We have awarded more than £3 million to public health projects in Essex.
A total of £3,121,685 will support 14 projects. The funding comes from the second round of our Public Accelerator Bids (PHAB) major grant programme.
The 14 organisations to receive funding in this round are:
- Epping Forest District Council: to support a project to improve lifestyles by increasing opportunities for residents to be physically active in two of the most deprived parts of the district.
- TouchPoint, Uttlesford: to support a programme of physical activity sessions, including “She’s Ready” exercise and empowerment classes, chair and mindful yoga sessions and a new walking football group.
- The Deanes School, Castle Point and Rochford: to support the existing school sport partnership to work with 60 schools in the area.
- Parents 1st, Basildon and Tendring: to run a project providing one-to-one peer support, culturally appropriate sessions on healthy lifestyles and an activity that pairs musicians with new mothers and families to write, sing, record and perform a personal lullaby for their baby.
- Open Road Visions, Tendring: to support the SOS Community Health Bus project, which will host comprehensive primary care services inside a bus, helping to combat health disparities faced by individuals in rural and marginalised communities.
- Citizens Advice Harlow: to support the expansion of a pilot project working in four GP surgeries, offering on-site, face-to-face money, debt and welfare advice.
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), Tendring: to support the 100 Apprenticeships Tendring project, which will create 100 employment opportunities for people in the district.
- Essex County Council’s Involvement Service, Braintree and Chelmsford: to support My Journey, a two-year programme of peer support, health advice and guidance for care experienced parents and their babies and children.
- Colchester United Community Foundation, Colchester and Tendring: to support the FIT Us project, a free 13-week healthy lifestyle programme underpinned by behaviour change.
- Find Your Voice CIC, Basildon, Braintree, Castle Point, Colchester, Harlow and Tendring: to support the Everyday People project, a 10-week course of health and wellbeing activities which use movement and dance, alongside music and multisensory props, for learning disabled adults who are engaging with social care and local services.
- Castle Point Borough Council, Castle Point: to support the Find Your Active project, transforming leisure centres, community halls, parks and open places into community hubs with a focus on health and wellbeing.
- The Children’s Society, Essex-wide: to support a project providing early help to improve the physical and emotional health of children, young people and families impacted by substance misuse.
- The Children’s Society, Essex-wide: to support a community-based outreach programme focused on early intervention and targeted prevention for children and young people identified as most at-risk of becoming involved in substance misuse.
- Refugee, Asylum-seeker and Migrant Action with African Families in the UK, Colchester and Tendring: to support The Pamoja Project, a joint venture between RAMA and AFiUK, which aims to bridge the gap between migrant communities and mental health provision.
PHAB projects support the aims of the Essex Wellbeing, Public Health and Communities Business Plan. Find out more about PHAB.
