Co-design for health and wealth is a HEIF funded project led by Professor Leon Cruickshank from Lancaster University.

Create projects in collaboration with Lancaster University to not only further research but also provide tangible benefits for your local community.

Working with Blackburn with Darwen Council, health, private, and third sector organisations we facilitate the creation of cross-sector collaborative project ideas and assist you through the process of developing your idea, writing the bid, and submitting for funding.

We are also looking to expand this initiative into the Blackpool & Fylde area as well as help our own local communities of Morecambe and Lancaster.

Launch Event

Our launch event is an opportunity to meet other like-minded people from across various sectors and learn more about what we do, our aims, and the resources we have to help you bid for funding for community projects.

You'll be able to learn more about what we've done and get chance to talk with the project partners from stage one, and then hear about our plans going forward including working with new partners in the Blackpool and Fylde area plus continuing to build on our excellent partnerships in Blackburn.

We invite current partners to come along and share their experiences, and also academics, public, private, and third sectors who have ideas fthat could become exciting collaborative projects and would appreciate the help and support to make them a reality.

Refreshments will be provided and there will be a chance for networking over a buffet lunch.

Future Events

From January 2019 we will be holding regular workshops in Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, and Lancaster.

These workshops will give you the opportunity to discuss ideas and form partnerships to create projects and bid for the funding necessary to make them a reality. Each workshop will also cover a different aspect of bid writing with guest speakers sharing their expertise.

We will also be organising a series of 'writing retreats' to give you the time and space to really get down to developing and writing your bids in order to submit them. All our events are fully funded through HEIF, so your only expense would be transport to and from the events.

Our objective is to ensure you are fully supported on your journey from project idea to submitting for funding. We first held this series of workshops between January and July 2018 and they were a huge success with the potential for over £4 million worth of projects being developed and submitted for funding.

Writing bids for funding can seem difficult and time consuming, however we believe that the process can be fun and (fairly) easy - you simply require the right support and information.

You can find out more about stage one of our Funding Accelerator on the ImaginationLancaster website.

Please let Sharon know of any dietary requirements as soon as possible on s.a.summers@lancaster.ac.uk

If you are arriving by car then Feilden Street multi-storey car park is fairly close. Sat nav information - Feilden St, Blackburn BB2 1LQ

Looking forward to seeing you at the event.

Funding Accelerator: Co-design for Health & Wealth (stage two) Launch Event