Legacy and sustainability grants

In June 2022, the programme launched its Sustainability and Legacy Grants for Mental Health and Disability Inclusion, having built on lessons from the previous two grants rounds: COVID-19 Psychosocial Resilience grants and Evidence and Effectiveness grants.

Sustainability and Legacy grants focus on strengthening the capacity of a network of grassroots Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO) and Women’s Rights Organisations (WRO). If their institutional and technical capacity is strengthened, if they are supported to participate fully in user-led approaches, and if their collective power is harnessed into an effective movement to advocate for inclusion, WROs and DPOs can drive sustainable positive change in the wellbeing and rights of people with disabilities or mental health conditions, especially women.

The overall objective of Legacy Fund grants is to harness the unique contribution and strengths of small and grassroots organisations, by strengthening their capacity to bring about sustainable change in the lives of people with disabilities, including people with mental health conditions, particularly women with disabilities or mental health conditions.

The specific objectives of the grant are:

·    To strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of small and grassroots WROs and DPOs thus enabling them to play a greater role in user-led approaches to claiming the rights of people, especially women, with disabilities, including those with mental health conditions.

·    To improve the wellbeing of, and empower people, especially women, with disabilities, including with mental health conditions, through interventions implemented by small and grassroots WROs and DPOs.

In November 2022, Ghana Somubi Dwumadie awarded 5 grantees with a total grant amount of GHS992,757 to implement their projects across Ghana for a period of 12 months.

Download factsheet on grantees here

Find the original call for proposals here