Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) is a regional community development programme funded by the Department of Health (DoH), and developed and delivered by CDHN. A multi-disciplinary steering group provides strategic oversight.
BCPP’s aim is to reduce health inequalities by focusing on the social determinants of health, in particular social support, community connections and access to healthcare through community pharmacy, and by enabling project participants and the community and pharmacy partners to consider the social factors that impact health (e.g. poverty, housing, and social isolation). The most deprived communities and those who are most affected by health inequalities are specifically targeted for the programme to ensure those most in need are included.
We recognise that health is impacted by much more than the everyday lifestyle decisions that we make, important as they are. Research shows that social isolation can be as damaging for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. With this in mind, our projects aim to address these wider social issues and tackle the root causes of poor health. These vary greatly for different groups of people and may include mental health issues, housing, low educational attainment, poverty or debt. Group work and relationship building is at the core of all our projects. By sharing our assets, our lived experiences and supporting each other we can achieve great things.
Each BCPP project is a partnership between a community pharmacy and a community organisation to coproduce and deliver a community development project with a group of 12-15 people which focuses on the social determinants of health.
There are two BCPP project levels. Level 1 projects are BCPP taster projects (up to 6 months and £2,500), they give partners the opportunity to get a flavour of a BCPP project without committing to a full project - Level 2 (Up to 12 months and £12,000). In Level 1 projects, partners are able to explore how they work together, the management of the project, organising the sessions and the evaluation, monitoring and reporting requirements. These projects also allow the partners to work with people in their community to identify the need for a Level 2 project, the topics or issues they would like to explore further and whether there is an interest from people in the community to commit to a full BCPP project.
You can find out more about BCPP impact here
Round 48 Closing dates:
Level 1 (BCPP Taster Project) - Thursday 27 February 2025
Level 2 (BCPP Full project) - Thursday 20 March 2025
For information on the Programme or for some support with your application, please contact a member of the BCPP team on 028 3026 4606 or email bcpp@cdhn.org
Click here for L1 Application Form & Guidance Notes
Click here for L2 Application Form & Guidance Notes