NHS Charities Together is a membership organisation that supports NHS charities to reach their individual goals, to grow and learn together and deliver benefits for patients, communities, and workforce.
We represent all 235 NHS charities based with every Trust and Health Board across the UK. This includes charities based in hospitals, mental health, community and ambulance services.
Together, we give over £1 million a day to the NHS, helping the NHS to go further by providing extra support for NHS staff, patients, volunteers and communities.
At National Conference in May, we launched our refreshed strategy, Achieving Our Potential Together. Critical to our strategy is our role as a valued membership organisation – it is the key to our uniqueness, our credibility, and our impact.
We have since reviewed and refreshed our member offer with members. The offer is a high-quality and member-led package of benefits, with a menu of options and components tailored to different cohorts, that will continually evolve based on member feedback.
The Membership Offer
…focuses on three key deliverables:
1
Harnessing the power of the collective
2
Building collective capacity and capability
3
Amplifying and celebrating the sector
A wide range of support is available to NHS Charities who pay an annual membership, with many benefits for their employees.
The member offer is delivered through different channels of support, events, resources and grant opportunities, all around five priority areas:
• Network: Tailored connections, peer support, and a vibrant members forum
• Academy: Targeted learning, bespoke resources, and insightful webinars
• Events: Workshops, conferences, peer support, and coproduction possibilities
• Strategic Partnerships: Influence, fundraising, and corporate collaboration
• Movement: Join a social movement, shared action, and the NHS charities collective
Member Benefits
Network: Tailored connections, peer support, and a vibrant members forum
A unique opportunity to engage with peers who share your passions. Our members’ online forum, Member Connect, is a hub of knowledge where you can seek advice, share insights, and collaborate on exciting projects. From monitoring and measuring your impact to raising the profile of your charity – there’s a discussion thread that tackles it. Together, we’re a network that fosters growth through shared experiences and mutual support
Academy: Targeted learning, bespoke resources, and insightful webinars
Our Training Academy offers you learning and development opportunities to address your individual needs. Unlock toolkits that equip you with practical solutions to marketing and branding, finance and governance, grants, and more. Receive insights from industry experts, enabling your charity and the wider sector to learn and grow together.
Events: Workshops, conferences, peer support, and coproduction possibilities
Join us for fortnightly webinars that enable hands-on learning, with insights from peer organisations on a range of topics. Connect with special interest groups, featuring topical updates, invited speakers and sharing best-practice in a supportive environment. Be part of coproduction opportunities and collaborate on impactful projects, including watching out for upcoming opportunities to apply for grants. Enjoy a complimentary place at the National Conference and our Charity Leaders engagement events.
Strategic Partnerships: influence, fundraising, and corporate collaboration
Gain the tools to shape change and influence decision-making within the sector. Access national awareness and fundraising campaigns as well as corporate partnerships that channel resources into your initiatives. Explore grant opportunities to fuel your projects and effect change at a local and national level, including the development grant and ongoing grant opportunities. Like the Greener Communities Fund, which supports projects that create and improve green spaces across the UK to benefit the health and wellbeing of patients, staff and local communities.
Movement: Join a social movement, shared action, and the NHS charities collective
Together, we can create a movement that is larger than the sum of its parts. Be part of a collective to drive sector-wide change, forge connections and amplify your impact within the sector.
2024 Member Offer Plan
Membership Fees for 2025
Thank you to all the NHS charities who have decided to continue with us as members of NHS Charities Together.
As of August 2024, 228 NHS charities have reconfirmed their membership, representing over 97% of the sector. We’re so proud to be working with all of our members to deliver change for patients, staff and communities.
To keep your membership costs to a minimum, fees for the next membership year (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026) will only increase in line with CPI inflation, an increase of 3.2%. Invoices will be issued in March 2025.
If you have any questions or would like discuss any of the above with the membership team, please email events@anshc.org.uk.
More information
We are the national charity caring for the NHS.
OUR VISION:
A future with a thriving NHS and the best possible healthcare for everyone.
OUR MISSION:
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.
WE WILL ACHIEVE THESE BY:
- Transforming patient experience and outcomes
- Supporting workforce wellbeing
- Supporting people and communities to live well
Founded in 2000, the Association started as an informal group of the largest NHS charities which came together to provide mutual support and a forum for discussion.
The Association has grown steadily and currently represents 235 charities, 100% of the sector from across the UK.
The Association was formally constituted in 2008 and successfully applied to the Charity Commission to become a registered charity.
The Association rebranded in 2019 under the name NHS Charities Together.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, the public wanted to do their bit to help the NHS. As the umbrella organisation representing all NHS charities across the UK, we became the focal point for this outpouring of support for the NHS and launched our Urgent Covid-19 Appeal.
The grants were issued to members in three phases: stage 1, emergency response, stage 2, community partnerships and stage 3, Covid recovery. The impact of the emergency response funds are summarised in our Progress Report.
Since 2020, the products, services and support available to members have increased significantly and now support members across a range of areas, from governance and financial management, to fundraising, reporting, and charity best practice. We also help raise awareness of the issues affecting the sector.
The member offer and fees for 2024 have been guided by member input – we have reviewed feedback from engagement with members to date, set up a coproduction group, and held a virtual meeting and poll with the wider membership. We have also analysed data about our member offer and fees, bench-marked against similar schemes, and considered the viability of fee structures.
For more information about our membership offer, please contact info@anhsc.co.uk.