In reference to Reading Community Health Champions Grant 2024, we are extending the deadline for the application by two weeks. The new date for application deadline is April 5, 2024 and applicants will receive notification to their application on April 12, 2024.
Could you please inform voluntary and community organisations in your contacts?
The following is the information of the grant.
£44,000 available to help reduce health inequalities in Reading
Voluntary and community organisations in Reading can apply for grants up to £10,000 to reduce health inequalities across the borough.
The grants are designed to support community-based organisations working with those at the greatest risk of experiencing poor health outcomes and health inequalities, including those groups who face barriers to vaccination. The funding is being delivered as part of Reading Borough Council Community Health Champions programme in partnership with the Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality (ACRE).
Lead Councillor for Education and Public Health, Cllr Ruth McEwan said: “We hope this funding will support organisations at the heart of Reading to reduce health inequalities that prevent our most vulnerable residents from accessing the highest quality health and wellbeing care.
“We know that working with our grass-roots community organisations will ensure that this funding gets to the residents most in need and help us support them to live healthy lives.”
Organisations from the voluntary and community sector can apply for grants of up to £10,000 (from an available pot of £44,000) to support the infrastructure and/or additional capacity they need to expand an existing service, deliver services in a different way or to develop new services which help reduce health inequalities.
As part of the funding successful organisations will be expected to recruit a voluntary Community Health Champions from their organisation to help support the project during and beyond the funding lifecycle.
Cllr McEwan continued: “Our Community Health Champions programme has been really successful at building key relationships across the borough and through the grants programme we hope to grow this scheme to develop stronger links into our communities.”
Applications for the grants have been opened on 1 March 2024 and interested organisations have until Friday 5 April 2024 to submit their applications which can be made here via the Reading Borough Council website: https://www.reading.gov.uk/about-reading/voluntary-and-community-support/funding/reading-community-health-champions-projects-grants/
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