University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity is the dedicated NHS charity enhancing patient health, happiness, and hospital experiences across its partner hospitals through pioneering research, transformative projects, and wellbeing initiatives that exceed core NHS provision. Rooted in values of equity, accessibility, healing environments, and patient-centred innovation, it drives funding decisions via close NHS partnerships, staff-led applications, data-led impact measurement, and community inspiration, believing transformative change arises from collaborative excellence addressing physical, emotional, and transitional needs for vulnerable patients, families, and staff.

It prioritizes patient and staff wellbeing services including dementia support programmes, rheumatology care enhancements, mental health counselling and therapeutic activities via arts, music, and garden spaces for emotional regulation and isolation relief, youth facilities and specialist equipment for children with complex health needs, physical disabilities, or transitioning to adult services, respite-like reclining chairs and shuttle services boosting accessibility for families caring for disabled children or elderly relatives, community engagement and peer support groups fostering social connections, person-centred clinical research pump-primed for larger NIHR awards, facility upgrades creating inclusive healing environments, and training for non-clinical staff innovation in trauma-informed, holistic care models addressing complex needs, preventative transitions, and under-represented groups like disadvantaged youth, ethnic minorities, and isolated patients.

Exclusions encompass core NHS costs, unrestricted funding, retrospective expenses, individual hardship aid, or social events, focusing solely on project-based improvements within UHBW hospitals. Distinctive for its place-based integration with Bristol and Weston hospital leadership, it champions vulnerable hospital patients including children and young people with disabilities, families in crisis, elderly with dementia, staff facing burnout, and communities seeking equitable healthcare access through collaborative, evidence-based interventions prioritizing emotional wellbeing, research innovation, and community-led healing over standalone services.