Healthcare and the third sector
Getting new ideas and new value from social enterprise
On 28 June, the Pfizer UK Foundation held its inaugural symposium event to celebrate the success of the 110 community-based health inequality projects it has supported. Over 130 delegates attended, representing a broad range of charities, community groups and patient organisations, to hear inspiring stories of how these projects have provided much-needed support to the UK’s most deprived communities.
Delegates at the symposium were also given the opportunity to listen and contribute to the New Statesmanand Pfizer Policy Forum round table debate on the role of the voluntary sector in healthcare, an edited transcript of which is in this report, following a personal view from Cliff Prior, chief executive of UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs.
The Pfizer UK Foundation was established in 2005 to address health inequalities across the UK, arising from social, economic, cultural and demographic factors. It supports community-based projects that tackle health inequalities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales that fall outside core NHS statutory funding. Grants are allocated to projects that provide tailored, innovative, modest and local solutions to needs defined by local healthcare and social care experts, community groups and charities.
Since 2005, the Pfizer UK Foundation has donated over £2.6m in grants to 110 community projects addressing health inequalities, experienced by approximately 240,000 people across the UK. For more information, please visit www.pfizer.co.uk under the community section or call 01737 330713.
This and the other reports in the long-running series from the New Statesman and Pfizer Policy Forum are available from the website: www.policyforum.co.uk. Your comments are welcome.
