The Welsh Government is currently inviting applications for the Wales4Africa Health Links Grant Scheme for the 2012-13/2012-15 period. These grants are available for health links with sub-Saharan Africa and are meant to support the professional development of staff through their participation in health links with a sub-Saharan African territory. The grants can serve as part of Continuing Professional Development for NHS staff.
Grant Provisions
Applications for funding should be between £5,000 and £15,000 per annum, but all funding applications will be considered. In order to promote sustainability, the Welsh Government is offering a proportion of the funding for three year programmes (circa £25,000 per annum to cover 2 or more proposals).
General Guidelines
- The application must explain how the funded work (intervention) will contribute to either, or a combination, of the following Millennium Development Goals:
– to reduce childhood mortality;
– improve maternal health; or
– combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases. - Interventions must be primarily non-capital (i.e. not building work or equipment), although the delivery of a proportion of capital expenditure is acceptable if it is integral to the professional and skill development of the staff involved in the link.
- The applicant must be the lead for the intervention, be based in Wales and work in the health field. However, the parent organisation may be based or work across any UK nation.
- Applicants can apply for both the one year programme and the three year programme; In assessing the applications, the Welsh Government will consider three year proposals first, and any unsuccessful three year applications will be considered for one year funding.
- The funding must support the delivery of specific aims and objectives.
- The program can support either a work to develop a new link or work being taken forward by an ongoing health link.
Applications will be assessed by a panel and you will know whether or not you have been successful by Thursday 5 April 2012.
Last date for submitting the applications is March 5, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
