1. Highland Healthkind Briefing

2. Session outline Overview of Health Inequalities Overview of Active Communities Active Communities Outcomes Active Communities Criteria Fundable - Communities Overview of the Stage 1 and Stage 2 application forms. Contacts

3. What are health inequalities? Health inequalities are the “dramatic differences in health…linked with varying degrees of disadvantage. These avoidable health inequalities arise because of the circumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age…[which] are, in turn, shaped by political, social and economic forces.” WHO, 2008

4. Some facts The poorer you are, the more likely you are to die younger The poorest people are likely to die 7 years earlier than the majority of the population They are likely to experience additional disabilities for 20 years more than the majority of the population

5. Some more facts 2.8m additional years free of limiting illness/disability would be saved Estimated costs – Productivity loss - £31-33bn – Lost taxes and higher welfare payments £20- 32bn – Additional NHS costs – in excess of £5.5bn

6. Our focus Local work across 51 areas Investing in great local ideas which: - are designed and run by local people; - will create stronger connections between people; - will help people to help make their community or neighbourhood even better. Other programmes include: Local Conversations, Healthy Places Healthy People and Local People Programme.

7. Why is this their focus? Citizen empowerment Creates conditions for individual and collective capabilities Removes barriers Makes wise use of resources Leads to Community control

8. What they do not prioritise 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

9. Active Communities: An overview A local programme designed to invest in local communities Applicant-friendly Six week application window Two stage process – Stage 1 applications should be made within first four weeks of application window, where possible Decision within 10-12 weeks of application deadline (i.e. end of six week period)

10. 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

11. Funded Projects

12. What kind of things may be funded? Think “upstream” Computer groups for older people Group of community volunteer drivers to support isolated people Young people setting up their own local group Community organisers group on an estate Group supporting local BME women to move into local politics

13. What kind of things may be funded? Check out case studies/new stories of previously funded projects which can be found on our websitewebsite

14. 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

15. Active Communities Criteria Funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 a year Project that last for between 12 months and 2 years Projects that are small and local, for example, a few streets or a small village. We don’t give money to larger projects 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

16. Where they fund Limited funds Targeted money in each of the areas based on IMD, SIMD and WIMD Clear areas from which participants could come (these can be found on our website), applicants need to provide the codes for these areas The 10% rule – natural boundaries

17. Communities of Interest What is a community of interest? By this we mean a group of people who have things in common and wish to come together to address something that is important to them. 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.

18. What they don’t fund they don’t fund projects that are strictly health-related and focus on certain diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke), or which aim to change behaviour (e.g. giving up smoking, losing weight etc.) they also don’t fund: projects from individuals or that benefit an individual projects where other organisations take over the management tax-funded projects, e.g. through the NHS or in school time political or religious projects activities already funded by another organisation projects that are part of a bigger project, our minimum contribution must be 50% things that have already happened loan repayments fundraising costs capital items only (e.g. equipment), you must include running costs capital items that are more than £15,000 in total contingency or unspecified costs

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

20. Common Rejection Reasons - Projects Are not small and local Participants do not come from fundable neighbourhoods Projects do not meet key programme criteria – collective control or social links and ties (frequency of attendance or one to one activities) Projects are not well described

21. Fundable areas Website

22. Active Communities Stage 1 application form Applicants need to follow Apply for funding application journey on Trust website This will lead to an Eligibility checklist, then the Stage 1 application form The Stage 1 application form cannot be saved When completed it can be submitted online, the applicant will receive an acknowledgement of this and a copy of the information that they provided Applicants cannot change information once submitted by they can contact the Trust to make any minor amends To be fair to all applicants we will only take forward two Stage 1 applications to Stage 2 from a single organisation in each round. We strongly advise that organisations do not make multiple applications as they are unlikely to be funded Communities of Interest cannot complete the form on-line they will need to contact the Trust If the Trust agrees that they are a Community of Interest they will be sent a Word version of the form to submit by email.

23. Active Communities Stage 1 application form The Stage 1 application form will auto-populated will the local society area and neighbourhood codes from the map. The applicant will then be asked four key questions: a very brief summary of what you want to do (140 words); how the idea you are proposing came about and how local people will be in control of the idea going forward (200 words); how the idea will bring local people together regularly (150 words); how many people will attend very regularly and how often these people will attend (ten words). The applicant needs to respond to these questions in no more than 500 words, there is a word count for each question. Applications that exceed the word count will not be considered.

24. Active Communities Stage 1 application form Communities of Interest Additional questions: 1. In no more than 50 words tell us more about the specific community with whom you wish to work. 2a. In total how many people are there on your organisation’s governing body (e.g. your management committee or Board)? 2b. How many of these people share the common identity you have described in question 1. 3. In no more than 50 words what common concerns do the people you described in question 1 wish to take action about (e.g. inadequate transport, social isolation, poor access to advice or training, confronting discrimination, creating supportive environments)? Please note this list is for example only. 4. Tell us how you know that people who will participate in this project are materially and/or socially disadvantaged.

25. Active Communities Stage 1 application forms Project ideas - what is the Trust looking for? Well described, viable project ideas. Projects that will benefit people from our fundable neighbourhoods. Projects that will benefit an agreed community of interest. Projects that demonstrated well how they meet the key Active Communities programmes i.e. that they are designed and run by local people and will create stronger connections between people.

26. Active Communities Stage 2 – what happens next Successful Stage 1 applicants will be invited to make a Stage 2 application form within five working days. This is an online process for all applicants but there are two different application forms (a general one and one for Communities of Interest). The Stage 2 application form includes completion of the application form, completion of the budget which is part of the online form, submission of a accounts and governing document with the online form.

27. Contacts 01349 864289 chiefofficer@highlandtsi.org.uk