Our charity partnerships and community impact

We stand for a healthier world

Communities matter. That’s why every year we donate around £1 million to charities or charitable causes, per year. We’re proud to work closely with people and charities at a local, regional and national level. Improving access to healthcare can be a big gesture or a small offer of help through volunteering.

Our Corporate Giving programme

Business in the Community partnership (Tier 1)

People who provide unpaid care to a friend, relative, or somebody else with a long-term physical or mental health condition, can sometimes forget they need to focus on their own health and wellbeing.

We’ve partnered with Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, to support the wellbeing of some of the UK’s five million carers, who give so much of their time to supporting others.

Man setting up a video call with a GP on his tablet

Health access charity partners x 5 (Tier 2)

We know that at the point of health need, it can sometimes be hard to reach the experts you’d like to, especially for vulnerable members of our UK-wide communities.

Our five annual ‘health access’ partnerships are aligned to our product roadmap and help unlock or improve access to vital health services, support and advice.

Volunteer helping a lady out the car to go shopping

‘Always on’ health support (Tier 3)

Our customers and communities rely on us to help with their health when help is needed most.

Our 24/7, 365 days a year payroll giving, matched funding, Helping Hands (Grants), volunteering and Financial Hardship Fund provides round-the-clock support.

Business in the Community partnership

Let’s Care Together: Supporting those who look after others

We’re delighted to have made a £200,000 donation to support carers health and wellbeing across the UK

This multi-year charity partnership encourages businesses to support carers with their wellbeing by matching volunteers with carers for online mentoring and support sessions focused on four pillars of wellbeing: financial, emotional, social and physical.

The service will help to not only directly impact the lives of the carers, but also improve the wellbeing of those they care for and their households.

The programme aims to reach over 500 carers, across the UK, over the next three years and is supported by the charity, Carers Trust.

2023 health access charity partners

Introducing Dentaid

We’re delighted to continue our longstanding relationship with Dentaid – the dental charity.

Through our Denplan business, together we improve access to vital oral healthcare provision to those most in need around the UK.

During 2023, this will include 10 public access clinics and 15 clinics for vulnerable groups through a mobile dental unit visit.

Collectively, we’ll reach over 500 individuals in the community, and a further 90,000 UK school-aged children through the Dentaid BrightBites oral health education programme.

Introducing Macular Society

Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK and is a cruel and isolating disease.

We’ve partnered with the charity Macular Society to improve access to eye healthcare and the support needed, for everyone with a macular condition.

Together, we’re funding important research, sharing vital updates and resources, helping to prevent sight loss, for this generation and the next.

Supporting other great campaigns
and projects

Over the last 12-18 months we’ve also been proud to support the following nationwide health-related charities through specific fundraising campaigns and projects, including:

To learn more about our 2022 charity and community impact,
please read our 2022 annual report.

‘Always on’ health support
– helping hands

Woman helping elderly lady with stroller

Customer grants

Every year, we allocate over £50,000 towards supporting our customers who are doing great things in their own communities, up and down the nation.

If you’re a Simplyhealth customer and you’re involved in fundraising for, or running a local health-related project in your community, we want to hear from you!

We open up four ‘grant windows’ every year, where you can apply for grants between £250 and £2,500.

Simply download our form and submit it during our next ‘grant window’. We’ll then shortlist the most impactful projects and ask our customers to vote for their favourite.

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Local community grants

If you’re a charity or community group, within a 20-mile radius of our Andover head office, and you need a helping hand with a project or activity to improve the health of others in your local community, then we’d love to hear from you!

Every year, we allocate over £50,000 towards local health-related projects for grants between £250 and £2,500. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider support for major towns or cities outside of this area.

Download our form and submit it during our next ‘grant window’. Our community impact working group will review all applications.

Simplyhealth’s Helping Hands (grants) are delivered to the following 2023/24 schedule:

Grant window opens	Grant window closes	Notification by	Grants paid by
Weds 1st November 2023	Thurs 30th November 2023	Fri 15th December 2023	Fri 22nd December 2023
Thurs 1st February 2024	Thurs 29th February 2024	Fri 15th March 2024	Fri 29th March 2024
Weds 1st May 2024	Fri 31st May 2024	Fri 14th June 2024	Fri 28th June 2024
Thurs 1st August 2024	Fri 30th August 2024	Fri 13th September 2024	Fri 30th September 2024
Fri 1st November 2024	Fri 29th November 2024	Fri 13th December 2024	Fri 20th December 2024

Supporting our local community

Over the last 12-18 months, through our Helping Hands grants, we’ve proudly supported the following local charities and community groups with health-related projects, including:

Good Grub Clubs (LightHouse), Andover

Trinity, Winchester

Sport in Mind, Andover

Unity, Andover

MHA Test Valley

Boaz, Sutton Scotney

Winchester Go-LD, Winchester

Chapel Arts, Andover

But we’re not stopping there!

Every year our colleagues go above and beyond to support charities and causes that are close to their hearts. We support our colleagues to further their fantastic impact in a number of different ways:

Give As You Earn (GAYE)

In 2022, through our monthly payroll giving scheme, we matched donations for those signed up to the scheme, between £5-£50 per colleague, per month, to totalling £15,905.

Matched fundraising

In 2022, our colleagues fundraised as individuals and teams for some wonderful causes. We proudly matched their fundraising efforts by donating £16,193.

Volunteering

In 2022, together with our colleagues, we gifted over 1,000 work hours to help volunteer in our local communities.

To learn more about our charity partnerships or community impact, you can email us at [email protected], or follow us on our social channels for the latest updates, stories and news.