UK: ICB Innovation Fund (Round 4)

Deadline: 16-Dec-22

Bromley Council is pleased to announce the opening of another round of the Innovation fund focusing on innovation to deliver improved health and wellbeing outcomes including day activities.

The Innovation Fund is a funding programme financed by Bromley Council and NHS South East (SE) London Integrated Commissioning Board (ICB), with a commitment to support prevention and early intervention projects. Their aim is to ensure residents receive more of the right care, in the right place, at the right time, and remain as independent and for as long as possible.

Priorities

• The priorities for this fund are aligned to the Bromley Corporate Strategy, and the Adult Care & Health Portfolio Plan:
  • Whilst the Fund supports the Council’s and NHS SE London ICB’s overarching aim to prioritise the health, safety and wellbeing of their residents, the COVID-19 pandemic continues and has brought particular challenges to those involved in preventative and early intervention support. Many services have had to find different ways of engaging with residents, whilst dealing with an increase in demand. For the foreseeable future they will be seeking bids for the Innovation Fund to focus on any of the following areas which may have been intensified by the pandemic:
    • Reducing social isolation and loneliness
    • Helping people to improve their health and wellbeing
    • Supporting carers
    • Supporting young people (16+) as they transition into adulthood
    • Promoting and supporting volunteering
    • Providing day opportunities for vulnerable adults and older people to support the role of carers.

Funding Information

• Up to £20,000. per project or exceptionally up to £50,000.
• Projects will normally last 1 year and some may extend to 2 years

Scope of Fund

• Each financial year the Council and the NHS SE London ICB will determine the annual allocation to the fund. Funding rounds will be announced quarterly in advance.
• The Innovation Fund is a fund specifically for innovative new ideas to enable organisations to pilot new initiatives. It is NOT a fund to support everyday business as usual such as:
  • Ongoing costs or meeting higher levels of demand than anticipated in core service areas
  • Equipment, system, or any other set up / maintenance costs, unless they are an integral part of the innovation project
  • Cover shortfalls in funding from a statutory agency or to pay for deficits elsewhere in the organisation
  • Initiatives that will duplicate current provision (possible exceptions if delivered in a different way or delivering different outcomes)
  • Projects that were previously funded, where the specification is 60% the same, even where the project name has been changed
  • Projects that have not demonstrated a clear local need
  • Do not meet the criteria listed on the funding application form
  • Promote political parties (incl. lobbying and campaigning), individuals or religion

Eligibility Criteria

• The Innovation Fund is available for relevant applications from all voluntary, community and not for profit organisations. The organisation must:
  • Be based or operate in the London Borough of Bromley for the benefit of Bromley residents
  • Support the most vulnerable members of Bromley’s communities
  • Ordinarily, organisations may only apply once a year, whether a previous application was successful or not. Priority will be given to applications from those who have not previously received Innovation Fund, funding.
  • Funds may be given to facilitate innovation delivered by an associated organisation where it helps to meet the Innovation Fund criteria and identified priorities. They will have an appropriate sub-contracting arrangement in place with the associated organisation. The draft sub-contract agreement will be submitted as part of the application

For more information, visit Bromley Council.