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Voluntary, statutory and not-for-profit organisations across the UK can apply for funding for projects that strengthen the adult social care workforce.
The funding is provided through the Rayne Foundation’s Better Careers for Better Care programme, which supports collaborative projects that improve career development and opportunities for care workers.
Six grants of between £60,000 and £150,000 each are expected to be awarded for partnership projects lasting up to 24 months.
The aim is to create workplace cultures based on trust, respect and collaboration, thereby supporting long-term workforce sustainability.
Projects must show how they will:
- Identify the blockers to embedding professional development opportunities and create collaborative solutions to address them
- Build respectful and mutual relationships across different parts of the adult social care system
- Bring professionals with different remits and priorities together to agree shared objectives and actions.
- Evidence the impact of collaborative cultures using key measurement indicators such as staff retention and turnover, progression rates, provider-commissioner relationships, shared governance in commissioning, improved contract sustainability, and changes made due to care worker insight and influence
Projects should also include some element of care and support for older people.
Expressions of interest are open until 12pm on 7 April 2026.
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