NHS Charities Together is the national charity for everyone who uses, cares about and works in the NHS. We have a unique relationship with the NHS and a unique role as the membership organisation for the over 200 NHS charities across the UK.
Looking to the Future
As the country and the NHS emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, our strategy builds upon previous iterations, reflects learning and takes account of the new policy context. It creates the framework for sustainable ways of working for the future, and sets out how we will unleash the combined potential of NHS charities and NHS Charities Together to make a real difference for patients, communities and the NHS workforce.
Our strategy has two key ambitions:
- Maximise the impact of the NHS charity sector, coalescing with members around the change we want to see and working together in more collaborative ways.
- Maximise the impact of NHS Charities Together as a national charity, making our distinct contribution.
ACHIEVING OUR POTENTIAL TOGETHER: OUR STRATEGY 2023 – 2028
Our vision is:
A future with a thriving NHS and the best possible healthcare for everyone.
Our Mission is:
We mobilise the collective power of NHS charities and the nation to help the NHS go further for patients, staff and communities – ensuring extra support goes where it’s most needed and enabling the NHS to advance in a rapidly changing world.
Our values are:
- Inclusive: We build inclusive relationships with diverse stakeholders, sharing our time, knowledge and skills to create partnerships that support each other, our members and the NHS.
- Make a difference: We remain focused on making a positive difference for our members and the NHS, based on evidence and insights on what works the best.
- Pioneering: We dare to be different and are constantly curious, asking questions to uncover what needs to be done so that we can have most impact.
- Authentic: We are open, honest and act with integrity in all that we do.
- Compassionate: We care about people and treat everyone with equity, kindness, respect, empathy, and support; we put heart into all we do and how we care for the NHS.
- Transformative: We actively champion innovation and transformational leadership, and we advocate for change, bringing supportive challenge to ourselves and others.
ACHIEVING OUR POTENTIAL TOGETHER: OUR STRATEGY 2023 – 2028
Our vision is:
A future with a thriving NHS and the best possible healthcare for everyone.
Our Mission is:
We mobilise the collective power of NHS charities and the nation to help the NHS go further for patients, staff and communities – ensuring extra support goes where it’s most needed and enabling the NHS to advance in a rapidly changing world.
Our values are:
- Inclusive: We build inclusive relationships with diverse stakeholders, sharing our time, knowledge and skills to create partnerships that support each other, our members and the NHS.
- Make a difference: We remain focused on making a positive difference for our members and the NHS, based on evidence and insights on what works the best.
- Pioneering: We dare to be different and are constantly curious, asking questions to uncover what needs to be done so that we can have most impact.
- Authentic: We are open, honest and act with integrity in all that we do.
- Compassionate: We care about people and treat everyone with equity, kindness, respect, empathy, and support; we put heart into all we do and how we care for the NHS.
- Transformative: We actively champion innovation and transformational leadership, and we advocate for change, bringing supportive challenge to ourselves and others.
Maximising impact together
Over the next five years we will work together with members to enhance the impact of our network with a focus on three areas of change.
- Transforming patient experience and outcomes
- Supporting workforce wellbeing through caring for NHS staff and volunteers
- Supporting people to live well, through preventing ill health and holistic management of long-term conditions.
We will also play our distinct role as a national charity, focusing on four enablers of change:
- Evolving our role as a centre of knowledge, insight and expertise – building our collective capability
- Delivering and facilitating approaches to grow impact and voice
- Leading innovative and transformational programmes
- Being a sustainable and purpose led organisation.
We are proud of our refreshed strategy; however, it is the detail of implementation that we know will make a real, tangible difference. We will underpin the next stage of our work with the principles of co-design, co-production and collaboration with members at the heart of everything we do.
Maximising impact together
Over the next five years we will work together with members to enhance the impact of our network with a focus on three areas of change.
- Transforming patient experience and outcomes
- Supporting workforce wellbeing through caring for NHS staff and volunteers
- Supporting people to live well, through preventing ill health and holistic management of long-term conditions.
We will also play our distinct role as a national charity, focusing on four enablers of change:
- Evolving our role as a centre of knowledge, insight and expertise – building our collective capability
- Delivering and facilitating approaches to grow impact and voice
- Leading innovative and transformational programmes
- Being a sustainable and purpose led organisation.
We are proud of our refreshed strategy; however, it is the detail of implementation that we know will make a real, tangible difference. We will underpin the next stage of our work with the principles of co-design, co-production and collaboration with members at the heart of everything we do.
Help us make healthcare better for everyone