In partnership with the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, the South Yorkshire Innovation Hub is launching a new award scheme aimed at exploring innovative ideas to address health inequalities experienced by the health and care workforce.
Applications in scope:
- Innovations proposing ideas that are targeted at addressing health inequalities in the workforce.
- Ideas that help South Yorkshire ICB with known health inequalities challenges faced by the workforce.
- Ideas that help South Yorkshire ICB address the gaps in knowledge and that help generate new insight into the health inequalities challenges faced by the workforce.
Applications out of scope
- Expansion/extension of existing workplace-based schemes, including wellbeing initiatives.
- Wider health and wellbeing schemes that don’t address health inequalities.
- Proposals that refer staff to existing, pressured, NHS services.
Process
- Applications are now open and will close at midnight on Thursday 21st March.
- The Assessment Panel will shortlist projects in line with the Assessment Criteria. We expect to invite shortlisted applicants to present their proposals to the Assessment Panel in April 2024.
- It is anticipated successful applicants will be notified by the end of April 2024.
- Written confirmation detailing the terms of funding will be sent out for agreement to the successful awardee’s organisation.
- Funding expected to be transferred to successful awardee organisation from April 2024.
- Delivery of successful projects is expected to begin from May 2024 and be complete by 31st May 2025.
- Awardees will be required to submit and end of project report by 31st May 2025.
