Public Health funding

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

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 Public Health Business Plan and the Essex Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and local health and wellbeing strategies.
• 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: Projects that are ‘additive,’ meaning the services and activities aimed at delivering multiple outcomes of different priorities rather than a single outcome.

• This can include improving mental health markers, increasing physical activity levels, improving living standards, managing crisis and other areas as outlined in the Public Health Business Plan and the Essex Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
• Projects/organisations that are well networked locally will be favoured. This can include working collaboratively to achieve the shared outcomes.

Criteria C: 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.
• Healthy lifestyle behaviours are the easy choice.
• Focuses on places and changing the obesogenic environment.
• People or helping people start and keep healthy weight behaviours.

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