It will also allow the charity to build on its award-winning mental health provision and introduce an accreditation framework to ensure people in need are accessing support that is safe and effective. The need for safe and effective mental health support has never been more essential, with evidence stating that the direct and indirect impacts of Covid-19 have increased the risk of suicide, which has tragically already been reflected in data from across Merseyside showing a 30.5% increase in suicides from March-August 2020 in comparison to the same months in 2019.<\/p>\n
This enhanced and focused mental health work will accelerate Everton in the Community\u2019s ambition to address the significant and increasing mental health needs within the local community and avert a profound and prolonged mental health crisis, as well as complementing the charity\u2019s plans to build and deliver a purpose-built mental health facility \u2013 The People\u2019s Place \u2013 in the heart of Liverpool 4.<\/p>\n
The need for a dedicated facility is greater than ever before as the pandemic has amplified many of the associated risk factors for poor mental health and suicide such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress and, with thanks to this new funding, the Club\u2019s charitable arm is able to move a step closer to construction and hope to begin work on the Spellow Lane site in early 2021.<\/p>\n
Everton in the Community Chief Executive Officer Richard Kenyon said, \u201cThis funding will enable us to tackle some of the social inequalities in our city head-on and allow us to help more people in need. Thanks to Steve Morgan Foundation and the government\u2019s Community Match Challenge initiative, Everton in the Community can have an even greater positive impact on the lives of thousands of people across Liverpool City Region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe funding will also move us closer to bringing our much-needed mental health facility, The People\u2019s Place, to Liverpool 4 and we are more committed than ever to providing first-class support relating to suicide prevention and positive mental health. Together with Steve Morgan Foundation we are committed to addressing the inevitable increase of mental-health related issues as a result of the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve Morgan, Founder and Chairman of Steve Morgan Foundation, said, \u201cMy trustees and I have seen first-hand the wide-ranging grassroots support that Everton in the Community delivers across Liverpool City Region and are proud to be working with this charity with which we have so many aims in common. Covid-19 has made a deep impact on communities which were already experiencing significant disadvantage and proactive, professionally delivered targeted support is needed now more than ever. Thanks to the match-funding opportunity offered by Community Match Challenge and DCMS we are able to double the support for this vital work and, most importantly, help Everton in the Community realise their ambition of The People\u2019s Place mental health facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran, said: “The commendable work of Everton in the Community to address social inequalities in Liverpool and to help those struggling with their mental health has never been more important.<\/p>\n
“I am delighted that through the Community Match Challenge, part of our \u00a3750million support package for charities, we can partner with generous individuals like Steve Morgan and his foundation to look out for our communities.”<\/p>\n
Founded in 1988, Everton in the Community delivers more than 40 programmes a year, specifically designed and developed to tackle social challenges that are prevalent across Merseyside, including mental health, employability, dementia, education, disability, poverty and homelessness.<\/p>\n
The charity\u2019s programmes support people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds from over 130 venues across the city region. From delivering the Premier League Primary Stars programme to school children to supporting the elderly members of the Liverpool community who are suffering from social isolation, Everton in the Community is open and inclusive to all.<\/p>\n
The Steve Morgan Foundation was created in 2001 by Steve Morgan CBE and since then it has designated over \u00a3300million for charitable funding. The Foundation is committed to changing lives by funding projects that support people coping with disability, domestic violence, mental health problems, poverty and tackling social isolation. It also supports projects that improve the life chances of young people from cradle to career and adults who need help to get into work.<\/p>\n
Born in Liverpool, Steve Morgan, 67, is the founder of Redrow plc and Chairman of the Bridgemere Group of Companies \u2013 which has significant land and commercial development interests \u2013 and Carden Park Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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