VONNE is delighted to announce the launch of a new round of investments into the VCSE sector, through our 2025/26 Healthy Communities & Social Prescribing Grants Scheme.
Funded as part of the ICB’s Healthier and Fairer programme, the scheme will fund up to 8 projects, with grants of £15,000 to £30,000 available to VCSE organisations.
This new grants scheme aims to strengthen and improve social prescribing and improve outcomes for people living and working across the North East and North Cumbria.
Projects must be delivered by the end of March 2026, and have strategic significance and potential for application across the region. For example, could your organisation:
- help improve social prescribing effectiveness, e.g. by developing new approaches/resources?
- support the development of impact measurement systems and tools for social prescribing?
- help tackle health inequalities in marginalised communities with unmet health and wellbeing needs?
- or promote and build awareness of and value in social prescribing services?
If you are interested in delivering a project in support of any of these priority areas, and are a VCSE organisation based in the North East and North Cumbria region, please do consider applying for the funding.
Full details are available in this HC&SP Grants Scheme Outline.
Applications should be made using this Expression of Interest Form.
EOI forms must be emailed to healthandwellbeing@vonne.org.uk by 12 noon on Monday 11th August 2025.
Applications will be assessed by a panel and decisions notified by Thursday 11th September 2025.
If you have any queries about this Grants Scheme please contact: healthandwellbeing@vonne.org.uk