This £3 million fund offers grants of up to £75,000 to place-based projects that address the social determinants of health: non-medical social and economic factors, such as housing, education, infrastructure, or quality of work.
The fund pilot initially launched and opened to receive expressions of interest to projects based in the North East of England. The opportunity is now open to receiving interest from organisations with projects or ideas for projects to be delivered in regions and communities UK-wide.
They are particularly interested in proposals that can demonstrate:
- Local impact on reducing health inequality, addressing under-served communities
- Potential to scale up and be replicated nationally
- Potential to become financially sustainable in the medium term
- Particularly innovative approaches
- Initiatives which can demonstrate local support and key stakeholder engagement (including support from Local and / or Combined Authorities)