2. Aims of the Fund To support the delivery of evidence-based, innovative and sustainable activities and services which will help to reduce health inequalities in East Merton.

3. Aims of the Fund Awards will prioritise proposals that find new, creative and innovative ways of tackling existing problems and which aim to leave a legacy once delivery is completed.

4. Your proposal must contribute to one or more of the Fund’s four themes

5. 1. Be Active: aims to increase physical activity levels through increasing access to low cost and sustainable community based exercise and activity sessions.

6. 2. Stay Well: aims to support people with long term conditions to maintain their health and independence, through targeted community based activity.

7. 3. Community: aims to build community groups capacity to support residents to lead healthier lifestyles and promote physical and mental wellbeing.

8. 4. Business: aims to support partnership working to engage the business community in promoting the health and wellbeing of residents, and support small health related social enterprises.

9. How Much & How Long? Year one of a three year programme Funding is available for projects lasting up to one year. Grants of up to £10,000 are available, but we expect most grants to be in the region of £5,000. £70k available in year one

10. Proposals must increase the health and well- being of families and communities in the following wards : Abbey, Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Figge's Marsh, Graveney, Lavender Fields, Longthornton, Pollards Hill, Ravensbury and St Helier.

11. Decision Making All applications will be assessed and decisions made by a grants panel with representatives from Merton Council, NHS, Clinical Commissioning and the voluntary sector

12. Timetable Application deadline: 5pm, Friday 15 th June Panel meeting: week commencing 25 th June Decisions announced: week commencing 2 nd July.

13. Application Pack Compact Approved Standard application pack Scoring matrix 4 x weighted questions

14. OUTPUTS List up to 4 key outputs: the number of activities or sessions you will provide, when and how they will be delivered, what the content will be, how many people will benefit.

15. Which of the programme themes does your proposal address and how? Your proposal must fit one or more of the programme themes to be funded. You will not score extra points for ticking more than one. It is more important that your proposal fits the theme well and that you can evidence that.

16. What need is the proposal addressing and how have you identified this need? Tell us how you identified the need Tell us why you think this proposal is the best way of responding to that need

17. What changes do you expect your proposal to make (Outcomes) Tell us the difference your proposal will make, the changes that will happen as a result of participating in the activities you told us about in Question 6.

18. Support Available Talk through an idea Hands on support with the application Help with budgets Support to indentify other potential funding sources

19. What happens next? Application pack is available now to download from Merton Connected www.mertonconnected.com

20. Help & Support Beverley Burton Email: beverley@mvsc.co.uk Direct Line: 8685 2277