Peter Sowerby Foundation

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Overview

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications for grants. Instead, it actively solicits applications from charities, community groups and registered healthcare providers for projects which meet the trustees’ priorities.

However, from time to time the Trustees issue Open Calls for expressions of interest in the Foundation’s Healthcare Breakthrough Fund. The opportunity to respond to the Open Call is announced on the Foundation’s website, and while there is no fixed timing for these, it is anticipated that they will be made at least on an annual basis. If you would like to be notified of the next Open Call for the Health Breakthrough Fund, please register your contact details on their website

However, if you have an idea for a project that is closely aligned with the Foundation’s aims and priorities you can get in touch with them through our contact page. Please submit a brief synopsis of your project, including a summary budget and proposed timeline for us to consider. They cannot respond to all the ideas that are sent, but do read all proposals and get in touch with those they feel could be a good fit.

Two funds are available

Good Causes Fund

The projects they support through their Good Causes fund are typically in the areas of healthcare, social care, community, the environment and conservation, education and the arts. The size of grants awarded range from small grants of a few thousand pounds to significant multi-year grants of over £100,000. More information can be found here

Impact in Healthcare Fund

In light of recent challenges within public health and significant pressure on the NHS and other statutory services, the Foundation is currently seeking to fund projects which:

Tackle a clear and demonstrable need* across a range of health condition

AND

Are proven to be impactful** and where additional funds could EITHER increase the scale or depth of impact OR sustain projects ‘at risk***

More information can be found here

Qualifying criteria for applicants:

Organisation turnover: above £2 million per annum (for Consortium bids the lead partner should have a turnover of over £2 million).
Location: the activity should be capable of working across the UK or scaling across the UK.
Funding Covers: these are capital and revenue costs specifically related to the project. The Foundation expects applicants to include an acceptable contribution to project overheads and administration. However, costs should not exceed 20% of the overall budget.
Organisation Types: registered charities, CICs or registered health and social care providers based in the UK. Universities are also eligible to apply.
Expressions of Interest: EOIs are limited to two per organisation.

Projects must:

Transform care: applications need to harness new ideas and innovations that improve or transform Primary care and ‘out of hospital’ provision for patients.
Be committed to ‘open source’ discovery: Trustees prioritise applications that make the work and discoveries that our funding made possible available to the public domain in an open, convenient and freely available way.
Be backed by considerable external evidence: organisations must clearly demonstrate the need for the project that they wish to deliver, identifying key needs in the particular patient group.
Have potential for wider replication across the UK: they expect the project to be delivered initially in one or two areas of the UK, but we also envisage that the project could potentially be rolled out nationally via other sources of funding or a self-sustaining business model.
Provide a substantial Social Return on Investment: they prioritise applications that are high impact, cost-effective and scalable and which can leverage substantial future resources. The Foundation welcomes project ideas that could also utilise match funding sourced by the applicants, in addition to its own funding.
Prove competence: organisations must demonstrate effective management capability and track record.
Avoid replication: we do not fund work that is currently being delivered elsewhere or by other organisations.
Be innovative: we want applications that push the boundaries of what is possible, including through the use of new IT and digital technologies and the effective use of data.
Make a positive, lasting difference to people’s lives: we consider projects that provide both short and longer-term outcomes for beneficiary patient groups.
Collaborate: make appropriate use of partnerships to maximise engagement with target beneficiaries.
Time-bound: projects must be delivered over a period of no longer than three years.