Humber Transforming Care Grants (Deadline 31st December 2024)

The Humber Transforming Care Programme aims to improve health and care services, so that more people with a learning disability and/or autistic people can live in the community, with the right support. This means that fewer people will need to go into hospital for their care.

We have worked with a group of people with lived experience of learning disability and/ or autism to develop a shared vision:

“In the Humber we want autistic people and people with a learning disability to lead happy and healthy lives in communities, where skills, strengths and talents are recognised and valued by all”.

The Humber Transforming Care Programme is hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, which is part of the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. This grant programme runs until 31st March 2024.

We would like to fund projects for people (of any age) who have a learning disability/ and or autism, or their family/ carers which will provide opportunities for either social inclusion, physical and/ or mental wellbeing.

Eligible Activities:

1) Working in, or serving, one of Humber Transforming Care Programme’s four places:

• North East Lincolnshire
• North Lincolnshire
• Hull
• East Yorkshire

2) Focus on supporting individuals who

• have a learning disability
• and/or autism, 
• or their family/ carers

3) Support one or more of the following:

• Social inclusion,
• Physical and/ or mental wellbeing.

4) Can demonstrate how their activity will be monitored and evaluated.

Eligible Expenditure:

Proposals can include an itemised budget to help improve:

• Access to training for their volunteers / staff in order to deliver safe and engaging activities.

• Systems to support the planning of activities and measure impact.

• Equipment to enable inclusive activities.

Additional information:

Project proposals should consider:

• A commitment to learning and development.

• A clear understanding of the project’s legacy.

• They are open and accessible.

• They help to prevent admission to NHS facilities through early or alternative interventions to clinical need.

• They seek to remove health inequalities and disparity in health outcomes

Through this fund we are looking for organisations and groups to enhance their existing offer, or develop new and innovative activities. As a ‘Test and Learn’ site we also encourage applicants to consider how activities could:

• Be more engaging.

• Increase capacity.

• Implement systems to capture learning and impact.