Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund
About the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund
Established by the NHS Greenwich Charitable Funds, in partnership with the South East London NHS Integrated Care Board and the Healthier Greenwich Partnership, the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund aims to prevent and respond to key health issues across the Royal Borough of Greenwich to ensure everyone has equal access to the services and support they need.
The Fund has been created based on the idea that it is not just necessary to tackle current health and wellbeing issues, but to create the conditions for good long-term health and wellbeing outcomes within the diverse communities of the borough. As such the fund has two core aims:
- Prevent: Preventing health and wellbeing inequality in Greenwich – focusing on programmes and projects that aim to tackle the contextual factors that can lead to poor health and wellbeing in the borough.
- Respond: Responding to current key health and wellbeing issues in Greenwich and reducing inequality in health and wellbeing outcomes – focusing on programmes and projects that aim to tackle current health and wellbeing issues in the borough and reduce current inequality in health outcomes.
To find out more information about what we mean by ‘health inequalities’, you can watch this helpful video from Live Well Greenwich on ‘Make Every Opportunity Count in Greenwich’.
Health Inequalities Definition Video
Over the course of the programme, we will be consulting, co-designing and launching different strands of funding that address the needs of communities within Greenwich. This page will be updated when new funding strands are announced. You can also sign up to our dedicated mailing list to ensure you are notified as soon as new strands are available: Sign up here!
Read our programme prospectus to find out more information on the programme and each strand of funding available.
Who can apply?
The Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund has been established to support organisations and communities that seek to address health inequalities in Greenwich. Funding must be spent in Greenwich to support Greenwich residents.
The grant welcomes applications from groups or individuals who can demonstrate that their proposed project prevents or responds to health inequalities in Greenwich, and aligns with the Greenwich Health and Wellbeing Strategy which sets out the mental and physical health and wellbeing priorities for the next five years in the borough.
Eligibility requirements may differ for each strand, please click on the strands below to find out which strands you are eligible for, or get in contact with us so we can support you.
What grants are available?
Currently, one strand of funding is available, with further strands due to launch in 2025. This page will be updated as more funding strands become available throughout the life of the Fund.
The different funding strands aim to support different kinds of work within Greenwich. Click on the strands below to find out more information, receive application support and apply for funding.
Closed. Due to relaunch in 2025
- Strengthening your organisation to help prevent and respond to health inequalities.
- Grants between £2,000 and £10,000
- Constituted organisations and non-constituted groups can apply
- Applications: always open, with applications assessed every three months
Live
- Helping communities in Greenwich to live healthier lives.
- Grants between £5,000 and £50,000
- Constituted organisation can apply
- Applications: open twice a year for a two-month period
How to apply
To apply for a strand, click on the dedicated strand page above.
If you need specific assistance to enable you to apply for funding, we have an Accessibility Pot of up to £ 20,000 that can support you to apply for the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund. Whether you face a language barrier, learning or physical disability or health condition, we can cover costs up to £2,000 of accessibility support you might need to complete your application. For example, a translator, transcription service, or software that improves accessibility.
Please note: The Accessibility Pot can cover support to help you apply, not to develop your application proposal (e.g. bid writer, community consultation).
The Accessibility Pot is available to support you if the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund strand you wish to apply to is open for applications. Support will be provided on a case-by-case basis to ensure tailored support. To apply, follow the link to the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund strand page you wish to apply for.
You can find more information about our Accessibility Pot in our Prospectus linked above.
Follow the tutorial below to help you start and process your application.
Please note, you can only have one live grant on any given strand at any one time. It is possible to have live grants on more than one strand, though we will prioritise groups that we are not currently supporting unless there is robust reasoning to adopt a different approach.
Get involved
The fund is being managed by Groundwork London. We are consulting with residents, community groups and organisations in the borough to ensure the fund has a positive impact and meets the needs of the diverse communities that live and work in Greenwich.
To find out more about how you can get involved in the development of the programme, use the link below to go our Greenwich Healthier Communities Consultation Hub.
Contact us
If you have any queries or need application support, please reach us at GreenwichHealthierCommunities@Groundwork.org.uk or on 07525 703 358.
This programme is funded by the NHS Greenwich Charitable Funds, which is a closed funding pot that is not open to outside donation.
