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Eligible organisations
Eligible organisations are based in the UK. They are:
The lead applicant
The project lead must be a qualified nurse working in one of the eligible hospice settings, undertaking a piece of work which clearly offers opportunities to build their leadership abilities as well as increase access to hospice care for people for whom access has previously been limited.
Therefore it is expected that the nurse will not only be the lead applicant but will have an active role in defining, shaping managing and reviewing the progress of this project.
The proposed work
We want to support applicants who are undertaking work to demonstrate the need for widening access interventions with the ultimate aim of improving services for individuals and/or groups in society that are currently under-represented within the services which the hospice/unit offers.
For example this could be:
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activities to map the population in a catchment area of a hospice, if it has not been undertaken previously
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a consultation/needs analysis/scoping exercise to determine what service developments could address the challenges that a targeted group of beneficiaries have in accessing hospice services.
Individuals and groups in society that are currently under-represented within the services which the hospices offer may be so because of:
Supporting documentation which you may want to submit could include:
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local census information pertaining to under-represented groups such as travellers or people from black minority ethnic (BME) groups
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research published within the last five years which demonstrates the need for specific approaches to the palliative care of under-represented groups.
We encourage applications which demonstrate meaningful involvement of the targeted beneficiaries as well as partnership working. For seedcorn grants this does not need to be formal partnership working but might, for example, be a commitment to discussing the project with relevant organisations.
The proposed work must start within three months and be completed within twelve months of the grant being awarded.
Organisational support
The applicant could need time out from practice to undertake the proposed work and full support from the organisation to do so.
Therefore the chief executive, clinical director or equivalent of the hospice is asked to
write and sign a statement of support on hospice headed paper addressing the points outlined in section six of the grant application form.
Eligible costs
For the purpose of this grant programme we consider a ‘project’ to be a discrete range of activities with a clear purpose, designed to bring about change. These activities would normally incur costs over a variety of items which could include:
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backfill to allow the applicant time to develop and lead the project
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relevant training and development, eg leadership or change management skills
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costs associated with supporting the involvement of service users
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supervision or mentoring costs
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equipment
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networking opportunities.
It is expected that a range of different items will be budgeted for and all must be relevant to the project.
Applications for:
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a continuation of an existing service
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work that has already started before 1 December 2010
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isolated pieces of equipment not related to the proposed work
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direct salary costs for tasks not related to the project. The aim is to release the applicant from some of their duties in order to undertake the proposed work.
Next steps
If your proposed work fits the eligibility criteria above, then we encourage you to look at the criteria that your application will be assessed against, which will help you to complete a stronger application.
