Health Inequalities Fund Launch for Basildon and Brentwood

from Wickford Town News - Issue 11 September 2023

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We are pleased to announce Brentwood CVS and Basildon, Billericay and Wickford CVS have partnered with The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Partnership.

To offer an exciting funding opportunity for local voluntary and community groups to support projects that take an innovative and collaborative approach to reducing health inequalities and the unwarranted variation that exists in Brentwood and Basildon boroughs.

The Health Inequalities Fund 2023-24 aims to improve population health and health care, tackling inequalities in outcomes and helping NHS to support broader social and economic development in line with the Core20PLUS5 approach.

Funding will be available to non-profit voluntary and community organisations based in Brentwood and Basildon for projects that address the underlying causes of health inequality at a local level. There is no limit to the amount of funding applied for and the projects should be completed by end of March 2024. They should target and reach out proactively to the most deprived communities and develop solutions that are population focussed – breaking down barriers between statutory and non-statutory organisations and the residents they serve.

A joint statement from both Brentwood and Basildon CVS CEOs – “This is a wonderful opportunity for our local groups in Brentwood and Basildon to apply for project funding that addresses the health inequalities in our neighbourhoods to build stronger, healthier and thriving communities”

For more information and guidance notes please visit www.bbwcvs.org.uk/ fundingdev/health-inequalities-fund or contact Arsen at funding@brentwoodcvs. org.uk if you are based in Brentwood or Pippa at admin@bbwcvs.org.uk if based within Basildon.

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