Peoples Health Trust Healthy Lives Funding

Active Communities Funding is for projects that are very small and local working to support communities to make a lasting change &?that can demonstrate they have been designed and will be run by local people (or at least with a high level of participation); ? ? ?? 
What do you mean by a great idea? ?Your idea for a great project could be almost anything that encourages strong connections between people and which helps people to make your communities or neighbourhoods even better. The Trust is looking for small and local projects, genuinely designed and run by local people. By small, we mean just a small group of people on an estate, in a few streets or a couple of villages.? 
?What types of ideas does People’s Health Trust support??As long as they improve connections between people and help make neighbourhoods better, then The Trust would consider most good ideas. For example, a mediation service run by tenants, a computer skills for older people group or a community transport service in a rural area.? 
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 BAME women to move into local politics? 
?-?Projects that are very small and local working to support communities to make a lasting change;? 
?-?Projects that can demonstrate they have been designed and will be run by local people (or at least with a high level of participation);??????? 
?-?Projects in high areas of deprivation – the project itself must be based in areas that are in the top 25% of deprivation (reference Index of Multiple Deprivation);??? 
-?Applicant organisations whose turnover is £350k or under and have no more than 6 months reserves?? 
The applicant does not have to be based in that area but does have to demonstrate how the project will be designed and run by local people.? 
In terms of the amount of funding the project needs to be a minimum of 12 months and maximum of 2 years and groups can apply for between £5,000 and £25,000 per year.??
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