At the end of the one year capital grant programme, hospices should be able to point to tangible physical improvements in their environments and show how these contribute to improved care provision for patients, their families and carers.
Available funding
Total available funding is £40 million. The minimum grant will be £25,000. There is no upper limit but we do not expect to award grants of more than £600,000 and then only in exceptional cases.
The programme aims to benefit the greatest possible number of people; large grants are likely to be few in number.
Deadlines
Deadline for applications is Friday 8 January 2010.
You should expect to hear a decision on your application by 30 March 2010. If successful you should be ready to start your project on 1 April 2010 and complete it by 31 March 2011.
Additional resources
Bob Danks, a retired architect with much experience in property development and project management, is offering a pro bono support service to help hospices in London and the Home Counties in relation to the Department of Health (DH) capital programme.
Bob has assisted Help the Hospices on property issues in recent years and proved of great benefit. He is already advising a couple of hospices in connection with the DH programme, but is willing to help others.
Bob can advise on issues such as:
This service is offered by Bob on a voluntary basis, and we are happy to put you in contact with him. However this is on the basis that Bob must assess whether any matter is within his expertise and is subject to his other commitments.
Please note that Bob’s service is independent of both Help the Hospices and the Department of Health and neither are responsible in any way for any advice he offers.
Please contact the grants team at Help the Hospices if you would like to find out more about what he offers.
Further information
For more details on this programme please read:
All the information and criteria on these pages and an overview of the questions in the application form are also available as PDFs.
Please read the frequently asked questions page for answers to common questions and feel free to contact the grants team for any further information or help.
Acknowledgements
The Department of Health exists to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England. It is committed to improving the quality and convenience of care provided by the NHS and social services.
Help the Hospices wants the very best care for everyone facing the end of life. We are here to support our members and other organisations as they strive to grow and improve end of life care throughout the UK and across the world.
Grant holders will be expected to acknowledge the Department of Health and Help the Hospices in any information that is circulated about the project. This could include advertisements, publications or other promotional materials.
