A competitive grant scheme designed to improve employees’ health and welfare at work. Not all applications will receive funding.
Small and medium sized businesses with between 1 and 249 employees, and local partnerships can apply. Businesses and organisations must be based in Great Britain. Businesses must be trading in Great Britain and must have been established for at least two years.
The Fund is available over two years with two bidding rounds. You can apply between now and December 2009 for awards in 2010 and between September 2010 and December 2010 for awards in 2011.
Initiatives that improve occupational health and welfare at work. We are looking for innovative projects. There are restrictions on big capital costs, like buildings and large pieces of machinery, and on employing temporary staff.
You can apply for a grant of between £1,000 and £50,000 in each year. You cannot receive more than one award in the same year.
The money will usually be paid in advance in quarterly instalments. Grants of £5,000 and under will be paid in advance in full.
Local Assessment Panels will consider all full application forms received by 31 December 2009.
We are matching the funding to financial years. That means that a project with a start date in April 2010 and an end date in March 2011 can receive funding for April 2010 to March 2011. A project with a start date in September 2010 and an end date in March 2011 can receive funding between September 2010 and March 2011 from the first round bidding process.
If you are granted a Challenge Fund award to undertake a project during the first round you can apply for continuing support during the second round. You should tell us on the application form that you would like to do this. But any award in the second year would depend on successful performance in the first year.
The Challenge Fund is for new initiatives, not ongoing projects.
Businesses can apply if they have between 1 and 249 employees. Businesses must be based, and trading, in Great Britain.
Local partnerships are different organisations working together to address common interests and concerns. These can include:
The Government Offices for the English Regions main website will tell you which region your city or town is in. Please click here to go to this site.
There is a Health Work and Well-being Co-ordinator in each of the English regions and one Scotland and one in Wales. The relevant contact details are as follows:
We want innovative solutions to a problem you’ve identified in your own business. Here are some points that might help you.
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