BLACK AND GLOBAL MAJORITY:
INNOVATE AND SUSTAIN FUND
AHPN are pleased to announce the launch of our new “Innovate and Sustain” grant round. We are interested in supporting groups or projects that reach and impact our Black and Global Majority communities in innovative ways and create a lasting impact. As we know Covid-19 exposed the depth and breadth of health inequalities across the UK. The simultaneous emergence of BLM in response to criminal justice and social issues led to a brief shift in the interest applied to matters of equalities, social and racial justice. But as post-Covid economic realities have set in the return has fairly swiftly been to ‘business as usual’. Many Black and Global Majority organisations are struggling to survive in the current economic climate.
With this fund AHPN want to support Black and Global Majority led organisations who are working for the health and wellbeing of their communities in innovative and disruptive ways, challenging structural racism, disrupting systemic and discriminatory ways of operating, and building community resilience, health and wellbeing. We want to support organisations that are promoting racial and social justice and leaving a legacy for others to build upon.
AHPN has health as its focus. But we realise that health and wellbeing are not ‘accidents’ or 'chance', they are outcomes of diverse and various impacts. As a result we view health holistically and we will understand that if you are working in racial justice, migration/detention, the creative arts, education, LGBTQ+ rights, criminal justice, gender justice, science, tech or employment, addiction needs or mental health [or indeed the field of health equity] the impacts of your work will be positively impacting the health and wellbeing of your Black and Global Majority clients/members and helping them to thrive.
We are particularly interested in projects or organisations that are challenging structural racism in a dynamic way that will lead to sustained change. We are interested in supporting those working with innovative ideas to make lasting change.
AHPNs Global Majority Innovate and Sustain Fund may be utilised for new projects or in some instances, if you believe that your project is already working in innovative and disruptive ways, for organisational core funding. You will be able to clearly show a track record here.
[Grants of between £20,000 to £30,000 will be made to successful projects who have shown that they can satisfy this criteria. There is a 2 stage application process]