Four unique public health projects have secured almost £500,000 funding. The funding comes from our Public Health Accelerator Bids (PHAB) major grants programme.
The bids were chosen following assessment by a panel of experts.
The four successful projects are:
- Home Start Essex: to support a project which assists families to take a proactive role in improving their mental and physical health.
- Sport for Confidence: to support the Essex Learning Arena, which will provide learning opportunities to integrate physical activity into daily practice across workforce sectors.
- The African Well Woman Project CIC: to support a project focusing on the health needs of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) men.
- Braintree District Council: to launch Beat the Street in the district, a mass participation behaviour change programme which transforms activity level.
PHAB projects support the aims of the Essex Wellbeing, Public Health and Communities Business Plan.
Through the programme, more than £4.6 million of grants have been awarded. The projects supported aim to improve the mental and physical health of Essex residents.
