuals and Group |
Cairns Counselling | Volunteer-led mental health support expansion project |
Grampian Autistic Society | Social Integration Support for Autistic community in Aberdeen |
Mental Health Aberdeen | Your Mental Health Counts |
Family Foundations | Family Foundations |
Through the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services Framework for children, young people, their families and their carers, Aberdeen City Council’s share of the additional £15m per annum funds the ‘Fit Like?’ Family Wellbeing Hubs.
The service works with families across Aberdeen offering practical and emotional support from its three hubs in Northfield, Torry and Tillydrone, the first of which lies within the Donside constituency.
Organisations and services which work together in the ‘Fit Like?’ Family Wellbeing Hubs include Children 1 st and a range of local authority and NHS services.