About the ICB Gloucestershire Communities Against Cancer Grant Programme

The Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) Cancer Team would like to work more closely with Gloucestershire voluntary organisations with the aim of improving early cancer diagnosis in underserved communities.

The ICB are partnering with Gloucestershire Community Foundation to run a programme of funding over the next two years to support pilot projects in this area.

This collaborative programme aims to improve awareness around early cancer diagnosis and reduce health inequalities across Gloucestershire by working in close partnership with charitable, voluntary, community and faith organisations. It will focus on underserved communities including asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, travellers, sex workers, LGBTQ+, veterans, farmers, and those experiencing homelessness.

Vision: To improve early cancer diagnosis and address health inequalities among underserved populations in Gloucestershire, ensuring that everyone has equitable access to life-saving cancer screening and diagnostic services.

Mission: To enhance awareness, access, and trust in cancer screening services by collaborating with community-based organisations. The project aims to increase cancer screening uptake, ensure earlier diagnosis, and reduce health disparities through culturally competent communication and sustainable partnerships.

Funding Available

Funding of £75,000 per year for two years will be available for relevant organisations working in Gloucestershire to support vulnerable people who do not have equitable access to cancer awareness and screening information.

The programme will run across three rounds during 2025 and 2026 and will award grants of between £2,500 and £15,000 (which can include two-year grants where suitable).

Applications may be as partnerships between more than one organisation but must have a lead applicant for the application who will be responsible for receipt of the grant.

Who can Apply?

This programme is for voluntary and community groups with charitable aims, registered charities or Community Interest Companies with more than three unrelated Trustees or Board Members and a bank account in the name of the organisation with at least two signatories.

Applicants must be based and working in Gloucestershire and be working with the programme’s identified vulnerable and underserved priority groups: asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, travellers, sex workers, LGBTQ+, veterans, farmers, and those experiencing homelessness.

What will the Grant Fund?

This collaborative programme will support activities that improve awareness around early cancer diagnosis and help to reduce health inequalities across Gloucestershire.

It will focus on underserved communities including asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, travellers, sex workers, LGBTQ+, veterans, farmers, and those experiencing homelessness.

Examples of the type of work that could be funded include:

• Sharing information and resources about how to access cancer screening services
• Open up conversations about screening services
• Deliver information regarding cancer risk factors, signs and symptoms
• Training to ensure that staff and volunteers are equipped to encourage clients to attend medical/screening appointments and how these can be accessed by vulnerable people.

Costs that could be covered by the grant funding include (but are not limited to):

• Venue costs
• Staff costs
• Activity costs
• Translator costs
• Event costs such as food
• Volunteer expenses
• Travel costs
• Costs or marketing/promotion materials
• Equipment costs

Who can apply?

This programme is for voluntary and community groups with charitable aims.  These can include:

• Registered Charities or Charitable Incorporated Organisations
• Community Interest Companies
• Constituted Associations
• Sports Clubs
• Faith-based groups
• PTAs

Applicant organisations should have at least three unrelated Committee Members, Trustees or Board Members and a bank account in the name of the organisation with at least two unrelated signatories, or must be working in partnership with an organisation that can meet these criteria, to receive a grant payment.

Applicants must be based and working in Gloucestershire.

Any partnership working would need to be agreed as part of a joint application with a lead applicant who will be responsible for receipt of the grant and completing of the end of grant report.

Please find the slides from our recent Let’s Talk/Let’s Listen event HERE