1. Hastings and Rother Health Inequalities Fund
Round 3

2. The Fund aims to help local voluntary and community groups reduce health inequalities in Hastings & Rother by encouraging and supporting people to make healthier lifestyle choices.
It targets wards in Hastings & Rother with the highest levels of health inequality
There are two grants available:
Fast Track grants of up to £1,000 (income below £50,000 pa)
Standard grants of up to £10,000.

3. Hastings and Rother contains the seven most deprived council wards in East Sussex.
Many factors including employment, income, housing, education and lifestyle choices mean that people in these areas tend to have worse health and lower life expectancy compared with other areas

4. Eligible wards Bexhill Central (Rother DC) Bexhill Sidley (Rother DC)
Eastern Rother (Rother DC)
Baird (Hastings BC)
Braybrooke (Hastings BC)
Castle (Hastings BC)
Central St. Leonards (Hastings BC)
Gensing (Hastings BC)
Hollington (Hastings BC)
Maze Hill (Hastings BC)
Old Hastings (Hastings BC)
Ore (Hastings BC)
Tressell (Hastings BC)
Wishing Tree (Hastings BC)

5. The Fund has 4 Key Aims
Help and Support People make healthier lifestyle choices
Help People look after their own health better
Improve access to local healthcare and or other support services that will benefit health
Address wider social determinates of health

6. Encourage and Support People make healthier lifestyle choices
For example, helping people lead healthier lives or improve people’s physical or mental health through an exercise or sports group, promotion of healthy eating, promotion of better mental health through social interaction, or reduction of alcohol misuse.

7. Help People look after their own health better
For example a support group for a particular health condition, information to help people better self- manage their health condition or a social group to reduce loneliness.

8. Improve access to local healthcare and or other support services that will benefit health
For example, an initiative which helps a population group (homeless people, people with learning disabilities, people on low incomes, people who do not speak English as a first language ) access health and/or other support services which they don’t routinely use.

9. Address wider social determinates of health
For example, an initiative which improves access to education or employment, maximises income or provides safe and suitable housing.

10. Some grant successes in Rounds 1 and 2
Examples of successful Fast Track £1,000 grants:
To run a drop in for people with dementia and their families;
To run coffee mornings and subsidise outings for older people in Sidley;
To help young people to get active through non- competitive sport

11. Some grant successes in Rounds 1 and 2
Examples of successful Standard £10,000 grants:
Using Arts to support disabled adults;
Building self esteem and self confidence through yoga;
Football for young men with mental health issues;
A Green Gym in Camber;
Establishing a therapeutic singing group;
Running youth sessions in Sidley;
Healthy cooking and healthy eating sessions

12. Your project may meet one or more of the aims
Meeting one aim well may be more sensible than suggesting you are meeting all the aims.
Think about what you will be measuring and how you will report it back

13. Your project is helping to meet the overall aim to reduce health inequalities in Hastings and Rother
Remember the key factors you need to report back on:
The changes the project makes to participants lives
What participants themselves say about the impact of the project on their own lives

14. Think about what you will be measuring
You will need to be recording certain numbers
The number of people who take part (you will have estimated this in Q25)
Which of the groups of people are involved in your project (Q26-27)
The ages of people taking part (Q28-30)
Also remember we need to know that they are from your target wards
IF THE NUMBERS DON’T MEET YOUR ORIGINAL EXPECTATION REMEMBER TO EXPLAIN THE CHANGES

15. Think about what and how you will report back
We do offer monitoring and evaluation training to successful applicants but here are some starting points:
With virtually all projects measuring how peoples feelings of health and wellbeing change during the project is a great place to start (WEMWBS, Outcomes Star)
What participants themselves say about the impact of the project on their own lives (diaries, vlogs)
Photos, interviews, videos as well as reports

16. Round 3 of the Health Inequalities Fund
You can download the application and guidance from here
The closing date for Standard Grant applications is 5pm on Friday 7th July
Fast Track grants can be submitted at any time

17. If you need help in making your application please talk to RVA or HVA
We can talk things through before you get started
We can answer any questions you have when you are completing your application
We can read through your application before you submit it.
For successful applicants you will also be offered support to complete your monitoring and evaluation report

18. RVA and HVA are available to help groups in making applications and ensuring monitoring and evaluation methods are in place
For projects in Rother please contact RVA: Tel:
For projects in Hastings please contact: HVA - Tel: