Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Trust Funds

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Trust Funds is a registered charity closely aligned with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, formed in 2001 through mergers of mental health and learning disability services, expanding into community physical health in 2011 and achieving Foundation Trust status in 2015. Its core mission is to enhance NHS services by funding innovative projects that exceed statutory provision, improving health and wellbeing across mental, physical, offender, and learning disability care for all ages. Guided by values of compassion, patient-centred excellence, inclusivity, and public benefit, it operates without direct staff or remunerated trustees, relying on Trust governance for non-commercial, donor-driven decisions that deliver measurable outcomes in patient experience and staff welfare.

The fund prioritises healthcare enhancements like medical equipment (e.g., LUCAS chest compression devices, minibuses for transport), patient amenities (e.g., sensory grab bags for learning disabilities), staff training and wellbeing initiatives, care environment improvements, and small-scale research tied to Trust needs. Beneficiaries are exclusively Trust patients, staff, and local communities in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County, with occasional support for the Trust's regional/national specialist services.

Eligibility is highly restrictive: it accepts only internal applications from Trust staff or service leads, rejecting unsolicited external submissions from charities or the public. No income thresholds or entity types apply externally. Grants typically range from £500 to £20,000 (most under £10,000), awarded on a rolling basis via quarterly Trust committee and Board reviews, without published deadlines.

Distinctively, it excludes core NHS costs, unrestricted funding, or general operations, focusing solely on complementary innovations that align with annual Trust strategies—making it ideal for internal proposals advancing pioneering care within its geographic remit, not external partnerships.