Applications and Opportunities Hub
Please click on the headings below to read more about each opportunity.
NHS Funding Opportunities
NHS Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT) are inviting expressions of interest from voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés in the following locations:
- Oadby & Wigston
- Rutland
- Blaby District
- Coalville
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What is a Neighbourhood Mental Health Café?
A Neighbourhood Mental Health Café is a community based, drop-in service that provides immediate emotional support for adults who are experiencing mental health distress or crisis.
Cafés offer a safe, welcoming and non-clinical space, where people can access face-to-face support without an appointment. Support may include one-to-one conversations, crisis and safety planning, coping techniques, signposting or referrals to other services where needed.
Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés are crisis cafés which form part of the wider mental health support offer across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Online information session
NHS LPT will be holding an online information session on Tuesday 28th April 10am – 11am.
This session will provide an overview of the café scheme, explain the application process, and give you the opportunity to ask questions. Please see below the link to the session:
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Application process
- Application packs available: Monday 13th April
- Application deadline: Friday 8th May
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If you would like to request an application pack, please email: lpt.transformationteam@nhs.net
If you are unable to attend the briefing session but are interested in applying, please email lpt.transformationteam@nhs.net to get in touch and the team will be happy to support you.
The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub is preparing to reopen applications for the Social Impact Framework, a route to procurement and funding designed to make it easier for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to work with the NHS and wider public sector organisations bodies.
What is the Social Impact Framework?
The Social Impact Framework made up of a list of pre-vetted suppliers (such as VCSE organisations) that commissioners from public sector organisations can view and liaise with in order to commission community based services that improve health and wellbeing. It acts as a pre-approved list of suppliers that commissioners can use quickly when a need arises without having to run a full procurement process each time.
What are the benefits of joining?
Joining the Social Impact Framework provides VCSE organisations with a simple route to obtaining contract opportunities by streamlining the procurement process and making it easier for smaller and community led organisations to access contracting. VCSE organisations that are on the Social Impact Framework will not be required to spend lengthy amounts of time on applications for contracts every time they wish to apply for a new contract, as they will have been pre-vetted and authorised as a legitimate and trustworthy organisation. Being on this pre-approved list promotes visibility to public sector bodies, who can access the framework when required to make direct contract awards or engage in a mini competition to obtain the contract.
How can VCSE organisations apply to join?
VCSE organisations can apply to join by submitting their tender through Atamis, the Department of Health and Social Care’s commercial procurement system. The relevant tender documents will be uploaded onto Atamis and only accessible through there.
Further information and Webinars
Click here to access a recording of the VCSE Supplier information webinar, and click here to access the slides presented on the day.
There are two further supplier information sessions that you can register to join:
- Wednesday 11 March 2026 10am – 11am
- Thursday 16 April 2026 10am – 11am
Click here to book your place to attend a session.
When do applications to apply open?
The tender period to apply to join the Social Impact Framework opens on Monday 11 May to Monday 6 July 2026.
Evaluation will take place from July to November, with framework contracts awarded from December 2026.
Further Questions
If you have any questions about the framework, please contact Mandy Emery, Sustainability and Social Value Specialist on mandy.emery@eoecph.nhs.uk.
During the tender period all clarification questions must also be submitted through Atamis to ensure fairness and consistent communication for all suppliers.
Other local opportunities
Click here to view the latest version of the Leicestershire County Council’s monthly funding bulletin. There, you can also view their latest VCSE Grants and Funding Information document. Both documents detail information about current grants and funding opportunities which are primarily for VCSE organisations.
You may also wish to visit:
- the Grants and Funding page on the Leicestershire Communities website
- the LLEP website for Economic Growth funding (including funding for businesses and regeneration projects).
the Government’s Find A Grant service.
National funding opportunities
The Youth Endowment Fund has an Open Call Funding Round opportunity available. It is inviting funding proposals from delivery organisations that work to reduce young people’s involvement in violence.
The proposed projects must support children and young people between 10 and 18 years old who are either at risk of crime or violence, or are already affected by violence, offending or exploitation. Organisations must be working within one of the Youth Endowment Fund’s seven focus sectors:
- Youth sector
- Children’s services
- Youth Justice
- Policing
- Neighbourhoods
- Health
- Education
Interested organisations must be prepared to provide evidence of the positive impact that the project or programme has already made to children and young people. Their project must align with the Youth Endowment Fund’s primary outcomes.
There is no deadline for this opportunity; this Open Call is ongoing.
Click here to start your application and to view further information about this opportunity.
The Blue Light Card Foundation delivers granting programmes to charities and organisations that support those within the Blue Light community.
The Foundation funds projects that:
- Have health and wellbeing of staff and volunteers at their heart
- Assist in improvements in the places and spaces that staff and volunteers use
- Enable staff and volunteers to keep well
- Employ extra resources to meet demand
To find out more, visit: https://bluelightcardfoundation.org/find-funding/
Apply for a grant of up to £5,000 from the CLA Charitable Trust for a project that helps disabled or disadvantaged people connect with nature and the countryside. For more information, click here.
Apply for a grant from Bernard Sunley Foundation of up to £5,000 for work to raise the to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged. For more information, click here.
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