Learning Portal
The Mental Health Sustainability Programme is pleased to share with providers in it's Programme an online 'one-stop shop' of resources.
With these resources we are aiming to provide you with a repository of good quality information from a variety of sources about how to manage home working, what a good marketing strategy looks like and more, that are particularly applicable as we navigate the pandemic.
This collection of resources has been in part kindly provided by the private sector partners in our Mental Health Sustainability Programme, whilst other resources and links are from publicly available sources. We have chosen to focus on free resources/resources not behind a paywall or member sign up. This is to be considerate of the demands, finances and access needs for small providers in this Programme.
Legal issues
We understand that legal issues crop up throughout the lifespan of your organisation and projects. Sometimes these are related to changes in the law, and other times they are related to taking on greater responsibility and risk and therefore needing to improve processes (like GDPR).
Read moreGovernance and regulatory
The management and direction of an organisation encompasses a lot; and in light of the ever-changing social, political and health circumstances of 2020, we have included resources that will help you implement diversity on boards, measure your impact, manage/mitigate risk and more.
Read moreFundraising and bid-writing
Not intended to be a repository of available funds, instead this page should connect you to materials and equip you with further understanding about how to make your fundraising efforts stand out, and operate safely, during the pandemic.
Read moreMarketing and communications
Communicating in a pandemic has proved difficult at times; more than that, there are new ways of marketing your organisation and the services it offers that need to be made use of in this digital world.
Read moreStrategy and services support
Ensuring the aims and objectives of your organisation are still being met, whilst maintaining services has become increasingly difficult for providers. We have complied these resources with a view to supporting the operational capacity of your organisation.
Read moreMental wellbeing and work/life balance
The pandemic has had long-lasting impacts on our relationship to our work, work environment, and those we work with; as well as on our mental wellbeing. Here, we hope there are some resources to help you navigate through the latter stages of the pandemic.
Read moreRace(ism)
For The Association, as a representative organisation, it is important that our members and partners have a better understanding of the racial inequalities that exist and recognise that we live in a society that is institutionally racist. We can see this in our health, education, policing, housing and all other sectors. This is particularly of…
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