19/8/2010 - All funding for 2010 projects have now been agreed
The details of successful projects will be announced in the autumn.
12/05/2010 - Information about the National Portfolio Award Scheme
We will be working with the Department of Health to define and agree the priorities for this fund following the general election and hope to be able to launch the scheme in the autumn. Progression of the National Portfolio Award Scheme is currently in abeyance, subject to agreement of a new government's priorities following the General Election.
14/12/2009 - Launch of the Volunteering Fund for Health and Social Care
Phil Hope, Minister of State for Care Services today launched the Department of Health Volunteering Fund for Health and Social Care (the ‘Volunteering Fund’). The Volunteering Fund will provide a combination of grant funding and support to third-sector organisations enhancing their capacity and ability in the health and social care field.
The Volunteering Fund will provide two distinct grant funding schemes:
- a local grant scheme aimed at supporting volunteering in health and social care. Awards will be made subject to applicants being connected at local level to commissioners.
- a national portfolio scheme - National organisations will be able to apply for more substantial awards to deliver more strategic or developmental volunteering programmes.
Both national and local level projects will be invited to apply for funding and support, for up to three years. There will be an annual cycle of application rounds for local and national portfolio projects. A maximum of 55 local project grants and a maximum of 12 national portfolio grants are expected to benefit from the fund in the first year, through a mixture of grants and business support.
He said:
“Volunteers do an amazing job and are vital to the lifeblood of the NHS and social care services. This new funding system offer more scope for national projects in areas such as obesity, smoking and young people’s health. It will make our money worker harder by opening up funding opportunities to more organisations and systematically embedding volunteering in health and social care by supporting projects and their organisations to forge partnerships with commissioners and local statutory organisations.”
Click here to view the full press release on the Department of Health's website.
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