New Fund to Improve Children and Young People’s Mental Health
Grants of up to £510,000 are now available to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) wishing to run projects focused on improving children and young people’s mental health. The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund 2019/20 aims to support organisations to expand and evaluate current projects improving the mental health of this group, particularly those supporting young people through life-changing events. Applications are open until 15 February. Discover everything you need to know.
News
Congratulations to Halton Council
Design in Social Care Programme
Congratulations to Halton Council who were successful in their application to the LGA Design in Social Care Programme in partnership with service design agency Snook. Further information on their chosen problem statement including statements from 9 additional successful national authorities can be found here
NW ADASS Newsletter : November 2018
A small selection of articles in this month’s newsletter:
- Presentations from the Implementing High Impact Change Model Event on 24th October at Halton Stadium.
- Presentations from the NW ADASS Prison’s Event on 29th October.
- Regional and National News Updates including
- ADASS Advice Note : Admissions to Residential and Nursing Care from Hospital and Delayed Transfers of Care
- Resources to Support Staff to Reduce Delayed Transfers of Care
- Regional and National Upcoming Events
- SAVE THE DATE!! Commissioning Home Care for Older People Event
- Masterclass – Developing a ‘System Mind-set’ to build a Culture of Innovation and Improvement
Full Newsletter available here
Report for the NW ADASS Prisons Leads Group
Results of the North West ADASS : Adult Social Care in Prisons Stocktake
This report provides an overview of the results of the North West ADASS prisons stocktake, which was a short survey that was circulated to all nine Local Authorities in the North West who have a prison(s) within their Local Authority boundary. This was completed in September 2018 and six Local Authorities completed, accounting for 11 of the 15 prisons in the region.
NW Prison Stocktake (822 downloads )
