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What it's all about
Since the age of 16, I have support my mum who has bi-polar disorder and have been looking for a group that helps young people after years of searching i have decided to start my own support group for young people whose families have mental health problems. The aim is to create a social, friendly informal peer-to-peer support where young people can share experiences, coping strategies or just have fun! The long term goal is to create a group where people can be referred from services for extra support or replacing support from practioners and a place where young people can go who may not engage in other services.
What's needed to make it a reality
i have done a bit of groundwork already including obtaining funding opportunities, establishing links with leaving care services and y.p mental health services. i sm currently looking for focus group members who have experienced first hand personal experience. are passionate about using their experiences to help others and want to help create a valuable support group.
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Thanks for posting your idea!! This sounds like a really worthwhile project and one which will be really valuable to others out there, especially if nothing like this already exists.
You mentioned already obtaining funding opportunities - have you been funded to set this project up already? If you have, that's great. If you are still looking for funding, let me know and we can help you look for other avenues of funding.
If there's anything you need at all to help you get this project up and running, let us know. We're always happy to offer any support or advice where we can.
Good Luck, I'm sure this will be a real success.
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I just wanted to let you know about another project which is being set up at Kingston University called Project Phoenix. Part of their project is to set up a support group for students who suffer from mental health problems and although your group is for families and relatives, but it may be worth getting in contact to see if they have any advice about setting up a support group. Here is the link to their idea page, I hope it may be of use: http://www.junction49.co.uk/idea/1815/project_phoenix/
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I just wanted to let you know about a new funding opportunity that has come up which you may be interested in applying to:
vcashpoint is the funding initiative originally launched in February 2007, that offers young people aged 16 to 25 up to £2500 to turn their ideas for voluntary projects into reality. The new funding round opens on Monday 24th November, so you can check out their website then to check eligibility criteria, application forms and other information if you're interested. The website is www.vinspired.com
Hope it is of use.
Sarah Report Abuse
How is your idea coming along? Did you manage to get any funding?Here at Junction49 we are currently offering users the opportunity to win up to £1000 to turn their ideas into reality, judging against the criteria on this page http://www.junction49.co.uk/pages/win_funding. We've just chosen the ideas we'd like to offer funding to and yours is one of them.
If you are still looking for funding and you would like the funding from Junction49 then your next step is to decide on your proposed budget and let us know. We can offer you a maximum of £300. Please can you also email a contact phone number (in fact ideally a mobile and landline) to help@junction49.co.uk?
Hope to hear from you soon :)
Sarah
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