Funding for UK Communities to Explore How Data Can Support Health/Wellbeing
Health Data Research UK is offering grants of between £500 and £1,500 to support community groups and organisations across the UK in delivering projects, events, or activities that explore how data can support health and wellbeing in their local community.
Proposals should be community-led and take a responsive, inclusive and creative approach.
To be eligible, community organisations should be primarily working with at least one of the following under-served audiences:
- People from low socio-economic backgrounds
- People from minority ethnic backgrounds
- Older children and young adults aged 11–25 (especially in areas of deprivation)
- People over 65 (especially in areas of deprivation)
- People living in rural areas (defined as settlements of fewer than 10,000 people in England and Wales, fewer than 5,000 in Northern Ireland, and fewer than 3,000 in Scotland)
- People experiencing digital exclusion.
Successful projects, events and activities will:
- Be led by community organisations.
- Be suitable to engage one or more of the UK-based target audiences.
- Be embedded in the local community.
- Explore the role of data in health and wellbeing.
- Be standalone.
- Be free to attend for participants.
- Start no earlier than 12 January 2026 and end no later than 8 April 2026.
Examples of activities and projects include:
- A project to gather data to help the community advocate for their health needs
- Community step challenge and fun day
- An activity like a coffee morning or nature walk exploring the data behind a health statistic relevant to the community
- Health data inspired arts project or craft activities
- Wellbeing and health journaling project.
A Q&A session will be held on 11 September (14:00 to 15:00). Registration is required.
The deadline for applications is 13 October 2025 (17:00) with notification of decisions by end of November 2025.
