Check SCREEN READER MODE to make this survey compatible with screen readers.
The Life Rooms VCSE Micro-Commissioning Programme
Expression of Interest Submission Deadline - 5pm 31 January 2022
Liverpool Community Mental Health Programme
Liverpool City Council (LCC) Public Health and The Life Rooms at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have developed a pilot programme to offer a community based mental health prevention offer to support individual and communities post the COVID-19 pandemic. The pilot will operate for a twelve month period and will tackle risk factors for poor mental health, self harm and suicide as well as enhancing existing services to meet the needs of residents with low level mental health conditions.
The pilot will offer help and support for all ages and will be family orientated and has been funded and shaped in partnership with Liverpool City Council Public Health Department using fixed term funds allocated to Liverpool to help manage the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The programme will be evaluated and the findings will help inform future strategic and commissioning intentions.
The Life Rooms will participate in the pilot by providing:
• A peripatetic social prescribing service supported by over the phone and virtual provision. • A learning provision operated by Life Rooms Learning Facilitators aimed specifically at children’s centre staff • An employment support provision operated by Life Rooms Employment Advisors • Research and evaluation of the pilot. • A £700,000 fund to develop a series of micro-commissioned projects with VCSE organisations that are designed to support the outcomes of the Life Rooms Public Health Programme.
The Life Rooms VCSE Micro-Commissioning Programme
The Life Rooms VCSE Micro-Commissioning Programme aims to support and improve the health and wellbeing of local Liverpool residents by commissioning opportunities and activities with local VCSE organisations to address the health needs of their communities focusing on the following five priority areas:
1. Parental mental health/wellbeing and resilience of families with children
2. Social isolation/improved relationships (older adults and other vulnerable groups)
3. Employability linked to direct pandemic impacts (e.g. furlough, business closures, health impacts preventing work)
4. Physical activity to enhance mental health
5. Marginalised groups – Refugee and Asylum Seeker health
A breakdown of the priority areas, eligibility and full information on the Commission can be found here.
Please note a successful applicant must be able to mobilise activity no later than 1 April 2022.