A total of 94 grants are being handed out under the Department for Education’s Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) grants scheme for 2015/16.
Organisations specialising in child mental health care will receive a total of £4.9m.
Mental health charity Mind will receive around £400,000 to create a pilot promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in schools.
It will raise pupils’ awareness of mental health issues and improve their access to information and support. It will enable effective early intervention, deliver targeted workshops and provide one-to-one guided self-help and support.
The money will also be spread between organisations specialising in adoption (£1.7m), children in care (£1.4m), early education and childcare (£5.3m), family advice and support (£1.8m), safeguarding (£3.3m) and special educational needs and disabilities (£5.9m).
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