Bid for Better at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust 2013
For the third successive year the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is running the Bid for Better membership engagement scheme.
Open to anyone who is a member of the Trust, Bid for Better funds activities and equipment which improve the patient experience, promote mental wellbeing and improve access to our services. Awards of up to £250 will be made available and all bids received by the deadline of Friday 22nd February 2013 will be reviewed by a Panel of staff, governor and patient representatives. If you are not a member, it is easy and free to join. Just email the Trust at trustsecretary@tavi-port.nhs.uk for an application form.
Last year six bids were awarded funding. These were the transformation of a concrete area at the Brunel Family Centre in Westminster into a vegetable and flower garden; the creation of an enchanting wall mural in the Child and Family Department waiting room by the artist Jennifer Camiller; the setting up of a Patient Emergency Fund; a donation to the Santé Refugee Befriending Project to support refugee and asylum seekers to access our services; slippers for the pupils at the Tavistock Children’s Day Unit; and the introduction of new throws, cushions and rugs into the therapy rooms of the Child and Family Department and the Adolescent Department.
You can apply online, or by post. To apply by post please contact Susan Blackwell on 020 8938 2059 or at sblackwell@tavi-port.nhs.uk to request an application form.
Susan can also be contacted by telephone to discuss ideas and offer support with completing the application form. Please contact her on 020 8938 2059.
The deadline for the submission of application is Friday 22nd February 2013 and all applicants will receive written feedback.
Good luck!