Frailty Care grant programme

Total available funding in this grant round is £400,000. We will fund between 10 and 14 projects. 

Grants of up to £40,000 are available to support projects running over a maximum period of 18 months.

We are keen to fund projects that test new, integrated models of care, or building on previous and/or limited work together (e.g. delivering one-off staff training).

These models of care could include, but are not limited to:

• 24/7 advice line available to local care homes or other providers of social care needing specialist palliative care input
• Joint roles, where existing staff spend time in both the hospice and the care home/care provider team, enabling education and learning to be shared
• Hospice outpatient services delivered within partner provider settings, e.g. mobile clinics delivering outpatient services
• Coordination between hospices and care homes to undertake comprehensive geriatric assessments
• Palliative care needs rounds

If you are looking for funding to run training courses for care home staff focussed on dementia care for people approaching the end of life, please consider our Hospice Care Home Training grant programme funded by the Wolfson Foundation.

The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Monday 21 January 2027. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been successful at the end of March 2027.

To be eligible for this grant your hospice must:

• be an independent hospice based in England, Wales or the Channel Islands 
• apply in partnership with care homes or other social care providers
• designate a Project Lead with dedicated time to deliver the proposed work.

Your application should:

• be evidence-led and informed by data about your service and local population
• have lived experience at its heart
• evidence strong and clear organisational support
• focus on improvement that can be sustained beyond the lifespan of the grant
• demonstrate value for money.

These projects are part of Hospice UK’s wider work on frailty. 

Hospice UK will work alongside Project Leads to understand how local partnerships improve palliative care. Together we can then share our learning across the hospice and social care sectors, influence decision-makers and support replication across the UK.

Our Clinical Lead will support, coach and mentor Project Leads throughout the programme. As part of this, we ask grantees to: 

• attend a Project Leads Day in London
• play an active part in our monthly Community of Practice meetings
• accommodate a visit from our Clinical Lead
• submit regular written progress reports, a final report and share baseline and ongoing impact data
• submit an abstract on your work, to share at Hospice UK’s National Conference.