Public Health Accelerator Bids (PHAB)

Funding for new projects that deliver services to help everyone in Essex to live a healthy life and achieve their full potential

Costs the grants cannot fund

PHAB funding cannot be used as a substitute for existing services or to enable an organisation 
to make savings to its expenditure costs.

PHAB Funding cannot be used for:

  • continuation of services where funding has ceased
  • capital costs for buildings or land developments, this includes but is not exclusive to large 
    medical equipment, outdoor gyms, large indoor gym equipment
  • services and activities that are the explicit statutory duty of another organisation activities that make profits for private gain 
  • religious activities (we can fund religious organisations if their project benefits the wider 
    community and does not include religious content) 
  • political or lobbying activities 
  • things you have spent money on in the past and are looking to claim for now 
  • loan repayments 
  • the topping up of organisation reserves
  • one off events unless they are part of a wider project plan 
  • activities or services that take place outside of Essex 
  • any addictive substance (e.g. alcohol, tobacco products, etc.)
  • refreshments 
  • loans, endowments, or interest 
  • VAT you can reclaim 
  • cash that will be given directly to individuals