NSUN Covid-19 Fund Update Update on the NSUN Covid-19 Fund - 21st August 2020 The NSUN Covid-19 Fund was open for applications from the 30th April to the 30th June. *The Fund is now closed* We received 381 applications in total, and initially awarded £60,000 to 78 organisations, groups and collectives. We were then able to provide 10 additional grants to existing grantees which were organisations led by and for people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic communities. Thanks to an additional grant from Lankelly Chase, we then awarded an additional £10,000 to 10 organisations, groups and collectives. The total awarded was £120,000 to 88 organisations. The NSUN Covid-19 Fund was made available through a grant from Mind via the Department of Health and Social Care, and a grant from Lankelly Chase. The NSUN Covid-19 Fund was entirely managed by NSUN. We will be evaluating the impact of the grant in September. As part of this we have asked 10 organisations or groups to produce a short video to talk about their work. Here is the first from Nomad Radio. The following groups/organisations/collectives were awarded a grant. 1 361 Lifesupport 2 3 Starts 3 Adira 4 African Caribbean Forum Kent 5 Arts and Health Hub 6 Badass People Demystified 7 Boooom CIC 8 Bristol Disability Equality Forum 9 Bristol Reclaiming Independent Living 10 Breakdown Bolton 11 Bury Veterans Hub Cafe 12 By Your Side 13 Chesterfield Bipolar Group 14 Chime to Thrive 15 Chronically Awesome 16 CiLK (Centre for Independent Living (Kent)) 17 Community Action to Inspire Hope 18 Community Enterprise East London 19 Community Network Group CIC 20 Compassionate Mental Health 21 Depression Xpression 22 EleMental Music 23 Empower the Invisible Project CIC 24 FACE 25 Ffena 26 For Women 27 Free2B-Me LGBTQ+ Community Organisation 28 Freya 29 FruitCake Creatives 30 Hearts and Minds 31 Hive South Yorkshire 32 Humanity Concern Projects 33 Humber All Nations Alliance 34 Independent and Work Ready 35 Kashmiri Arts & Heritage Foundation 36 Kunsaka 37 KwaAfrica 38 Let's Talk About Loss 39 Mad Covid 40 Make it Happen 41 Make Space 42 MCRC Ltd 43 Melancholy and Raving 44 Men Up North 45 Meridian Women's Association 46 Migrant Empowerment Group 47 Mom's Mindful Hub 48 MSKT/BACA Whiteness and Race Equality network 49 National Hearing Voices Network 50 New Baby Network CIC 51 Nomad Radio 52 North East together 53 North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd 54 On the Out 55 Organisation of Support and Advice for Religion and Culture (OSARC) 56 People Come First 57 People First 58 Pioneer LXP 59 PND Mummies CIC 60 Real Insight Consultancy UK CIC 61 Release into Victory 62 Rise and Shine 63 Rising Moments community project group 64 Safely Held Talking Learning Healing 65 SARELI (SALFORD REFUGEES LINK) 66 Self-Injury Self Help 67 Self-Injury Support 68 Shaftesbury Mental Health Peer Support Group 69 Shining stars community group 70 SM Talking Circles 71 Surrey Coalition of Disabled people 72 Survivors of depression in transition 73 Survivors' Poetry 74 SWAN (Supporting Women, Activities Network) 75 Taking Control of Psychiatric Medication Group 76 Talk for Health Chair and Share group 77 Talking Sense 78 Taraki 79 The Clear Out Your Closet Collective 80 The Cultural Connection 81 The Octopus Foundation 82 The Sunshine Group 83 Traveller Pride 84 Waltham Forest Hearing Voices Group 85 #watchUsgrow 86 We love carers 87 West London Somaliland Community 88 Wish