Third Sector Investment Programme: Innovation Excellence and Service Development Fund

The Innovation, Excellence and Service Development Fund, by the Departhemt of Health (DH) provides funding from one to three years to support projects with a clear focus on supporting and driving forward new ideas, excellence and developments in services in the health and social care field. There are three strands under which applications are invited:

• Funding Strand 1 – Innovation: Supporting (new and creative) approaches to improve people’s health and well-being by developing health and social care services both at local and national level
• Funding Strand 2 – Excellence: Supporting organisations which share learning and which deliver, across England, effective practice and proven models of health and social care services.
• Funding Strand 3 – Service Development: Supporting third sectorⁱ organisations to develop improved health and social care services and to promote greater partnership working between third sector organisations and health and social care organisations.

The scheme is open for applications for projects to start in April 2011 or later; deadline for applications is 1 November 2010 at noon.For further information please visit: Third Sector Investment Programme: Innovation Excellence and Service Development Fund