Ember investee GMHPN dedicates Annual Report to Ember

The Annual Report showcases how GMHPN is championing lived experience leaders and shaping the global mental health field.

Sparks Meet-Up 2023: Highlights

In this blog, you'll find all the highlights, takeaways and photos from Sparks Meet-Up 2023: Fostering Connections in Global Mental Health, a one-of-its-kind event bringing together 30+ grassroots organisations to reflect on ways to shape the mental health sector in relaxing environs.

Announcing Sparks Meet-Up 2023: Fostering Connections in Mental Health

SHM Foundation presents Sparks Meet-Up, a first-of-its-kind conference fostering connections in global mental health.

Ember's article on global mental health funding featured in Alliance Magazine Blog

This article gives insights into key challenges faced by community-based mental health initiatives in navigating the funding landscape and what transforming it could look like for funders, as heard from a survey conducted by the Ember Impact Team.

Ember expands funding in mental health innovation, announces grants for projects in 8 countries

Ember Fund will be investing in and mentoring 6 community-based mental health innovators as part of Ember Investee Cohort 2023. In addition, we will be awarding a financial grant to 3 more initiatives for their long-standing dedication and pioneering work towards caring for their communities.

How can funders do more and do better for community-based mental health? Join the discussion in Ember's live webinar!

Join us on 15th June for a webinar in which Ember's partners will share insights on what support and resources are necessary to enable their organisations to grow and thrive long-term

Ember impact evaluation paper published in BMJ Global Health

This paper highlights what Ember's partners have found valuable in the partnerships, ways our work can be strengthened for future, and makes recommendations for funders and other stakeholders working to support community-based mental health initiatives in LMICs

Ember Impact Evaluation: Key Learnings

We conducted an evaluation of Ember's partnerships in 2020-2021, to understand how we met our partners' expectations and what difference we made. This report shares the findings of that evaluation.

Announcing 5 Ember Spark Awards and 1 Creative Fellowship

Awards season isn't just for Hollywood stars. We're recognising the hard work of 6 incredible early-stage mental health intitiatives with the first ever Ember Spark Awards

Ember announces new cohort for 2022, along with funding for 5 existing partners

Nine initiatives have been selected to join our new cohort. Additionally, five initiatives from our previous cohort will receive funding as part of the second phase of their Ember partnership.

The Ember Call-Out 2021 has now closed!

Thank you to everyone who applied. We have received 166 applications from initiatives working in more than 50 countries.

Ember launches 2021 call-out to select next cohort of partners

Ember is calling for applications from community-based mental health initiatives working in low- and middle-income countries. Successful applicants will be enrolled in a 12-month partnership with Ember designed to support, strengthen or grow the project. Find all the information here.

Convocatoria Ember 2021

Ember abre una convocatoria para recibir solicitudes de iniciativas comunitarias de salud mental que trabajen en países de ingreso bajo y mediano. Las iniciativas seleccionadas formarán parte de una asociación de 12 meses con Ember diseñada para apoyar, fortalecer o hacer crecer su proyecto, según sea necesario.

Ember Call Out 2021- Preguntas frecuentes

Ember abre una convocatoria para recibir solicitudes de iniciativas comunitarias de salud mental que trabajen en países de ingreso bajo y mediano. Las iniciativas seleccionadas formarán parte de una asociación de 12 meses con Ember diseñada para apoyar, fortalecer o hacer crecer su proyecto. Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre el proceso de solicitud, puede consultar toda la información aquí.

Ember call-out 2021 - FAQs

Ember is calling for applications from community-based mental health initiatives working in low- and middle-income countries. Successful applicants will be enrolled in a 12-month partnership with Ember designed to support, strengthen or grow the project. If you have any questions about the application process, you can check out all the information here.

Innovators' Huddle 2 featuring a virtual garden tour

30 participants, 13 countries- The Innovators' Huddle 2 was a rich interaction among innovators and also featured a virtual garden tour. Here are the details!

Ember Launches Wellbeing & Transformation Funds

At Ember, we believe it is critical that we respond swiftly to the challenges faced by the mental health initiatives we work with. With the ongoing pandemic, it’s the need of the hour for our partners to adapt & innovate in different ways. We understand that this is a challenging task and to assist innovators, we have decided to support them through the Ember Wellbeing and Transformation Funds.

Our values in a time of crisis

Within Ember, we've been reflecting on how we can respond to COVID-19 crisis, both in the work we're doing and the way we do it. These values represent how we want to work within our team, and extend out into how we work as an organisation.

Surprise Announcement: Five more Ember partners for 2020

We are so happy to announce that, with support from the Vitol Foundation, we are now able to partner with an additional 5 projects.

From Ecuador to Ethiopia: Introducing Ember's 2020 partners

Following a rigorous selection process after receiving 159 submissions from 48 countries, here are Ember's 2020 partner innovators.

Mental Health in Africa Conference

The Ember Call-Out 2019 has now closed

We are now engaged in the next phase of our selection process. The successful applicants will be announced in the coming months.

Ember Call Out: En Français

Ember est en quête de candidatures de projets communautaires sur la santé mentale, venant de pays à revenus bas et moyens. Les candidats retenus seront intégrés à un programme de 12 mois conçu pour soutenir, renforcer ou développer le projet, le cas échéant.

Ember Call Out: En Español

Ember está convocando solicitudes de proyectos de salud mental basados en la comunidad que trabajen en países de bajos y medianos ingresos. Los solicitantes seleccionados se inscribirán en un proceso de 12 meses diseñado para apoyar, fortalecer o hacer crecer el proyecto, según corresponda.

Ember Call Out: Applications now open!

Ember is calling for applications from community-based mental health projects working in low- and middle-income countries. Successful applicants will be enrolled in a 12-month process designed to support, strengthen or grow the project, as appropriate. Here's all the information you'll need to work out whether this process is for you.

Introducing Ember

The Ember Project’s mission is to find, connect and support innovators with the tools, resources and skills needed to sustain and scale up their innovations.