Trailblazer Expression of Interest

Trailblazer: Expression of interest application form

Applicant pack

Please read the applicant pack before submitting your application. It contains all the information you should need to complete the form. Please note that the Trailblazer programme is only open to applicants from England.

We suggest you prepare your answers before copying them into the form so that you can complete the form in a single session. Selecting ‘save’ will send you an email with your completed answers so far, but you may need to start the form again to complete it.

The best way to ask any questions about the programme or the application process is to attend one of our webinars or drop-in sessions detailed in the applicant pack and on the Trailblazer home page. Further questions can be submitted via email at trailblazer@socialfinance.org.uk by 5pm on Friday 3 July. We will circulate answers by 5 pm on Friday 10 July to all prospective applicants who have either registered interest or begun an application.

Submission deadline Midnight Friday 17 July

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Applicant details

Lead applicant details

The lead applicant must be from an organisation that can manage the minimum investment level required and has the budgetary responsibility to repay investors for outcomes achieved.

Name

Email address

Phone number

Organisation name

Other organisation type

Co-applicant organisation details

Please list all partner organisations involved in this proposal, including their intended role in delivery.

NNHIP alignment

Please confirm which of the following best describes your alignment with the NNHIP programme

At least one of our co-applicants operates within an NNHIP Wave 1 area [Please specify the area below]

We operate outside of NNHIP Wave 1 areas but will commit to sharing learning with NNHIP on how to use social investment to support the spread and scale of neighbourhood health

Chief Financial Officer Sponsor

Please provide the name and contact details of the Chief Financial Officer (or equivalent) of the lead applicant organisation who will sponsor the application.

Name

Email address

CFO agreement

Please confirm that the CFO (or equivalent) has reviewed and supports this application

CFO interview

Please confirm that the CFO (or equivalent) is aware that, in the case of this application progressing, they will be required to attend the interview stage of the EOI process.

ICB Executive Sponsor

Please provide the name and contact details of an additional executive level leader from your local Integrated Care Board who will sponsor the application.

Name

Email address

ICB support

Please confirm that this executive leader has reviewed and sponsors this application.

ICB interview

Please confirm that this executive leader is aware that, in the case of this application progressing, they will be required to attend the interview stage of the EOI process.

Partner organisations

Please confirm that none of the organisations in your partnership are: political parties; linked to criminal activity; involved in gambling or harmful industries; acting against the aims of equitable care.

Proposed intervention/outcomes

The following questions have a 500 word limit.

What priority need or gap is your proposed service designed to meet?

Please provide supporting evidence of this need and the rationale for prioritising this.

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Please describe the service you are proposing for social investment.

Highlight:

How the service will provide joined-up, whole person care
The services and organisations involved in delivery
The geographical footprint of the service
Whether this builds on or seeks to scale an existing neighbourhood health service

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How does your service align with your system’s neighbourhood health priorities?

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Who is the target cohort?

Who is the target cohort, and how many people do you expect to reach?
How will you identify this cohort in practice?

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Please describe how the services and organisations involved in your proposed service currently work together as a joined-up neighbourhood offer.

This could include collaborating on delivering services, planning, strategy, funding, or governance.

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People with lived experience & VCFSE organisations

Please describe how people with lived experience of care and VCFSE organisations have played and will play an active role in the design, delivery, and evaluation of your service.

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How will the service reduce inequalities in access, experience, or outcomes for populations experiencing poorer health outcomes?

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Please outline the anticipated impact of this service for service users and the wider system.

List the key outcomes and associated measures for each. You may want to refer to existing health and social care outcomes agreed in the NHS outcomes framework or equivalent local plans.

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Programme delivery

What do you anticipate to be the likely annual pay (salary) and non-pay costs of the service?

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How will the service release or reallocate money to fund repayments to investors?

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How will you measure outcomes, and attribute them to this specific service?

Please detail data sources and systems you will use where known.

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What analytical capacity can you provide to support identification, service monitoring, and outcomes reporting?

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Please detail the senior programme management capacity you can provide to drive the development of the investment case.

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Non-scoring – for information only

We will work with successful sites to build investment cases aligned to the requirements of a specific investor. The programme’s first investor is Macmillan, but we will engage others to join, including opportunities to match or co-fund services.

Please specify

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Privacy agreement

I consent to the information I have provided in this form being shared with the Trailblazer programme’s partners (Social Finance, Macmillan Cancer Support, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, The Office for the Impact Economy, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care) for the purposes of assessment, project delivery or other application support.

Supporting information

The Trailblazer programme aims to support the development of system-level investments that improve health outcomes at scale. Macmillan, the programme’s first investor, is looking to invest an average of £10m per site.

Footprints need to either include a NNHIP Wave 1 area or commit to sharing learning with NNHIP on how to use social investment to support the spread and scale of neighbourhood health.
All expressions of interest (EOIs) must be submitted by a lead applicant organisation, detailing co-applicants where a partnership is involved.
The lead applicant must be an organisation that can manage the minimum investment level required and is willing to repay investors for outcomes achieved. In practice, this means the funding is primarily suitable for:
- Integrated Care Boards
- NHS provider organisations or collaboratives (e.g. hospital trusts, community trusts)
- Large social enterprises or Community Interest Companies
- Local Authorities
- Other substantial delivery partners
Lead applicants must demonstrate executive-level leadership from their local Integrated Care Board, and support from their organisation’s Chief Financial Officer (or equivalent role).

Resource will be made available to successful sites to support development of their investment cases.

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Trailblazer Expression of Interest

Trailblazer: Expression of interest application form

Applicant pack

Submission deadline Midnight Friday 17 July

Trailblazer-EOI

Applicant details

Co-applicant organisation details

Supporting information