#SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Challenge Sheffield and SODIT

Report - 5 September 2018

Challenge Sheffield and SODIT work with people with lived experience of mental health distress and used their grant to hold the Sheffield Mental Health Challenge Day.

Our #SpeakUp small grants scheme awards funding to local community, voluntary, or not-for-profit groups, enabling them to engage with their communities about what matters to them. 

Click here to find out more about the scheme

Recommendations from the report:

  • Continue to develop better connections and collaborative working
  • Enhance and strengthen communication and information systems
  • Increase understanding and awareness of involvement and co-production
  • Develop and support a range of involvement and co-production initiatives
  • Support smaller and user-led organisations to increase diversity

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Read the full report to find out more about the project and what Challenge Sheffield and SODIT found:

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