MMRV Grant information

MMRV Grant Specification

Small Grants Programme: Community Engagement on the MMRV Vaccine

Amount: £600 or £800

Deadline: Monday, 2^nd March 5pm.

Join the MMRV Grant information session taking place on Thursday 19th Feb from 10am-11am – Register your space here.

Overview

We are offering small grants to local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations to host community-led activities that explore views, experiences and questions around the MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella) vaccine.

We recognise that VCS organisations are trusted spaces within their communities and are best placed to create safe, informal environments where honest conversations can take place. VCS organisations also understand the cultural needs and concerns of the people they work with best, meaning they can design activities that best fit their community.

Through this programme, we encourage organisations to be creative in how they engage their communities. Activities could include:

• Hosting informal coffee mornings or discussion spaces
• Training vaccine ambassadors, including parent or pupil champions
• Helping families get to vaccine appointments (e.g. through transport support)
• Co-producing resources (e.g. leaflets or short videos in community languages)

These examples are not exhaustive, and we welcome innovative ideas that reflect what will work best for your community.

The purpose of this programme is to listen, understand and share accurate information, not to persuade people or influence their decisions.

We are particularly interested in hearing from groups whose voices are less often included in public health conversations, and from communities where childhood vaccination rates are lower or where people may feel more unsure about vaccines.

What is required of VCS organisations?

Successful applicants will be expected to:

1. Take part in training and support
   1. Attend a group training session
   1. Access optional 1:1 support from WCA officers if you would like help planning your activity
2. Plan and deliver a community activity
   1. Organise and run at least one engagement activity focussed on the MMRV vaccination
   1. Activities can take any form that helps start conversations or supports people to access vaccination
3. Tailor the activity to your community
   1. Design your activity based on your community’s concerns, needs, experiences and insights
   1. Make sure the activity is accessible and culturally appropriate
4. Engage community members
   1. Participation must be voluntary.
   1. Plan how to reach and invite community members, especially those who may be less likely to attend
5. Facilitate listening-focused conversations
   1. Encourage conversations, either in a group setting or 1:1
   1. Avoid giving medical advice or trying to persuade people during discussions
   1. Keep discussions respectful and non-judgemental
6. Capture and share insights
   1. Record anonymised feedback from your activity (e.g. number of people reached, key themes, quotes, reflections)
   1. Submit a short feedback summary using the online template provided within two weeks of your activity completion
   1. No personal or identifiable information should be collected or reported
   1. Share at least one anonymous quote from a participant

Wandsworth Council Public Health team and WCA reserve the right to work with you to co-design or further develop activities where it is deemed that additional input or refinement is necessary.

Officers also reserve the right to attend activities delivered by your organisation within this project for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Depending on what your community needs, your activity should help people:

• Share their thoughts and questions about the MMRV vaccine, including:
  • Awareness and understanding of the vaccine
  • Factors influencing vaccine confidence or hesitancy
  • Barriers to accessing vaccination
  • Trusted sources of information and support
  • What would help people feel more informed or supported
• Feel more informed about vaccines so they can make their own decisions
• Feel more confident discussing vaccines
• Access vaccination more easily (if relevant to your activity)

Events should prioritise listening and discussion, rather than delivering information.

What will be provided by WCA/Wandsworth Council?

• An information session, being run on Thursday 19^th February, 10:00-11:00. This will be on Teams. Please click here to register.
• If successful, a group training session
• 1:1 support/meeting if needed with WCA/Wandsworth Council officers
• A guide on having confident conversations
• Vaccine information, resources and materials
• Potential external evaluation support

Who can apply?

• Local VCS organisations
• Community groups, charities, CIOs, CICs
• Unincorporated organisations

Organisations must be actively working in the Borough of Wandsworth.

Funding

What can funding be used for?	What can funding not be used for?
Venue hireRefreshmentsMaterials and printingVolunteer timeAccessibility costs (e.g. transport, childcare, interpreters)	Medical or clinical activityVaccine deliveryCampaigning or promotional workStaff timePayments to participants for attendance

*The funding for this grant will be paid in two instalments. 50% upon being awarded the grant and 50% upon final completion of agreed upon activities and submission of a satisfactory monitoring form.

Timescale

Applications open: 2^nd February 2026

Applications close: 2^nd March 2026

Events to be delivered by: 31^st July 2026

Monitoring form submitted by: 2 weeks after activity delivery

How will insights be used?

Insights gathered through these events will be combined to:

• Produce a final written report
• Improve understanding of local attitudes and experiences
• Inform future public health engagement and service design
• Ensure community voices shape future work on vaccination

Individual participants will not be identified in any reporting.

How to apply

Please click here for the application form.

Please email Jessica at jessica@wandcareall.org.uk for any questions.