§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by his Department. [71847]
§ Ms BlearsThe Department recognises the diverse health needs within communities and the key role played by faith organisations, supporting National 429W Health Service and social care organisations, to improve the health and well-being of local people. The Department's central funding should be viewed as complimentary to additional funding by local NHS and social care organisations working with local faith communities.
The Department's main funding support to voluntary/not for profit organisations is the Section 64 General Scheme under the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
Grants Awarded through Section 64 General Grants Scheme Organisation Purpose of funding Grant Awarded Muslim Khatri Association To take forward the Department of Health's cancer and coronary heart disease prevention campaign by undertaking community education and health development activities in the Highfields area. £102,000 Arab Women's Group (Muslim organisation) To organise road shows within Arab catchment areas in Britain including community centres, Places of worship to provide information in Arabic on health, legal and welfare issues targeted at the Arab community. £72,000 Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association To promote healthy living in minority ethnic community centres run by the Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association specialists by organising seminars and producing leaflets. £87,000 Jewish Care The Mental Health Outreach Project was originally piloted by Jewish Care in 2001. Support is tailored to the individual needs of service users and in line with the aims of the NSF. The team work to encourage and empower service users, to combat discrimination and to promote social inclusion both nationally and within the context of Jewish tradition and culture. The pilot has been successful and a waiting list now exists particularly as outreach targets people who are hard to engage. £121,000 Asian Family Counselling Service The Naya Rasta—"New Hope" project aim is to reduce the dependence of depressed Asian men and women on anti depressants. The project aims to offer clients one-to-one counselling as well as being part of a self-help group. £105,000 AIDS Care Education and Training (ACET) ACET's aim is to deliver prevention initiatives through a programme of sexual health education, and training for those who are working for and with young people. £154,000 The CARA Trust The Trust provides pastoral care for people affected by HIV/AIDS; their relatives and friends; professional and voluntary carers. £71,000 Jewish AIDS Trust Jewish AIDS Trust (JAT) provides culturally and religiously sensitive HIV and sexual health education/prevention programmes to a wide range of Jewish organisations. JAT is the only agency in the UK targeting this particular minority ethnic community. £25,000 Mildmay Mission Hospital Mildmay is the UK's only specialist provider of HIV/AIDS palliative care services offering an integrated package of residential and day care services to people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. £420,000 430W
Projects funded through Vote 2 (Improving access to health services for black and minority ethnic groups) Organisation Purpose of Funding Amount of Grant Network of Sikh Organisations To promote work on the prevention of coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer through seminars with health professionals and the Sikh community and to develop newsletter in Punjabi/English to promote health messages to the Sikh community £107,000 National Council of Hindu Temples To work nationally with Hindu Temples to provide advice and information on health issues such as coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes, mental illness for the Hindu community. £110,000 London Central Mosque Trust and Islamic Cultural Centre To take forward the Department of Health's smoking cessation campaign especially during the times of the Ramadan and Eid. Also to help coordinate and establish links between health service providers and the local Muslim organisations. £110,400 The Swaminarayan Hindu Temple To fund the post of an outreach health worker to undertake health promotion and education among the Hindu community in relation to coronary heart disease, stroke, screening etc. This includes the preparation of tobacco education audio-visual and printed materials for the worshipers £85,000 Mauritian Islamic Welfare Association To develop a training pack to improve the speech and language development of minority ethnic children and to undertake health promotion and screening programme aimed at the Asian community £121,000 Muslim Cultural Heritage To set up a healthy living lifestyle project including smoking cessation among the local Muslim population £49,055 Additionally there are smaller budgets managed by policy teams within the Department which are used to develop initiatives to improve access to healthcare, for example working through faith communities with black and minority ethnic groups on priority areas such as coronary heart disease, mental illness and cancer.
Grants Awarded, in the information provided, represents the amount of funding made available from 2002–3 onwards. The grant awarded will reflect, in some cases, the final year of a funding phase a three year funding ending in 2002–3.
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Projects funded through Vote 2 (Improving access to health services for black and minority ethnic groups) Organisation Purpose of Funding Amount of Grant The Muslim Council of Britain Set up a smoking cessation clinic and promote the clinic through community events. £25,000 Agan Khan Health Board (The Ismaili Centre) A Muslim Organisation To produce a video resource and handbook promoting awareness on diet relating to coronary heart disease and diabetes within the Asian community £40,000