Following receipt of funding from the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care

Partnership, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action (AVA) has announced that the first round of the 2016/17 Wellbeing Fund is now open for applications.

The funding is open to community, voluntary and charitable groups in Formartine and Garioch and applicants must be able to demonstrate how projects will contribute to one of the nine health and social care outcomes.

The maximum grant application is £5000 per group. There will be two application rounds in 2016/17, with deadlines on 30th May and 30th November.

To download an application form and guidelines, click here.

For more information, email wellbeingfund@avashire.org.uk or contact Lindsay Adam at lindsay.adam@avashire.org.uk or by telephone on 01467 530193.