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This fund is currently closed.

The deadline was on Monday 5 February 2024.

Decisions will notified end of February/early March 2024.

Enquires should be directed to grants@lcvs.org.uk.

Introduction

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Liverpool Place team have created a new Health and Wellbeing Fund with the purpose of encouraging greater collaboration between the NHS and VCFSE organisations to help tackle health inequalities. Applications opened on Thursday 4 January 2024.

All funding must be focused on supporting people in areas facing the highest levels of multiple deprivation in Liverpool.

LCVS are administering the scheme on behalf of the Liverpool area of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB), find out more about the ICB by clicking here.

An online briefing event was held on Thursday 11 January 2024 (the recording of the event can be seen further below).

Background

The VCFSE Health and Wellbeing Grant scheme aims to:

1. Provide prevention and early intervention support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities
2. Provide empowerment and wellbeing support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities
3. Provide funding to VCFSE organisations who offer health and wellbeing support to communities experiencing health inequalities and patients referred by the NHS, linked to social prescribing schemes.
4. Provide funding to VCFSE organisations for health and wellbeing support offered to people not using NHS services but who are experiencing or at risk of physical illness and/or mental distress and facing health inequalities.
5. Develop and test approaches for improved dialogue and joint working between NHS, PCNs and VCSE organisations.

Applications will be for spend between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2027 for sums of between £3,000 each year up to a maximum of £30,000 each year. £236,000* is available in 2024/5 and £244, 949 is available in each year for 2025/6 and 2026/7and will be paid in instalments (on receipt of signed offer letter, satisfactory progress, and evaluation reports).

*Final grant award amounts are subject to ICB approval March 2024.

All funding must be focused on supporting people in areas facing the highest levels of multiple deprivation in Liverpool.

All eligible groups must also:

• Be constituted voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations, operating on a not-for-profit basis and established for at least 12 months from January 2023
• Have an income of between £3,000 –  £550,000 in 2022/23
• Have the registered address in Liverpool and/or business address (main place of operation) to be in Liverpool. Liverpool defined as the Local Authority area.

This fund is currently closed.

The deadline was on Monday 5 February 2024.

Decisions will notified end of February/early March 2024.

Enquires should be directed to grants@lcvs.org.uk.