‘Healthier Hackney Fund’- the public health community grants scheme Penny Bevan Launch event- 30 th September 2014

What is public health?  “The science and art of promoting and protecting health and well-being, preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society” Faculty of Public Health

The ‘domains’ of public health Reducing inequalities Increasing healthy life expectancy Improving the wider determinants of health Education Employment Families/ communities Housing Health improvement Lifestyles Specific diseases & risk factors Health protection Infectious diseases Chemicals & poisons Radiation Emergency response Environmental health hazards Improving services Effectiveness Efficiency Service planning/ commissioning Audit & evaluation Clinical governance

Why launch a grants scheme?  Hackney’s population face a number of huge health challenges  Providing, Commissioning, Grant Funding  New minds for old problems  New approach for the council to work with the sector

The 3 funding streams  £300,000 in total  Healthy Activities  Healthy Ideas  Healthy Neighbourhoods  ‘Funding+’  Eligibility

Healthy Activities  £30,000 (minimum £5,000)  Provision of activity relating to one of the two selected key issues: a) Preventing people from starting smoking (targeted at the ages and communities most likely to do so) b) Preventing the onset of mental ill health in adults and children  Single point of contact council officer, skills support, councillor ‘champion’, communications support

Healthy Ideas  £8,000  Radically new approaches to tackling entrenched problems, relating to one of the two selected key issues: a) Substance Misuse (adults and children) b) Sexual Health (adults and children)  A proof of concept report and short pilot  Single point of contact council officer, challenge sessions, councillor ‘champion’, communications support

Healthy Neighbourhoods  £1,000  Small scale neighbourhood based projects, improving local health and narrowing the gap between local communities’ health and wellbeing prospects  Non-profits and ‘structured groups of local residents’  Communications support

Timescales Applications Open Application closing date Initial Recommendations Final Decisions at Cabinet Contracts Start Contract Length 6 th October th December th January rd February st April 2015 Up to 12 Months

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