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Q Exchange: collaborative grant funding

Q Exchange offered members the opportunity to collaboratively develop proposals and have improvement ideas funded. It ran between 2018 and 2024, and through it we supported more than 120 projects.

Q Exchange offered up to £40,000 to member-led improvement projects in a collaborative process that drew on the knowledge of the community to refine, develop and vote on proposals. 

Find out more about the funded projects. 

A unique funding approach

Through Q Exchange, members could bid for up to £40,000 of funding for projects with the potential to create impact across the health and care system.

This was a collaborative and transparent process where Q members invited the community to help them develop and refine project ideas before submitting their final proposal. 

The community then voted for the projects they wanted Q to fund, from a shortlist of proposals. 

The big idea behind Q Exchange was activating the collective wisdom of improvement experts, connect bidders with members who could help them, and fund the ideas that our expert community believed could make the greatest impact. 
Explore the funded projects

Impact and lessons from some of the projects

Energising mental health crisis support and co-production in Yorkshire
Addressing health inequalities to reduce missed appointments
How disruptive innovators could lead the way for neighbourhood health
Improving patient safety with the Blackpool Safety Barometer virtual dashboard 

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  • About Q

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    We are a membership community collaboratively accelerating the improvement of care in the UK and Ireland. We learn together, support each other and share insights to address health system challenges. 
  • The Q team

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    Find out more about the people helping to deliver Q. 
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