NSUN Covid-19 Fund Update Update on the NSUN Covid-19 Fund - 9th July 2020 The NSUN Covid-19 Fund has been open for applications since the 30th April. *The Fund is now closed* We received 381 applications in total, and have awarded 65 grants to 63 organisations. The total awarded to date is £47,481.25. The following groups/organisations/collectives have been approved so far. If you have applied, and have not received an email letting you know your application was not successful, and can’t see the name of your organisation on the list, it is most likely due to be reviewed by a forthcoming panel. Please email us if you have any questions. 1 361 Lifesupport 2 Adira 3 African Caribbean Forum Kent 4 Bury Veterans Hub Cafe 5 By Your Side 6 Chesterfield Bipolar Group 7 Chronically Awesome 8 CiLK (Centre for Independent Living (Kent)) 9 Community Action to Inspire Hope 10 Community Enterprise East London 11 Community Network Group CIC 12 Depression Xpression 13 EleMental Music 14 Empower the Invisible Project CIC 15 FACE 16 For Women 17 Free2B-Me LGBTQ+ Community Organisation 18 Freya 19 FruitCake Creatives 20 Hive South Yorkshire 21 Humber All Nations Alliance 22 Kashmiri Arts & Heritage Foundation 23 Kunsaka 24 Let's Talk About Loss 25 Make it Happen 26 MCRC Ltd 27 Melancholy and Raving 28 Men Up North 29 Migrant Empowerment Group 30 Mom's Mindful Hub 31 MSKT/BACA Whiteness and Race Equality network 32 National Hearing Voices Network 33 Nomad Radio 34 North East together 35 North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd 36 On the Out 37 Organisation of Support and Advice for Religion and Culture (OSARC) 38 People Come First 39 Pioneer LXP 40 PND Mummies CIC 41 Real Insight Consultancy UK CIC 42 Release into Victory 43 Rising Moments community project group 44 Safely Held Talking Learning Healing 45 SARELI (SALFORD REFUGEES LINK) 46 Shaftesbury Mental Health Peer Support Group 47 Shining stars community group 48 Survivors of depression in transition 49 Survivors' Poetry 50 SWAN (Supporting Women, Activities Network) 51 Taking Control of Psychiatric Medication Group 52 Talk for Health Chair and Share group 53 Talking Sense 54 Taraki 55 The Clear Out Your Closet Collective 56 The Cultural Connection 57 The Octopus Foundation 58 The Sunshine Group 59 Traveller Pride 60 Waltham Forest Hearing Voices Group 61 #watchUsgrow 62 West London Somaliland Community 63 Wish Commons reasons why applications were not successful include: The application was not from a user-led organisation/group The application was not mental health specific The application was not Covid-related Requests for food costs Applications from individuals did not clearly demonstrate how their work would benefit the wider community There was not a specific breakdown of costs