Grant Info

The RETHiNK Grants

We’re looking to support unique and innovative projects that challenge people to rethink their ideas about ‘mental illness’.

The RETHiNK Grants are allocated annually to Auckland-based initiatives from an overall pool of $15,000. The grants are open to both groups and individuals.

Application form and detailed guidelines will be available for download from 1st of Feb 2010 until applications close on 30th of April 2010.

What’s the issue?

Discrimination against people with experience of ‘mental illness’.

As many as one in two New Zealanders will experience some aspect of what society calls ‘mental illness’ at some point in their life. Yet it is still thought of by much of the population as an illness defined by ‘abnormality’, rather than as a common, human experience.

Many people hear only negative things about ‘mental illness’, and this can lead to patronizing attitudes and behaviour toward people who have experienced it. Worse, this narrow, negative focus often leads to fear and discrimination.

What can you do?

There are any number of ways, big and small, to approach the problem of stigma and discrimination associated with ‘mental illness’. The RETHiNK Grants are a new funding source for innovative strategies, projects, activities or events that encourage people to rethink their attitudes toward ‘mental illness’ and people who have experienced it.

These grants will fund projects that take a creative, ‘outside the box’ approach to the issue.

Applications for 2010 open on the 1st Feb and close on the 30th of April. Grants are awarded on the 28th May 2010.

For further information please contact:

Like Minds team

likeminds@mindandbody.co.nz

ph 6305909 ext 870 or 871