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Supporting Q Connections

Funding to support continued collaborative working through activities that strengthen networks, and share and apply learning.

We are welcoming applications for our ongoing funding programme, Supporting Q Connections.

This funding programme is open to Q members to strengthen member-led activity. We want to create protected time for Q members to re-energise and build resilience so you can continue your improvement work, while gathering and spreading collective learning. Through this programme, members should feel inspired to create effective, purposeful and vibrant connections across the community.

Grants of up to £20,000 are available for activities focused on supporting a collaborative approach to learning. We’re interested in funding activities that help Q members to build and strengthen your networks across the improvement landscape, and share and apply learning.

This is an ongoing opportunity, with no closing date. You can apply for funding at any time.

Criteria

Proposals should focus on one or more of the following areas of interest:

  • Activities that support applied peer learning (eg funding for Communities of Practice or Action Learning Sets).
  • Events, such as workshops and webinars, that build an understanding of and engagement in Q.
  • Network analysis to further develop networking groups in Q.
  • Activities and capacity for a more detailed diagnosis of a specific group’s needs, to strengthen network design, and to develop skills to evolve the group.
  • To fund one or more convenor roles. For example, to make the activities above possible or to sustain a Special Interest Group.

Applicants must provide a clear rationale for the chosen activities and methods and demonstrate how these will lead to tangible outputs or meaningful outcomes that benefit the Q community.

This funding opportunity is open to anyone looking to develop networking opportunities where Q members directly benefit.

How to apply

You will need to register on our application portal to begin your application. Full details on using our funding portal to apply, and what to include in the application, can be found in the application guidance.

This is an ongoing opportunity, with no closing date. Please apply when you are ready.

Your application will be independently assessed. You’ll hear the result within eight weeks.

Please send any questions or completed applications through to sqc@health.org.uk

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