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Small Grants for International Nursing and Midwifery Associations in England
- CLOSED
- Opens: 22nd March 2022
- Closes: Closed
- Shortlisting: May 2022
- Interviews: 16th May 2022
Overview
The Florence Nightingale Foundation in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Nursing International Recruitment Programme are pleased to announce the opening of applications for small grants for International Nursing & Midwifery Associations in England.
Grant awards can range from £5,000 up to £12,500 per Association and are available to nurses and midwives who lead International Nursing & Midwifery Associations in England. This is with a view of enhancing their pastoral care offer to members of their Association.
The Small Grants Programme aims to support projects that will advance the pastoral support, health and wellbeing and professional support of overseas trained nurses in England.
This grant scheme is sponsored by Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer England. The improvement project must be aligned to both the CNO’s priorities and the NHS People Plan as it applies to nursing and midwifery.
Key Dates
Successful applicants will begin their project in June.
Essential Criteria
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Main applicant for the project must hold a current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
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Secondary contact (also an NMC registrant) who must be contactable if the main contact is unavailable
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The outcomes of the proposed project must be designed to benefit and enhance the pastoral care offer for their international nursing communities
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The project must be delivered within a maximum period of 6 months with provision of mid and final progress reports
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The application must provide a proposal that sets out achievable objectives, methods, outcomes and timescales
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A supporting reference for the application
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The application must provide a proposal that sets out achievable objectives, methods, outcomes and timescales
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The applicant must be in a position to receive funds to a UK bank account in the name of or on behalf of the Association
Identified On: Application Form
22 March 2022
Applications will open
9 May 2022
Applications will close
May
Shortlisting will take place
Week of 16 May
Interviews will take place
Eligibility Criteria
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A proposal that is appropriate, innovative, value for money and sustainable and suitable for their members
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The Association is able to demonstrate that they can deliver and have the necessary skills and resources available
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The applicant/s can articulate their knowledge of the challenges facing their members
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The outcomes can be linked to the association’s values/vision
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The application includes a stakeholder engagement plan
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The project has a valid dissemination strategy for the project outcomes
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The project includes a sustainability and spread strategy
Identified On: Application Form and Interview
Supporting Reference Form
Information for Applying Online
Upon application, you are required to upload the following information:
- Personal, employment and education information
- A copy of your NMC registration documentation
- Valid UK Bank account in the name of the association
- Signed terms and conditions
- Signed supporting reference from a person able to verify your suitability to receive the funds and the benefits of the project to forwarding the aims of the association
Please note the following:
- Incomplete applications will not be accepted
- Only one application per Association can be accepted
- Priority will be given to first-time applicants who are new or emerging associations from the top 20 ethnicities in the nursing and midwifery workforce of NHS England or a collective Internationally educated nurses association within a region
- If you are an emerging/new association, you may have access to the full grant amount of £12,500
- If you are applying for the second time, the criteria for selection will be based on association membership numbers and reach
- Please specify which category you are applying for (digital platform enhancement, pastoral support for newly arrived nurses or other initiatives)