Funding Opportunity - Suicide Prevention

Grant funds of up to £10,000 for VCFSE partners to better support service users who are struggling with thoughts of suicide.

 The key objectives of this fund are to:

• Provide the NCL VCFSE workforce with the confidence and resources they need to better support people struggling with thoughts of suicide

• Develop greater collaboration between NHS, local authority and voluntary sector partners

• Embed support within communities, led by members of that community

• Offer support at an early opportunity to prevent escalation of mental health crisis, in turn reducing pressure on NHS

The fund is particularly interested in projects that can support the following:

• Men

• Middle-aged and older adults

• Children and young people

• People who self-harm or have attempted suicide

• People in contact with Mental Health services

• People in contact with criminal justice

• Autistic people

• Pregnant women and new mothers

• Marginalised groups (on the basis of ethnicity, gender, sexuality etc.)

Risk factors:

• Physical illness

• Financial difficulty and socioeconomic deprivation

• Alcohol and drug misuse

• Social isolation and loneliness

• Stressful life events e.g. relationship breakdown, bereavement, experiences of abuse

Please note the application deadline for the grant fund has been extended to 22 May 2025.