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Working with Liverpool Public Health, Alder Hey NHS Foundation have created the ‘Healthy Weight’ grant programme for the VCF sector in Liverpool. LCVS will be administering the grant on behalf of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
The Healthy Weight programme aims to increase impact on outcomes related to health weight, mental health and emotional wellbeing amongst children and families.
The key outcomes of focus for this programme are reduction in excess weight and improved mental health, wellbeing and resilience amongst children and families. This will be achieved by directly influencing:
- The application of specialist paediatric expertise within prevention programmes
- Building community capacity and skill
- Enhancing protective factors (e.g. good mental health, physical activity, leisure, access to green spaces, access to healthy food, breastfeeding, developing skills, enhancing parenting, forming positive relationships)
- Reduction in key modifiable risk factors (e.g. poor mental health, problems with finances, employment, relationships, exposure to food with high calorific and low nutritional value)
- Collaborative working between organisations to meet needs holistically and for whole families
- Increased volunteering opportunities and community participation
- Enhancing accessibility for families facing additional barriers, particularly families who are materially disadvantaged, from Black and Minority Ethnic Background and families of children with SEND.
Projects will be 12 months in duration. Applications can be for between £50,000 and £100,000. Successful applications will be paid in 2 instalments (50% on receipt of signed offer letter and 50% on receipt of satisfactory quarter 2 monitoring data).
This grant is aimed at the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector in Liverpool.
For full information, please click here.
Funding Workshop
In December, a funding workshop will be held online for the Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust – Healthy Weight: VCF Sector Grant Award Programme. Click here to learn more.