VCSE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FUND STARTING WELL 2020/21

1. Title: VCSE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FUND STARTING WELL 2020/212. Awarding Authority: Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England and NHS Improvement (the system partners), GB Email: startingwell@dhsc.gov.uk. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority are seeking applications from voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations to the next round of the Health and Wellbeing (HW) Fund.This information pack provides VCSE organisations with the information required to make an application to the HW Fund. Please read all the sections carefully to ensure your organisation and project or programme is eligible.Aims of the Fund 2020-21 are to improve health outcomes for children and families from preconception to two and a half years old in areas of high deprivation or BAME communities.Grants available are between £200,000 to £510,000 per applicant over three financial years. Funding will be available to expand or develop existing schemes.Applicants are required to provide a supporting letter from their local statutory commissioner – e.g. Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), Integrated Care System (ICS), or Local Authority (LA), and are welcome to obtain additional funding that supports their project or programme.Please note that DHSC will not be able to provide additional funding to cover any shortfall in local resourcing, and that grants from the HW Fund must be used within the funding year in which they are allocated.5. CPV Code(s): 85100000, 85140000, 98330000, 980000006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI327. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: London, Inner London – West, Westminster.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.10. Applicants are required to complete the application form published alongside this information pack here and provide all the supporting information outlined in the guidance, submitting this no later than 30.10.2020 (12:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: Interested?Applicants are required to complete the application form published alongside this information pack here and provide all the supporting information outlined in the guidance, submitting this to startingwell@dhsc.gov.uk no later than Friday 30 October 2020 at 12 noon. Please note that applications submitted after the deadline, even due to circumstances beyond the applicants control, will not be considered.The assessment process will be conducted by a panel made up of representatives from each of the system partner organisations. The panel will assess applications against the criteria set out, and they may wish to discuss your proposal in more detail. Each application will also undergo a due diligence process by DHSC to ensure that the organisation is suitable to receive grant funding.# funding opportunity