Overview
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has made available a £10 million Suicide Prevention Grant Fund to support suicide prevention activities delivered in England by non-profit organisations. The funding period is from financial year 2023 to 2024 to the end of the financial year 2024 to 2025.
The strategic objectives of the fund are:
- to support non-profit organisations to configure their suicide prevention services and activities to better meet the increased demand seen in recent years
- to support a range of diverse and innovative activity that can prevent suicides, both at a national and community level
This document provides guidance on applying to the fund, including:
- who is eligible to apply
- the value of funding available
- what is required from you during the application stage
- how we will assess your application
- where you can find help and support
- what to expect after your application has been submitted
This is in addition to the information and the terms and conditions of the fund set out in the grant funding agreement template that accompanies this guidance. Note, the grant funding agreement is for reference only at this stage and only successful organisations will be required to complete it.
Eligibility criteria
Type of organisation
This fund is open to non-profit organisations providing suicide prevention services, activities or interventions that meet the strategic objectives of the fund.
The activities being funded and undertaken using the grant should be non-economic activities, meaning that they are delivered to service users free of charge.
Awards will be made under Section 70 of the Charities Act 2006, under which grants can be provided to a “charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution”. This means a charity or an institution other than a charity which is established for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.
This includes micro-organisations, small to large voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, groups and community interest companies (CICs). Micro-organisations and groups are defined as a user-led, community-led or peer support groups or organisations that may be unregistered or unconstituted. VCSEorganisations and groups are defined as organisations and groups that are registered with the Charity Commission or their respective relevant regulator in England. This includes community-led charities, user-led organisations, umbrella bodies and national charities.
Note, if your organisation is not a registered charity, for example a CIC, we may need to check your governing documents to assure ourselves that you are a non-profit-making organisation.
Joint consortium bids are also eligible to apply, whereby a lead organisation partners with other smaller organisations. In a consortium bid, the lead organisation is responsible for due diligence checks of the partner organisations, establishing written agreements with the partners, and for the monitoring and evaluation of partner’s projects.
Note that if your organisation is registered, reporting requirements to the relevant regulator should be up to date at the time of applying.
