Enabling Strand
Strengthening your organisation to help prevent and respond to health inequalities.
Applications are currently closed. This strand will relaunch and applications will reopen in April 2025.
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Aims of the Enabling Strand
This strand aims to increase the ability and resilience of groups and individuals in Greenwich to deliver and improve services that prevent and respond to health inequalities. The strand aims to increase skills, training and eligibility to access funding opportunities, resources and wider capacity building programmes.
Applicants will be required to provide evidence of how their proposal will enable them to better prevent and respond to health inequalities in Greenwich, and establish a strong legacy for their organisation and beneficiaries.
Proposals will need to align with the Greenwich Health and Wellbeing Strategy which sets out the mental and physical health and wellbeing priorities for the next five years in the borough. This is because the Enabling strand is designed to support organisations to better prevent and respond to health inequalities in Greenwich.
What funding is available?
- Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available to deliver projects over a 12-month period
- There is a maximum of £250,000 available within this grant strand over the first year
- Grants will be paid 80% on the award, with 20% being paid in arrears on successful completion of all reporting and monitoring requirements (though alternative payment schedules may be agreed where applicants can evidence a clear need)
Who can apply?
Applicants must be based in or operating in Greenwich and can be:
- Educational Establishments
- Religious Organisations
- Registered Charity
- Informal or non-constituted group / Individual (though any such applicant but be supported by a sponsor organisation, who will allow grant monies to be managed through their bank account.)
- Company Limited by Guarantee
- Community Interest Company (CIC)
- Social Enterprise
- Constituted Community Organisation
- Friends of Group
- Tenants and Residents Association
Please note that Companies limited by shares, Local Authorities and NHS Trusts, or organisations controlled by any of those organisations, are not eligible to apply.
Timeline
Applications for the Enabling Strand are currently closed.
The timetable below sets out the relevant dates on which applications are assessed, and when application workshops will be held. Further dates will be added when the strand reopens in April 2025.
| Event | Date |
| Applications open | 1 April 2024 |
| Application workshops/surgeries | w/c 22 April 2024 |
| First application assessment point | 9am 20 May 2024 |
| Application workshops/surgeries | w/c 22 July 2024 |
| Second application assessment point | 9am 19 August 2024 |
| Application workshops/surgeries | w/c 21 October 2024 |
| Third application assessment point | 9am 18 November 2024 |
How to apply
Applications for the Enabling Strand are currently closed. This webpage will be updated when applications reopen in April 2025.
Application Support
We are holding application workshops and 1-2-1 drop-in support sessions. Take a look at our upcoming events in the calendar below.
We will run application workshops ahead of each strand’s assessment point, where you can find out more about the fund and how to apply.
We will hold monthly drop-in sessions, where you can receive tailored support from a member of our team on your application.
If you need specific assistance to apply for the Enabling Strand, our Accessibility Pot can cover up to £2,000 per applicant for specific assistance required to help you complete the application form.
Please keep in mind that the Accessibility Pot is only available to help you apply for the Enabling Strand when applications for the Enabling Strand are open. If your Accessibility Pot request is approved, payment will be made once you submit your application to the Enabling Strand and proof of expenditure. You can find more information about the Accessibility Pot in the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund Prospectus linked above.
To apply for the Accessibility Pot, click the link below to complete a short form. If you require any help or have any questions, please get in touch with us on 0207 239 1286 or email us at GreenwichHealthierCommunities@groundwork.org.uk