Adult Social Care currently funds 40 voluntary organisations to support the Prevention First agenda with “Prevention and Communities (P&C) Grants”. Details of these can be seen in the prospectus here. It includes five Information, Advice and Guidance grants for financial advice and guidance about new or exacerbating conditions

BVSC supports this programme by providing support to the grant holders, sharing good practice and will be providing additional support to existing grant holders and other voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations during the recommissioning process.

Cabinet approval for the current P&C Grants Programme was given in May 2019 – in the cabinet report: Putting Prevention First: Investing in Communities. The P&C Grants Programme was recommissioned in October 2019 for a period of 2 years and extended during the pandemic for a further 2 years.

Some 45 organisations have since supported tens of thousands of citizens to lead happier, healthier and more independent lives in their own homes and communities and played a key role during the Covid19 pandemic, ensuring no citizen goes without support.

The Prevention First agenda is explained on this page.

The previous P&C grants lasted from October 2019-September 2023. Cabinet approval for that Programme was given in May 2019 – in the cabinet report: Putting Prevention First: Investing in Communities. Some 45 organisations supported tens of thousands of citizens to lead happier, healthier and more independent lives in their own homes and communities and played a key role during the Covid19 pandemic, ensuring no citizen goes without support.

The commissioning team in Adult Social Care recommissioned the Prevention and Communities Grants Programme over the summer of 2023. Details about this are here