Although the UK’s population as a whole is living longer and healthier lives than ever before, there remain pockets of profound exception to this trend, where health outcomes are low and life expectancy is little better than the UK average of fifty years ago.
Pfizer is committed to helping people live healthier lives and secure healthier futures. The Pfizer UK Foundation is one way in which we are working to support healthier outcomes in the UK. We believe one of the best ways we can do this is to support grassroots projects at a community level.
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, which fall outside core NHS statutory funding. The aim is to support projects providing tailored, innovative, modest and local solutions to needs defined by local healthcare and social care experts, community groups and charities.
Since its inception, the Pfizer UK Foundation has donated almost £3million in grants to more than 120 community projects addressing health inequalities experienced by approximately 240,000 people across the UK.