Application guidelines
Application guidelines - health and wellbeing grants
The Evelyn Trust awards grants for health and wellbeing projects that fit the following criteria:
- Projects that are in line with areas of focus for support based on studies which have identified areas of need in Cambridgeshire , including mental health, care for the elderly and community health projects.
- Medical support staff and teams that aim to have a transformational impact and are innovative, including support in the home
- Capital Projects including awards towards the cost of new buildings or extensions or for the renovation of existing buildings, as well as contributions towards the cost of new capital equipment
- Support to maintain the delivery of a service where funding or delivery method has been impacted by COVID-19
Outcomes might include:
- the creation of new delivery mechanisms, including online approaches to service delivery
- a pilot or demonstration project for new approaches
- evidence for working in new or different ways e.g. by building new partnerships or delivering a service differently
- expansion into different geographical areas or growth of a service, especially into East Cambridgeshire or the Fens
- prevention work that aims to reduce the need for more acute services at a later stage
- improvements in wellbeing, mental health, physical health measures and/or reductions in GP visits or hospital admissions
Applications for grants will be considered to support the work of charities that have a mission and purpose that coincides with the objects of the Trust, including charities that support individuals.
The Trustees do not make grants where/for:
- general funds, non-specific appeals, endowment funds, conduit organisations or appeals by circular
- organisations based outside the object area
- individuals
- the purchase of land
- causes with a strong political association