Application deadline: Monday, 8 December at 5:00 pm
Hospice UK is working in partnership with the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) to help hospices in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man improve their support for people experiencing financial hardship or living in socio-economic deprivation. Socio-economic deprivation is normally defined as a state of disadvantage due to a lack of social, economic, and material resources needed for well-being. It can result in poor health outcomes, limited life opportunities, and a cyclical impact on future generations, perpetuating inequalities.
Grants of up to £40,000 are available to fund a new project or build on existing programmes of work to better support people facing financial hardship or living in socio-economic deprivation.
The programme will support hospices to:
- Work alongside people with lived experience and/or expert organisations to identify the barriers to their service experienced by people facing financial hardship or living in socioeconomic deprivation and start to take tangible steps to breaking these down.
- Build a greater understanding of the experiences of people in their community facing financial hardship or living in socio-economic deprivation as well as their experiences or assumptions of the hospice’s services.
- Identify ways their services can be adapted, improved or integrated to better support people facing financial hardship or living in socio-economic deprivation that are sustainable within current financial constraints, and/or
- Partner with local organisations to expand the hospice’s reach, strengthen its service provision, improve the accessibility of services or maximise resources for people facing financial hardship or living in socio-economic deprivation.
Applicants can use the outline of application questions to help prepare their answers to the application questions.
Further information, guidance and details about how to apply can be found on the Hospice UK website.
