MENTAL WELL-BEING IMPACT ASSESSMENT (MWIA)
Tender for MWIA National Capacity & Development Programme

A unique and pioneering Mental Well-being Impact Assessment (MWIA) toolkit has been developed and used successfully in a number of regions across England to help improve population mental health and well-being across a range of settings and sectors in local communities and local areas. MWIA uses a combination of methods to assess the potential for a policy, programme or project to impact on the mental well-being of a population, community, neighbourhood or target population. For more information, and to read MWIA reports and to access the MWIA tool kit go to www.hiagateway.org.uk 

NMHDU are supporting the further development and roll-out of MWIA across the country. We are now inviting applications from organisations, agencies and individuals to provide national co-ordination and develop and implement a national and regional capacity building programme to further the development and implementation of MWIA, establish and embed MWIA as an innovative improvement tool as part of other impact assessment work.

Download the Specification here: Word Document or Pdf version

Closing Date for applications is Monday 22 February.

The successful applicant will begin work on the programme before the end of March 2010. The work is planned to last for 12 months.

If you would like any further information or for an informal discussion please contact Jude Stansfield on 07867538318 or Gregor Henderson on 07973 538 837

If you would like to submit an application please do so by downloading and completing the forms below and emailing these to both Gregor Henderson on gregor.Henderson@nmhdu.org.uk and Jude Stansfield on jude.stansfield@northwest.nhs.uk (copied to Katy Davies on katy.davies@nmhdu.org.uk) before midnight on February 22^nd 2010.

or by post to arrive by 22 February to Gregor Henderson, National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU), 3rd Floor, Area 305 Wellington House, 133 - 155 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UG.

Tender Documentation to download

S1 Form of Tender Parts 1-3

S2- (Basic) Conditions

S4 Schedule of Prices

S5 Administrative Address

S6 Confidential Information

DH formal Annex A (Services)

The National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) is the agency charged with supporting the implementation of mental health policy in England by the Department of Health in collaboration with the NHS, Local Authorities and other major stakeholders.