Statistics from the first round of funding for Partners for Health in London

  • We had 103 proposals, of which 86 were fully assessed and discussed at the shortlisting meeting.
  • The remaining proposals did not go through the full assessment process because they were incomplete or because the accounts did not meet the programme requirements.
  • In total, 20 organisations went through to the next stage.
Funding stream Number of proposals received Number through to next stage Success rate
Mental health advocacy 41 10 24%
Sexual health 34 7 21%
End-of-life care 11 3 27%
Total 86 20 23%

  • Average success rate = 23%
  • The pre-application briefings were attended by 110 people - this was full capacity.
  • 49 of the organisations that submitted a proposal had not applied to the King's Fund before.
  • The most common way that people heard about the programme was through the website (46 responses), followed by word of mouth (14 responses).

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Organisations must now have an annual income of at least £150,000 to apply to the Partners for Health in London programme.