Launch of Fairer Futures Fund

23 October 2024

Hall Green NNS was proud to launch the Fairer Futures Fund Locality Small Grant Programme at an event on 14 October 2024.

The Fairer Futures Fund is designed to fund activities that will contribute to improving outcomes and tackling inequality.

This programme supports projects that will improve health & wellbeing, care provision, reduce health inequalities and improve access to health and care, while supporting the broader social and economic development of Hall Green

Hall Green NNS will play a key role in helping local community groups develop strong funding bids that meet the priorities of the Fairer Futures Fund. 

Fund information

  • Grants offer up to £15,000 per year, with a maximum of £45,000 for projects lasting up to 3 years for projects within Hall Green.
  • You don’t need to apply for the full 3-year period—applications are welcome for shorter durations, as long as they fit within the £45,000 limit and align with the fund’s priorities.
  • Multi-year projects will be reviewed annually, and future funding depends on performance and meeting monitoring requirements.
  • Applicants can only apply for one theme per application, and Groups/Consortium leads can submit up to two small grant applications.

There are four themes

Projects working towards the Best Start in Life theme should select one of the following sub-priorities:

  • Children, particularly those in care and children living in low-income households, via activities that support the uptake of vaccinations; uptake of healthy start vouchers; reduce infant mortality and hospital admissions caused by injuries and asthma
  • Young adults – including reducing conception rates in those aged below 18 and interventions to improve mental health
  • Women – including projects encouraging breastfeeding; develop parenting skills; uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives; uptake of antenatal screening; continuity of maternal services and reproductive health particularly for those from deprived and ethnic minority backgrounds

Projects working towards the Healthier lives in communities theme should select one of the following sub-priorities:

  • People living with long-term conditions and disabilities
  • Men, women, children, families and those from deprived and ethnic minority backgrounds – activities aimed at improving nutrition, reducing sugar and salt intake and increasing physical activity; reducing the prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular illnesses and related admissions to hospitals
  • Manual workers, people with long-term mental-health conditions, and the unemployed – through smoking cessation reducing the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and related admissions to hospital

Projects working towards the Better outcomes through earlier intervention and treatment theme should select one of the following sub-priorities:

  • Ethnic minority backgrounds including African, Caribbean and South Asian Communities – through activities to increase uptake of NHS health checks particularly for hypertension, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mental health
  • Deprived communities – through activities increasing immunisation uptake; uptake of cancer screening; and increasing dementia diagnosis in the under 65s
  • Heterosexual women – through activities preventing and treating blood borne viruses (BBV) such as HIV and Hepatitis

Projects working towards the Empowering and connecting communities theme should select one of the following sub-priorities:

  • LBGTQ+ and people with long-term conditions and disabilities – through activities improving mental health; reducing social isolation; supporting adults with learning disabilities into employment; increasing uptake of annual health checks; reducing suicide and self-harm rates
  • Migrant communities, ex-offenders, gypsy, Roma and travellers, and those with English as a second language – through activities that improve health literacy
  • Carers – increasing uptake of annual health checks

How to qualify:

To successfully receive a grant from this fund, applicants will need to clearly demonstrate the following:

  • Innovative, new or additional services to address long-standing health and wellbeing inequalities.
  • An evidence-informed rationale for how your project will show impact on the fund priorities, participant behaviours, knowledge and/or clinical outcomes against one or more of the specific priorities for this fund.
  • A focus on improving outcomes in a specific location in the City.

How to apply

The Fairer Futures Fund has now officially launched.

Before submitting an application for this fund, it is essential that applicants connect with their NNS lead. This step is required before you can access the application portal.

You can contact us at HallGreen.NNSTeam@greensquareaccord.co.uk

The fund will close on 9th January 2025 at 5pm. We anticipate that all applicants will be notified on a decision from March 2025.