Murrumbidgee Pitch Night 2022

⁠⁠⁠MPHN is one of 31 local and independent PHNs established nationally to support the primary health care sector. MPHN works to:
1. 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;
2. 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
3. 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:
1. Mental health
2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
3. Population health
4. Health workforce
5. Digital health
6. Aged care
7. Alcohol and other drugs.

MPHN has a population of more than 242,000 people, living across 521 communities in a land mass of 124,413 square kilometres.
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 Proposals:
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.

The aim is to provide one off grant funding, which is provided by MPHN, to establish innovative projects to meet the needs of the proposed community and potentially act as a catalyst for implementation in other communities. The benefit for those pitching is to gain exposure of their ideas, community support and funding to move their initiative forward. MPHN Pitch Night was launched in the Murrumbidgee region in 2019 with great success.
Pitch Night 2022 will focus on activities that aim to support population health across the Murrumbidgee region. Proposals will need to be based on one or more of the following themes:
1. increasing physical activity - getting moving;
2. improving nutrition - eating right, eating healthy;
3. enhancing mental wellbeing - developing resilience, building self-esteem, managing stress and anxiety; or
4. promoting healthy living - preventing and reducing unhealthy behaviours

Opportunity on offer:
MPHN is seeking request for proposals from community driven locally based organisations wishing to pitch for one-off funding at the Murrumbidgee Pitch Night, to be held in Finley, NSW on the evening of Monday, 26 September 2022.

Submissions should propose activities that aim to support population health across the Murrumbidgee region.
Eligible organisations are those with an average annual income of $5 million or less.

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