This is where Sussex Partnership staff and service users can apply for funding to support projects within Sussex Partnership services.
Our vision is a world where people with severe mental illness are optimistic about the future and are confident to in their ability to manage their health. Together, we will achieve this through delivering projects that meet our funding criteria:
- Equity through innovation
- Building blocks
- Creative recovery
Read our 2025-2030 strategy pdf here.
To apply for funding, please complete the application form, taking care to read the guidance at the top of the form before you continue.
NEW: The Heads On Futures Fund is now open!
Futures Fund awards are open to services within Sussex Partnership to generate ideas, provide proof of concept and test and adopt new ways of working and new technologies. Futures Fund awards will fund direct project delivery.
Ideas can be developed by staff or service users within both clinical and support services. A named Sussex Partnership service must lead the funding application and project if awarded a grant.
Please read the guidance notes below before starting your application and ensure you complete both the application form and the budget template. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Any questions?
Or join us on 23 June 12:30pm for a webinar where we will present the fund, and have time for questions: Futures Fund webinar
Futures Fund Guidance Notes
Futures Fund application form
Futures Fund budget template
Apply to a charitable fund
Internal charitable funds are pots of money designated to one particular service or service user group. These are often pots of money raised by staff, families or patients themselves.
You may apply to an internal charitable fund if you are a service user or staff member at Sussex Partnership. Ideas can be generated by staff or service users and a named Sussex Partnership service must manage the application and project delivery.
We are particularly keen to see applications that place the voice of lived experience at their heart.
Through these service specific pots we can fund a variety of activities or equipment from arts and crafts materials to garden renovations.
Please check your eligibility to apply, here:
- Does your service have a charitable fund? *
- Are you the fund manager, or do you have the permission of the fund manager to make this application?
- Have you checked whether you need a risk assessment or sign off from Estates and Facilities or the Digital Team before completing this application, and if so, have you obtained this? (You will be asked to provide evidence)
*If the answer to this question is no, but you would like to set up a charitable fund for your service then please get in touch with our fundraising team who will be happy to help you on your fundraising journey.
All answers must be yes to proceed.
To apply to a charitable fund for a project within Sussex Partnership's services, please complete the application form by clicking below. Please make sure you read the guidance at the top of the form before continuing. We would love to talk to you about your ideas and projects before you apply, please email
