Public Health funding

The health and wellbeing grant will fund services that meet criteria A or B.

This criteria outlines requirements as part of the application process for grants of £3000 and under.

Criteria A: Projects that address a health and wellbeing priority in the local area

• The agenda on the Wellbeing Public Health and Communities Business Plan (PDF, 395KB).
• Reducing health inequalities by focusing on the wider determinants of health.
• Supporting long term independence for all sections of the local community.
• Supporting the health weight agenda for Colchester through direct and/or indirect delivery.

Criteria B: Focuses on addressing the healthy weight strategy for Essex and Colchester

• An environment which supports and enables people to be a healthy weight and minimises risks of excess weight.
• More people with excess weight effectively supported to be a healthy weight and sustained.
• Healthy lifestyle behaviours are the easy choice and become sustained.
• Focuses on places and changing the obesogenic environment.

What can the funding be spent on?

This list does not include everything. Email communities@colchester.gov.uk if you have any questions.

We can fund:

• equipment
• staff costs
• training costs
• transport
• volunteer expenses (within reason)

We cannot fund:

• retrospective costs
• contingency costs, loans, endowments or interest
• paying someone else to write your application for you
• profit-making or fundraising activities
• VAT you can reclaim
• religious activities (we can fund religious organisations if their project benefits the wider community and does not include religious content or “recruitment”)
• statutory activities
• activities that help children or young people with their schoolwork during school time
• overseas travel
• projects that take place outside of the UK
• activities that make profits for private gain
• cash that will be given directly to individuals