This briefing event is for community organisations across Birmingham to learn more about the Fairer Futures Fund: Citywide Small Grants. The event will detail the fund background, criteria and application process.

About the Fund

The Fairer Futures Fund will support activities to improve outcomes and to tackle inequalities. The City-Wide Small Grants are for community organisations to address health inequalities for communities of identity across Birmingham.

The Fairer Futures Fund will enable delivery against the objectives of the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System Strategy for Health and Care 2023-33. In particular, the fund is intended to support targeted interventions to:

Reduce inequalities in health and wellbeing outcomes for communities of place, identity, and experience.
Tackle unequal access to health and care.

Available Funding

Small grants of up to £15,000 per annum or up to £45,000 for individual projects over a 3-year delivery period are available. However, there is no requirement for organisations to apply for a 3-year delivery period – applications are welcomed irrespective of value or length of delivery period; subject to the upper limits of 3 years and £45,000. All applications must have an impact against the priorities for the fund.

Applications must meet one of the funds key themes and atleast one of subpriority.

You can discover more about the new Fairer Futures Fund: Citywide Small Grants at Heart of England Community Foundation's website here

Who is Involved?

Heart of England Community Foundation has been commissioned by Birmingham Place Committee to deliver the application process and community engagement activities to drive grant applications working in collaboration with Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System.

Heart of England Community Foundation is the leading, independent grant-making body in the West Midlands and Warwickshire. Since 1995 they have awarded over £35 million to over 7,000 good causes, supporting communities towards happier and healthier lives.

Birmingham Fairer Futures Fund: Citywide Small Grants - Workshop