1. People’s Health Trust
Active Communities and Communities of Interest Funding

2. Session outline People’s Health Trust and EVOC Overview of Funding
Outcomes
Criteria
Active Communities / Communities of Interest

3. The funds and funding decisions are entirely administrated by People’s Health Trust
EVOC will:
Promote the opportunity to local organisations
Help check eligibility
Support organisations with their Stage 1 application for either category

4. People’s HealthTrust National charity
Their aim is to create a society without health inequalities
They do this because they believe that where you live should not unfairly reduce the length of your life or the quality of your health
They aim to achieve this by investing in people with great ideas to create fairer places to grow, live work and age

5. What is not prioritised
Lifestyle initiatives
Individual behaviour
These are critical exclusions for the Trust
They do not provide an ethical or sustainable basis for policies promoting social justice

6. Active Communities: Outcomes
The Trust wants to invest in great local ideas which build on the strengths within communities
Fund ideas which:
–are designed and run by local people
–create stronger connections between people
–help people to make their community or neighbourhood even better

7. What kind of things may be funded?
Computer groups for older people
Group of community volunteer drivers to support isolated people
Young people setting up their own local group
TRA group training local people in mediation
Community organisers group on an estate
Group supporting local BME women to move into local politics

8. Active Communities Criteria
Eligible organisations –not-for-profit e.g., registered charity, Company Limited by Guarantee (not having share capital), CICs (Limited by Guarantee), Industrial and Provident Societies/Co-ops and Constituted Community Organisations/Groups
(Please note that the Trust does not fund CICs Limited by Shares or Limited Liability Partnerships)
Organisations over three months old*
Income less than £350,000 –this can be averaged over two financial years
Unrestricted reserves less than six months
*As of 15 Feb
**Constitution for 3 months from 15 Feb 2017

9. Funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 a year
Active Communities cont.
Funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 a year
Project that last for between 12 months and two years
Projects that are small and local, for example, a few streets or a small village. Larger projects are not funded unless the target group is deemed to be a Community of Interest
Projects where people come from one or more of our fundable neighbourhoods unless the target group is deemed to be a Community of Interest

10. Fundable areas
(sample screenshot from website – more fundable areas not shown here)

11. Communities of Interest
What is a community of interest?
For example:
Young people from Town A living with mental ill-health wishing to address access to work issues or discrimination
Isolated older people from the north of Village B who wish to establish more frequent and affordable transport in their area
Parents of children with autism from County C coming together to establish a support group to highlight local services and share information
A traveller community based in and around City D which aims to address economic disadvantage through encouraging small businesses
It is important to note that we only support communities of interest which experience
social and economic disadvantage.

12. Communities of Interest criteria
Income and other requirements remain the same – projects should be designed/led by the community
Participants can come from more than one fundable area
If some participants do not come from a fundable area, you will need to demonstrate that they experience economic disadvantage

13. Common Rejection Reasons –Organisations
Exceed income threshold
Have more than six months unrestricted reserves
Are not eligible organisations
Are not compliant with their regulator

14. Common Rejection Reasons –Projects
Are not small and local
Participants do not come from fundable neighbourhoods(active communities)
Projects do not meet key programme criteria –collective control or social links and ties
Projects are not well described
Capital only

15. Next Steps Check eligibility Income etc. Area
Has the project been developed by the community who will participate?
Active Communities or Community of Interest?
Request application from EVOC or PHT – Stage 1 application is very brief and won’t take long to complete
EVOC can help with either application