Staffordshire Community Foundation, The Dudson Centre, Hope Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5DD
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No: 1091628 Registered Company No: 04220563
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Scheme : Connecting Communities
Funded By : Statutory Bodies
Minimum Award : £50
Maximum Award : £1000
Area : Combined wards of Burslem & Sneyd Green
Next Close : Now Closed
Benefits: Individuals, Community Groups, Voluntary Groups, Charities, Co-operatives, Social Enterprises, Stautory Bodies, Businesses
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The Stop Starting Project aims to support communities to improve the health and well being of their neighbourhoods. Health and wellbeing is used in its widest context, and refers to improvements in the physical, emotional or mental health and wellbeing of individual and communities as a result of interventions. These could include environmental improvements, access to education or leisure opportunities, healthy eating or physical activity, smoking cessation or prevention, to name just a few.
The programme is a community based approach to tackle smoking prevalence in 9 to 14 year olds. There is a higher than average prevalence of smoking in Stoke on Trent with 32% of adults smoking compared to the national average of 21%. Most of these smokers start the habit in their teens, typically around 13 years, so this project aims to work with 9 to 14 year olds to help them.
The Stop Starting programme is part of a wider national programme called Healthy Places, Healthy Lives which aims to build on the recommendations from Sir Michael Marmot's report on reducing health inequalities, by building partnerships between health, local government and communities to design and implement tailored interventions to address local needs. Stop Starting is taking place in the combined wards of Burslem & Sneyd Green which have been selected for their proportionately high ratio of 5-15 year olds and as it has been identified as one of the most health deprived areas of the city.
Small grants, (from £50 to £1000), will be made available to individuals, community groups or organisations to deliver either existing, proven interventions or to develop new and innovative approaches to improving health and well being, as well as tackling smoking prevention in young people in the combined wards of Burslem & Sneyd Green.
Successful applications will represent good value for money, have a sustainable impact and will meet the needs of the Stop Starting programme.
Due to the nature of the programme there is no income limit that has been set.
WHO CAN BE FUNDED
Residents of the Sneyd Green ward
Residents of the Burslem wards
Voluntary Groups
Community Groups
Private Businesses
Local Authorities
Schools, Police & Fire
PCT
WHO CAN NOT BE FUNDED
National Organisations
Solely Commercial Ventures
Political lobbying groups
Political campaign groups
WHAT CAN BE FUNDED
Events
Training
Equipment
Promotional Activities
Communication
Merchandise
WHAT CAN NOT BE FUNDED
Party Political Activity
Religious Activities