The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System is delighted to announce a new microgrant programme.
To recognise the incredible contribution by small voluntary and community groups in responding to health inequalities in Essex, the health and care system in mid and south Essex would like to help these types of projects further.
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System is delighted to announce a new microgrant programme, which will support projects or initiatives that address health inequalities and the wider determinants of health within your local area.
Health inequalities refers to differences and outcomes in the care that people receive and the opportunities that they have to lead healthy lives.
Health inequalities grants could therefore be focused on reducing differences in:
- Health outcomes, for example, life expectancy
- Access to care, for example, availability of given services
- Quality and experience of care, for example, levels of patient satisfaction
- Behavioural risks to health, for example, smoking rates
- Wider determinants of health, for example, quality of housing, employment, environment, training and education
- Health literacy and digital inclusion, for example support for individuals to access, understand and use health information
- Groups that may experience poorer health outcomes due to:
- socio-economic factors, for example, income, level of deprivation
- geography, for example, region or whether urban or rural
- specific characteristics including those protected in law, such as sex, ethnicity, or disability
- being socially excluded groups, for example, people experiencing homelessness
Applications are open until 28th February 2025 or until all funds are spent. The panel will aim to meet on a regular basis to make decisions on applications and, therefore, you are encouraged to get your applications in as soon as possible.
For more information, please see About this funding on the SAVS website.