Expression of Interest Invitation

The Women’s Organisation is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations that will add value to a Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership being developed to respond to the current competitive call for the £15m Tampon Tax Fund.

We intend to develop an innovative collaborative to focus on the Mental Health and Wellbeing category within the call. We are interested in hearing from organisations that promote mental wellbeing and deliver preventative mental illness interventions targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls that are not currently being delivered within mainstream provision.

Please consider the following criteria set out by the commissioner of the Tampon Tax Fund when responding to this Expression of Interest and how your organisation could contribute to one or more of the following;

● providing new services not currently commissioned locally or nationally;
● new approaches to existing services already provided;
● improving understanding and response to mental health issues such as through research to
build the evidence base and capability-building projects;
● responding to new challenges, such as those posed through technology, digital innovation or the
internet;
● promote mental health awareness and wellbeing with individuals and challenge stigma;
● reduce mortality for those with mental health problems including suicide and self-harm
prevention and comorbid mental health and substance and/or alcohol misuse;
● promote new models of provision and/or the integration of services across hospital, community,
primary and social care;
● include new innovations in digital provision;
● offer community based provision and providing interventions in alternative settings outside
hospital, including crisis care;
● promote better mental health in the workplace;
● offer new approaches to girls and young women’s (16-25 year olds) mental health; and
● harness the internet and social media to improve mental health wellbeing and demonstrate how
they align with Government priorities on mental health, including the Five Year Forward View for
Mental, Future in Mind and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper.

Expression of Interest to reach us by 12 noon on Wednesday January 11th, 2018. We will respond to EOI’s week commencing January 15th 2018.
Please find further information below

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. Charity/Company Number

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* 3. What is your organisation’s annual turnover?

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* 4. Briefly describe your experience in this area of work, what added value you
could bring to the partnership and the geographical area(s) covered (max 500 words)

Background

The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.

This funding round is inviting charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations from across the United Kingdom to bid into
one of three categories: violence against women and girls, mental health and wellbeing, and a general programme.

Applications should be for £1million or more and be from organisations that can deliver impact across their chosen category and across multiple regions in one or more of England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland. Applications are welcomed from individual organisations or consortia with an identified lead organisation.

We are particularly interested in receiving applications from organisations whose projects include (as a way of utilising existing expertise in the sector, increasing geographical reach, and improving impact) making onward grants to other
charitable organisations.

Notes:

● this fund is open to charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations from across the United Kingdom;
● grants may be for 1 or 2 year projects;
● all activities must be concluded and funds must be spent by 31st March 2020;
● the value of the grant requested must not represent more than 50% of the applicant’s collective annual income;
● where applicable, bids must include details of arrangements for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults as part of their
planned activities. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been successful in Spring 2018.

Applicants are invited to focus project activities on one of three, broad categories:

● violence against women and girls;
● mental health and wellbeing;
● general programme (for which we have identified a number of sub-themes)

For more information please visit the gov.uk website link here
The Women’s Organisation Profile

The Women’s Organisation is an award-winning charity with a social enterprise trading arm that has been delivering positive social and economic impact and outcomes since our inception in 1996. The organisation has a successful track record in the
development and delivery of innovative services for women.

Over the last 21 years we have been directly involved in the design, development, management and delivery of local, national and international projects and collaboratives.

We currently implement an innovative portfolio including:

• Programme, partnerships development, management and co-ordination services that designs and delivers collaborative projects to different target audiences e.g. women, people with mental ill health, unemployed young people and BME communities
• Community engagement, empowerment, learning, financial literacy and economic development training and advice services for women, disabled people and employed people
• Business incubation, event and conferencing which supports, for example, community based organisations, social enterprises,
unemployed people and BME communities
• Social and community consultancy services including social impact, value measurement and reporting, supporting community,
private and public-sector bodies seeking to measure and report on their social value
• Research, policy and advocacy services support service policy and strategy change and improvement with local and national
Government
Our organisation is underpinned by four key values:

• To be inclusive, recognising the needs of individuals and particularly ensuring that we reach and respect the needs of
disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.
• To be innovative, continually improving the way we work and provide services by incorporating new ideas, information and
methods.
• To work in partnership, adding value to what we do by working with others to build trust, develop mutual understanding and
through reciprocal actions develop social capital.
• To strive for quality, committing the organisation to improvement and high standards in all aspects of its activities and working
environment.

For more information please visit our website

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