Murrumbidgee Pitch Night 2020

⁠⁠⁠ABOUT MURRUMBIDGEE PRIMARY HEALTH NETWORK: MPHN is one of 31 local and independent PHNs established nationally to support the primary health care sector. MPHN works to:

•  support the development of a local sustainable health care workforce through providing quality improvement and professional development for our primary health care workforce of GPs, nurses, pharmacists, allied health care professionals and specialists;
•  ensure efficient and effective delivery of high quality patient-centred care and improve health outcomes, particularly for those at-risk or vulnerable populations. Part of this role is to integrate local services and systems and improve coordination of care; and
•  continually monitor, assess and analyse the health needs of our region through our health needs assessments to ensure we are able to commission services addressing the health needs in the community.

All PHNs have been set seven key priority areas guiding our work including: Mental health; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Population health; Health workforce; Digital health; Aged care; Alcohol and other drugs.

ABOUT THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP):

Pitch Night is an initiative where community-driven, locally-based organisations, including not-for-profits, from across the Murrumbidgee region, can pitch their innovative ideas for addressing health needs of their local communities in an effort to secure funding for their idea. On Pitch Night, three finalists will pitch their initiatives to a crowd of around 100 people. Once all three six-minute pitches are heard, the crowd will pledge funding to one or more initiatives of their choice.

Pitch Night 2020 will focus on improving maternal and child health outcomes and provide opportunity for innovative community based approaches to help address the disparities and issues that exist in maternal and child health outcomes across the Murrumbidgee region. Activities will focus on physical activity; nutrition; mental wellbeing; and prevention and reduction in smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.

For the purposes of this activity, maternal health is the period of pregnancy, childbirth and up to 12 months after the birth and children are those up to 12 years of age.
Opportunity on offer

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is requesting proposals from eligible community driven locally based organisations wishing to pitch for one-off funding at Murrumbidgee Pitch Night 2020, to be held in Wagga Wagga on the evening of Thursday, 3 June 2020.
Eligible organisations are those with an average annual income of $5 million or less.

REGISTRATION: Request For Proposal (RFP) Guidance documents must be obtained after registration

QUESTIONS: Questions relating to this RFP must be directed via the online forum.

SUBMISSIONS: Completed responses must be submitted via online submission form. Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt timed and dated upon completion.