Gateway Funds

Nova Wakefield District and SWYPFT deliver Live Well Wakefield, a social prescribing service supporting adults to improve their health, wellbeing and independence. 

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The Fund supports this service by regularly funding VCSE organisations to respond to identified gaps and scale up existing provision to meet demand. This round focused on dedicated support on digital issues and requests, and gradual support that leads to working age adults attending community groups and activities.

Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities is focused on supporting and developing community initiatives in areas where there are poorer healthcare outcomes. Funding was awarded for three years to VCSE organisations well placed to support people most likely to experience health inequalities in Wakefield City Centre (including Portobello, Belle Vue and Agbrigg). Projects are focused on improving health and wellbeing and connecting with communities.

​One commission was awarded to a VCSE organisation for face-to-face health and wellbeing support for families across Wakefield District, through group-based sessions and activities. The aim was to promote healthier eating habits, increase physical activity levels, improve confidence and and support long term behaviour changes - for both adults and children. Supporting the referral service from Wakefield Council’s Wellbeing team.

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One £80,000 grant for a VCSE organisation/partnership to support people with low level mental health.

Funding provision of non-clinical advice and guidance through group support sessions and activities, with the aim of: promoting confidence and self-esteem; supporting engagement within local communities; and reducing/delaying the need for people with low-level mental health to access secondary services.

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A collaboration between Prosper and Nova, aimed at empowering local VCSE organisations through core funding. The fund offered core and project funding with minimal restrictions, enabling organisations to access the support they needed.

Grants up to £20,000 were awarded to VCSE organisations in Wakefield District to support core costs, continue existing projects and assist with a new project.

Nova Wakefield District and SWYPFT deliver Live Well Wakefield, a social prescribing service supporting adults to improve their health, wellbeing and independence. 

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The Fund supports this service by regularly funding VCSE organisations to respond to identified gaps and scale up existing provision to meet demand. This round focused on providing opportunities in areas where things have not previously existed, and opportunities to volunteer.

Funding for a VCSE partnership to work with people with lived experience to connect with pregnant asylum seekers and refugees and their own support networks. The West Yorkshire Core20PLUS5 Community Connectors Fund aimed to improve access to maternity services and wider offers (particularly perinatal mental health) and to develop as a health and care system that responds effectively to the needs of asylum seekers and refugees.

Funding for VCSE organisations to deliver open access youth sessions for children and young people aged 11-17 years (up to 25 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)). This supported provision across each of the following three Youth Hub areas: Castleford, Airedale, Pontefract and Knottingley; Normanton, Featherstone and the South East; and Wakefield Central, North and South West.

Funding VCSE organisations to support 16- to 25-year-olds to build their own unique path to an improved sense of mental health and wellbeing. It provided goal-focused interventions for vulnerable people, emphasising belonging and development of fulfilling life skills, from statutory, GP, and VCSE organisations. The project was a finalist for the "Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS" category at the HSJ Awards in 2023.

Nova Wakefield District and SWYPFT deliver Live Well Wakefield, a social prescribing service supporting adults to improve their health, wellbeing and independence. 

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The Fund supports this service by regularly funding VCSE organisations to respond to identified gaps and scale up existing provision to meet demand. This round focused on VCSE provision in the east of Wakefield District that met health and wellbeing related needs, specifically low level mental health support for working age adults (26-50).

One grant was awarded to a VCSE organisation to support vulnerable women and those with a cervix across Wakefield District to participate in cervical screening and to educate individuals about the health benefits associated with regular screening.

The aim is to support those experiencing substance misuse, homelessness, commercial sex work, and domestic violence through tailored outreach, education, and support to access mobile screening services.

Nova Wakefield District and SWYPFT deliver Live Well Wakefield, a social prescribing service supporting adults to improve their health, wellbeing and independence. 

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The Fund supports this service by regularly funding VCSE organisations to respond to identified gaps and scale up existing provision to meet demand. This round focused on support groups for neurodivergent people, and social and/or wellbeing activities for younger adults (ages 18-30).

Funding community proposals for greener, cleaner and climate-ready neighbourhoods that also benefitted a least one disadvantaged community.

VCSE projects focused on: developing flexible energy solutions; making community buildings affordable and efficient; increasing walking, cycling and the use of public transport; and increasing community access to green space and nature.

Funding community solutions that help people to access mental health support in the community as early as possible, with a specific focus on connecting people with green spaces to improve their mental health. The Fund supported VCSE organisations with the aim of encouraging self-management and reducing the need for statutory service involvement or where a mental health crisis does occur, provide an alternative to statutory services.

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10 VCSE organisations were funded to upskill a member of staff, to deliver science-backed menopause support sessions needed in the district to help local women.

The Fund was run in partnership with Nova and MenoHealth, who provided training while Nova co-ordinated a menopause network to share best practice, and ideas between the delivery organisations.

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Nova Wakefield District and SWYPFT deliver Live Well Wakefield, a social prescribing service supporting adults to improve their health, wellbeing and independence. 

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The Fund supports this service by regularly funding VCSE organisations to respond to identified gaps and scale up existing provision to meet demand. This round focused on building capacity and strength within communities.

A two year pilot project providing stability for VCSE organisations, enabling them to make progress towards longer-term plans and develop more sustainable practices. With flexible funding and development support from Nova Wakefield District, the organisations developed structures that allow them to access higher-value and longer-term funding and to become an integrated part of the community mental health offer.

Funding VCSE organisations to support people in their own homes and connect them with their communities, with a focus on the Home First integrated approach to hospital discharge. The Fund aimed to improve people’s experiences of discharge and their longer-term outcomes following hospital treatment. It supported the ‘prevent, reduce, delay’ approach within communities by working with Connecting Care Hub Teams.