The Borough Council of Bolton is seeking quotations for Prevention & Promotion Fund for Better Mental Health: Every Mind Matters Campaign 2022-2023. This fund is part of the government’s Mental Health Recovery Action Plan 2021/22 which seeks to ensure the mental health impacts of COVID-19 are rapidly addressed, services can respond quickly and pressures on the NHS are reduced. It is also part of the government’s levelling up agenda which seeks to restore the economy, level up the country and build back better. The cost of poor mental health to the economy has been estimated at around £99 million per year, with common mental illness such as anxiety and depression the second most common cause of years lived with a disability. This single year fund is designed to incentivise investment in prevention and promotion interventions for better mental health in the most deprived local authorities. Specifically, to mitigate mental health impacts arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, reduce widening mental health inequalities by targeting at risk and vulnerable groups and ensure adequate distribution of funding to support minority ethnic communities. Further details are available once you have registered an interest.