Boots Charitable Trust

Boots Charitable Trust advances healthier communities and social improvement through philanthropic support aligned with Boots' heritage of public benefit and responsible citizenship. Established with a mission to channel corporate giving into meaningful change, it embodies values of diversity, equality, inclusion, and community empowerment, prioritizing projects that deliver significant reach, positive impact, and equitable outcomes. Their grantmaking philosophy emphasizes partnership with charities fostering holistic wellbeing, believing sustainable transformation arises from practical, community-led interventions addressing root causes of health and social disadvantage through inclusive, person-centred approaches.

In health, they fund community healthcare initiatives, homecare for families with complex health needs, medical condition support groups for chronic illnesses and disabilities, and health education programs emphasizing prevention, mental health counselling, and therapeutic activities to build resilience. Lifelong learning grants back literacy and numeracy projects for children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities, ADHD, or barriers to education, including after-school clubs, skills training, and employability mentoring. Community development supports voluntary services, befriending schemes, and outreach strengthening social cohesion for isolated elderly, refugees, and ethnic minorities. Social care funding enables respite care, day services, peer support groups, carer support, and holistic schemes tackling social isolation, poverty, family crisis, domestic abuse recovery, and addiction through community-led advocacy, creative arts, and early intervention.

They exclude large capital building projects, favoring minor refurbishments alongside core costs and salaries for maximum impact. Distinctive for its corporate-rooted commitment to diversity across all themes, Boots prioritizes grassroots charities and voluntary groups serving Nottinghamshire heartland communities alongside wider UK populations, especially families in crisis, children with SEND, care leavers, disabled people, and underserved rural or isolated individuals valuing evidence-based, inclusive practices over top-down models.