Assura Community Fund

The Assura Community Fund provides grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 for UK charities and voluntary organisations, including Community Interest Companies, that are delivering health and wellbeing projects within 15 miles of an Assura healthcare site. Assura PLC is a specialist real estate investment trust working only on healthcare premises with over 570 GP surgery, primary care, diagnostic and treatment centre buildings around the United Kingdom. The Fund is designed to strengthen the capacity of charitable organisations working at a grassroots community level to deliver a range of health and wellbeing projects. Grants are particularly available for projects helping people gain support for life challenges, improving people's mental and emotional health and wellbeing especially in the aftermath of COVID-19, and providing increased activities and opportunities to help people learn new skills to enable improved self-confidence, self-esteem and a strong sense of belonging. Priority is given to applicants that can evidence strong working relationships with referral agencies including GPs and other primary care health professionals, demonstrate good practice with clear rationale and impact measurement, demonstrate innovative approaches designed to respond to clearly defined needs, and provide opportunities for beneficiaries to get involved in planning, design, delivery and evaluation. Grants can be used for activity or project costs, small capital items, staffing, volunteer expenses and transport costs.