Hodge Hill NNS General Fund (Older Adults aged 50 years+) April 2022 to March 2027

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This page details the NNS General Fund April 2026 – March 2027

Our new General Fund Older Adults aged 50 years+ application year has begun, we are accepting new applications for micro grants (£1 to £500) and small grants (£501 to £2,000 and £2,001 to £10,000) to help local non-profit community groups deliver projects for vulnerable people aged over 50.

Fund Expiry Date: 31 March 2027.


News Update for Grant Year 2026 – 2027

Birmingham City Council (BCC) are implementing specific impact measures in 2026 due to a new funding agreement between BCC’s Adult Social Care and Public Health (PH) Birmingham. The funding contributed by PH goes towards NNS grants. 


What are the Public Health Impact Measures?  


Public Health has put together a toolbox of validated Impact Measures  for activities that aim to improve health and wellbeing across Birmingham. The aim is to standardise measures used, to provide clarity and transparency, and enable accurate and meaningful assessment against KPIs. You can find the toolbox here:  Birmingham Public Health Measurements Toolbox.

Using the Impact Measures below will demonstrate the positive contribution that your organisation’s project (and the NNS) is making to the health and wellbeing of Birmingham’s older citizens, and younger disabled adults and how they align to 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) from BCC’s agreement with Public Health. 

The table below shows the measures and how they align to 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) from our agreement with Public Health.

Validated Impact Measure

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
30-Second Chair Stand Test OR Active Lives Questionnaire % Fairly Physically Active or Better
Mental Health Wellbeing Questionnaire (WEMWBS) % increase in Wellbeing by 3 or more points on WEMWBS 14-point scale
Social Isolation Tool (The three-item UCLA loneliness scale) % not self-reporting loneliness
Nutrition Toolkit % self-reporting an increase in nutritional understanding
All Aspects of Health Literacy Questionnaire (AAHLS) % self-reporting an increase in health literacy


Which NNS funded Projects need to use a Public Health Impact Measure? 

  1. Projects awarded an NNS grant of £5000 or more.*   
    1.    Types of project activities in scope: 
    a.    social participation, 
    b.    healthier lifestyles (physical, mental, and social)
    c.    carers support

  2. Types of project activity excluded:
    a.    General information advice and guidance / income maximisation services
    b.    Independence at home, such as minor repairs and garden clearance
    *Optional for projects awarded under £5000.

The full Impact Measures Guidance document can be found further down this page, along with all other PH Impact Measures documents as downloadable documents


NNS General Fund (Older Adults aged 50 years+) Programme Summary

POhWER are working on behalf of Birmingham City Council to support citizens over 50 in the community to live healthy, independent lives.  The Neighbourhood Network Scheme helps connect older people to individuals, groups, organisations, activities, services and places in their neighbourhoods. 

A major role of the NNS is to identify gaps / support existing assets and develop new ones. Our combined focus is working with the community groups (Assets) and then the social work teams to support the Assets to connect – indirectly helping older people by supporting the community groups (Assets) that support them.

Our Small Grants Scheme is designed to support Assets in the Hodge Hill Constituency with funds of up to £10,000, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities.  Community assets are considered as any group, organisation, place, activity or service which offers an activity that an older adult can participate in.


Submission dates for final version grant applications

Once applicants are ready to submit their final version of their grant application, the following submission dates apply.

Please view the table below for submission dates for all grant values:

Grant Value

Submission Dates – April 2026 through to February 2027

Submission Dates for March 2027

£1 - £500

Any date during any month

By February 28th

£501 - £2,000

15th day of each calendar month

By February 28th

£2,001 - £10,000

15th day of each calendar month

By February 28th

Grant applications submitted after the end of February (28th) will not be presented to the Grants Panel until 15th April the following business year.

All final version grant applications must be returned to: [email protected]

Applications by post are not being processed during this time. If you are submitting an application, your application will need to be submitted electronically, by email only.

We aim to have a funding decision made within 2-3 working days for all applications up to £500 and 2-3 weeks for all applications of £501 and above.


Grant Application Guidance

Download the Grant Application Guidance for all grants £1 - £10,000 (pdf)

Download the Grant Application Guidance for 


Public Health Impact Measures documentation


The fund streams are broken down into three ways to apply for a grant

We have uploaded the application packs for your information and reference. You are welcome to view and download your preferred grant application fund value. This way you may have chance to prepare your application prior to the NNS Small Grants Application.

  • Up to £500

Download the application form (MS Word)

  • £501 up to £2,000

Download the application form (MS Word)

  • £2,001 up to £10,000

Download the application form (MS Word)

  • £10,001 up to £20,000

Download the application form (MS Word)

**Previous versions of the £2,001 to £10,000 grant application form, will no longer be valid and will be rejected if used and submitted.**

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