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The built environment and population mental health: pre-sandpit event Q&A

The Population Mental Health consortium is running a collaborative event on the built environment on Wednesday, 5 March at the University of Manchester campuses on Oxford Road, Manchester.

Join this online Q&A on Monday 3 February facilitated by the Consortium to learn more about what this sandpit event is all about and to ask any questions about the event which you may have.

You can now watch a recording of the webinar outlining details ahead of the sandpit event on the built environment and population mental health.

What does this Q&A webinar cover?

This webinar explains:

  • The background to the event, including the Population Mental Health Consortium

  • How the sandpit event will run

  • Give examples of what types of projects we are interested in

  • Give more details about who is eligible to apply

What is the sandpit event?

The sandpit event will be a hands-on workshop where teams from different sectors - academics, community groups, public services - rapidly brainstorm and test ideas in real-world contexts.

For this first sandpit, we’re inviting a small set of organisations to bring challenges tied to the Consortium’s goals. In the sandpit workshop, they’ll work with researchers to develop tangible proof-of-concept solutions. Those that look promising can then receive seed funding from the sandpit budget. The amount of funding given to each individual project will range from £1,000 to £10,000, and the total amount to be distributed to all projects is £40,000.

Additional funding is available to reimburse participants for expenses directly incurred as a result of their involvement in the sandpit. This funding is intended to cover costs that participants would not otherwise be able to recover through other means. Reimbursements will be subject to the availability of funds within the overall event budget, ensuring equitable allocation while supporting participants to engage fully.

The sandpit event will take place on Wednesday, 5 March at the University of Manchester campuses on Oxford Road, Manchester.

What ideas might be considered?

We are particularly interested in partnering with:

  • Early career researchers

  • VCSE and non-academic organisations

  • Individuals with lived experience

Possible areas of exploration are

  • Housing

  • Accessibility and mobility

  • Environmental quality (e.g. air pollution)

  • Placemaking and public spaces

  • Social connectivity & isolation

  • Access to natural environment & ecosystem restoration

  • Diversity

At the end of the sandpit event, any funded project will have to:

  • Include an academic partner and a community-based partner (the connections can be made during the sandpit event itself)

  • Be directly relevant to population mental health, addressing upstream determinants of mental health in research and practice

  • Broaden the reach and diversity of the Consortium

More information here.

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