Share your idea guidance

Which of these 2 areas will your project improve? It’s OK to select both if you need to.

You can name your project however you like but aim for something short and descriptive. This helps us identify your idea on our system. This can be changed later, if needed.

This is your chance to tell us about the need for your project. What made you come up with your idea? Was it something you saw at work, or heard from your patients or colleagues?

We ask for a maximum of 200 words, to make sure you aren’t doing more work than needed at this early stage.

You’ve told us about your idea and how you came up with it. Share with us how this project will either help patients, or staff, or both. What will it improve or add?

We ask for a maximum of 200 words, to make sure you aren’t doing more work than needed at this early stage.

Please select how much money you need from us for your project (this can be an estimate). You’ll be asked to be more specific if your idea progresses to the next stage.

Remember – we can only fund items and projects that go and above what the NHS will provide.

• Staff costs – non-permanent only – we cannot fund permanent roles which should be funded through GSTT centrally. We regularly fund staff costs related to the delivery of projects and programmes.
• Consumable/material costs – Costs for things that are used up and need replacing. For example: food and drink, stationery, packaging costs. Costs for producing materials. For example: leaflets, posters, booklets.
• Staff training costs – course costs, travel costs
• Medical equipment/furniture costs
• Non-medical equipment/furniture costs
• Capital costs – costs that are related to construction, expansion, or renovation of Trust spaces

This can be an estimate. Your project length can include the time needed for recruitment and procurement, and any time needed to evaluate the project at the end.

We need these so we can contact you to discuss your idea.

We ask this so we can make as many people as possible aware of our funding.

Our funding is for everyone at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. We are interested in knowing the background and banding of our applicants because we want to make our funding as equitable as possible across the Trust and its diverse staff and patients.

Sharing this information won’t influence the outcome of your application. You can submit your application without sharing this information with us. All applications submitted to us with always be considered equally.