What will you thank the NHS for?

Empowering communities to live well

We help communities thrive by providing people with the knowledge, skills and tools to lead healthier lifestyles and respond effectively to crises.

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The key to living well begins at home. That’s why we’re taking a community-first approach to healthcare and breaking down barriers that make it difficult for people to access services and live healthy lifestyles.

With more people living with long-term health conditions than ever before, we’re thinking holistically about ways we can help people live healthier lives without needing to access NHS services in the first place. With the help of our supporters, we’re making it easier for people to manage and improve conditions at home, ensuring communities are equipped to respond to health crises and ensuring everyone has the same opportunities to live well.

Our impact in numbers

325

community projects funded through our Urgent Covid Appeal

60,000

new CFR volunteers recruited with help from our funding

£2.8million

raised to support community resilience through our Omaze partnership

Growing Good Health

The Chai Centre is an adult wellbeing centre at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust that provides talking therapies, exercise classes and use of a new garden space thanks to our Greener Communities Fund.

This new area provides the local community and the Trust's staff with somewhere to relax, socialise, and even gain new skills.