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Last week we announced the winners of our 2013 Bursaries programme and here are some further details of the first of this year's 2 successful applicants.

Our first successful bursary recipient was the Dementia Outside Care (DOC) project run by Crossroads Care Bridgend which will run from April until the end of December this year.

The project aims to improve the experience of dementia patients and their carers and plans to achieve this goal by:

• Demonstrating and disseminating a person-centred approach to care while provide respite and other services
• Outreaching to carers through primary services (e.g. GP surgeries and and memory clinics)
• Developing improved communication, relationships, knowledge, understanding and wellbeing of carers and cared for through interagency working and coordinated approaches

This year we decided to open up the application criteria to specifically include projects aimed at dementia as part of our strategy to support the National Dementia Vision for Wales and this project fulfills this criteria

For further information about the DOC project please read and download the following document - Dementia Outside Care (DOC).

Since our Bursary programme's inception in 2003 there have been 24 recipients who have each received up to a maximum of £3,000.

Applications were open to anyone with a link to Primary Care Mental Health in Wales and those able to demonstrate a clear and justifiable benefit in relation to the aims of our bursaries programme.

If you're interested in finding out more about our bursaries please contact us via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.

Following the announcement of our latest WaMH in PC Bursaries winners we thought it would be interesting to provide you with a full list of our previous winners.

Since the programme's inception in 2003 there have been 24 recipients (including this year's two successful applicants who you can find out more about from last week's Winners of 2013 WaMH in PC Mental Health Bursary Programme Announced blog post on this site) who have each received up to a maximum of £3,000.

This year we decided to award this sum to projects which encourage innovation in dementia care, in the local delivery of Part 1 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure and raising awareness of mental health or well-being issues.

However, in the past our bursaries have paid for a wide range and variety of mental health projects and research including:

2012 Bursary Winners

• Early Identification of Dementia in Primary Care - The use of an aide memoir ‘memory check card’
• Enhancing Depression Management in Primary Care
• INFORM
• Raising Awareness of Mental Health Issues in Primary Care: A Training Programme for Non Medical Professionals

2010 Bursary Winners

• Audio Based Meal Support for Individuals with Eating Disorders
• Telephone CBT for Individuals Experiencing Common Mental Health Problems in Swansea's Wellbeing Service

2009 Bursary Winners

• Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Prevention of Relapse in Depression
• Perinatal Support Group
• Therapeutic Strategies for Patients and Carers Living with Cancer

2008 Bursary Winners

• Recognition
• Promoting Emotional Health and Well-being in Primary Care
• The Stress Control Course

2006 Bursary Winners

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Exploration of Women's Emotional Experiences up to 10 Years After Induced Abortion

2004 Bursary Winners

• Flintshire Young Persons Mental Health Promotion Project
• How to Break the Barriers and Bridge the Gaps
• New Mothers Support Group
• Volunteering on Prescription - An Action Research Pilot

2003 Bursary Winners

• A Web-Based Approach to Self-Help
• The Bereavement Support Service
• The Cardiff Book Prescription Scheme
•  The Towy Valley Mental Health Project

If you're interested in finding out more about our bursaries please visit our Bursaries section on this website or contact us via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.