The Pfizer UK Foundation

Although people in the UK are living longer and healthier lives than ever before, there remain pockets of exception, 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 Pfizer is working to support better health outcomes in the UK above and beyond its medicines. One of the best ways to do this is to support grassroots community projects through the provision of financial and practical help.

The Pfizer UK Foundation was established in 2005 to support healthcare organisations in the UK working at a local level to address health inequalities resulting from social, economic, cultural and demographic factors. The community-based projects supported tackle those health inequalities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales that 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.

The Pfizer UK Foundation donates £1 million in grants each year to community projects addressing health inequalities experienced by thousands of people across the UK. 

Please call the Pfizer UK Foundation on 01737 330713 or 01737 331296 or email us at pfizerukfoundation@pfizer.com  to discuss the eligibility of your application or organisation.

Guidance notes for the application can be found here

Organisations wishing to apply for funding must do so via an application form. 

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Criteria for applications

We welcome applications from organisations that:

Are seeking to deliver a project for one year’s funding which:

• clearly tackles a defined health inequality
• targets a specific local area or marginalised community
• can demonstrate a tangible impact on a defined group of people
• require funding of between £3,000 and £50,000
• cover a period of no longer than a year
  
  

Unfortunately we cannot support applications from organisations that:

• are sectarian or political
• are ex-service, fraternal, trade unions or professional societies
• are seeking core/capital funding i.e. building, equipment or on-going staff costs (project staff costs are acceptable)
• represent personal appeals by, or on behalf of, an individual
• represent research projects
• are overseas or seeking to run a project overseas
• are seeking contributions for projects undertaken by individuals going abroad
• are fundraising campaigns

Please note all applications are assessed against the following set of key criteria.  Only those applications that adequately meet the criteria will be considered for funding:

• Clearly defines the health inequality
• Identifies local social issues
• Includes objectives which seek to deliver long-term behaviour change
• Clearly identifies the target group and area
• Details how intended beneficiaries will be recruited and retained
• Provides evidence of collaboration with local healthcare (statutory/non-statutory) organisations
• Shows how they plan to measure their impact on local health
• Shows they have thought about the sustainability of the project beyond this funding

To ensure fairness and consistency, all applications are assessed against the same criteria. Applications meeting those criteria are then submitted to the Pfizer UK Foundation Board, which is made up of five external board members who are experts in the field of healthcare and/or social exclusion and chaired by a representative of Pfizer. The Board consist of:

Melanie Heaver (Chair)
Baroness May Blood
Professor Susan Deacon
Dr Bernadette Fuge
Dr Rumeena Gujral
Lord Ted Rowlands

The Board meet three times a year (February, June and October) to consider submissions, assess applications and make funding decisions.

The deadlines for 2012 applications are:

• Wednesday 18^th January 2012
• Wednesday 30^th May 2012
• Wednesday 5^th September 2012

Previous grants:

You can see examples of projects that have been successful in securing funding from the Pfizer UK Foundation here:

Summary of Foundation projects.doc

You can see a copy of the latest newsletter here:

NEWSLETTER

To be added to our distribution list to receive regular newsletters and updates about Foundation events, please email pfizerukfoundation@pfizer.com

Data Protection Policy

Please take time to read below carefully before proceeding.

By emailing us you agree that any personal information provided to us will be held on a database within or outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The database will be controlled by Pfizer Ltd., Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Walton-on-the-Hill, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7NS.  As Pfizer is a global organisation, your information may be transferred within or outside the EEA (including the USA) where privacy laws may be less strict than in the UK.  However, we will always employ appropriate technical security measures to protect any personal information and to ensure that it is not accessed by unauthorised persons.  The information will be used to provide you/your group with material about grants available under the Pfizer UK Foundation programme.

Pfizer respects the confidentiality of personal information.  Only Pfizer, organisations working with Pfizer in the administration of the above information, and Pfizer group companies will have access to your information.  It will not be disclosed to other third parties such as outside mailing organisations.

You can request that your information on the Pfizer database is amended/deleted, or withdraw any of the consents that you have given at any time by writing to us at: Pfizer Ltd, Stakeholder Strategy, Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Walton on the Hill, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7NS.