BHSF is a Profit for Good health and wellbeing provider with a proud history dating back to 1873 when a Birmingham surgeon, Joseph Samson Gamgee, encouraged the city’s labourers to work an extra Saturday a year and the employers paid the £4,215 wages into a fund to provide medical care for those that needed it. From these humble beginnings, BHSF has grown into a national organisation at the forefront of employee health and wellbeing.

In 1972, the then Executive Council of BHSF decided that a sum of £573 3s 3d should form the nucleus of a new charity to which further donations would be made by BHSF over the years. BHSF Medical and Welfare Charity was established as an independent charity, separate to BHSF, and Trustees were appointed, and the Charity’s objectives were confirmed. The Charity has operated from 1 January 1973 since when nearly £2.5m grants and donations have been made.


Our objectives

The objectives have changed little over time and the Charity continues to:
support charitable organisations nationwide concerned with the sick and
disadvantaged;
assist medical research, education and science;
and provide amenities and improve wellbeing for patients or staff in
hospital and medical charities.


Grants

As a small charity, we look for specific items
and projects that will be of benefit and make a difference to many.

Examples of past donations are:

  • £1600 towards memory boxes for those who experience stillbirth

  • £1000 towards singing sessions to help to promote good mental health and wellbeing

  • £1000 towards medical research into foot deformities

  • £500 towards support and respite for isolated rural carers

How to apply for a grant

The completed application form is to be emailed to
bhsftrust@outlook.com and to include :

  1. Your latest annual report.
  2. Brief description of the project (no more than 500 words)
    with any budget/quote/costs identified.
  3. Copies of any estimates received.

Thank you for the kind grant of £1,098 from BHSF Medical and Welfare Charity, received in December 2022 in support of our Freefall dance company.

- Mrs Daniella Rodriguez,Interim Trusts and Foundations Manager, BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET



Our trustees

Mike

Michael Malone - Chair

Freya

Freya O’Brien

David

David Nuttall

Ian

Ian Galer

James

James Salmons

Jill

Jill Bonehill



© 2023 BHSF Medical and Welfare Charity
Charity number: 502428


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Connect with us:
13th Floor, 54 Hagley Road,
Birmingham, B16 8PE
bhsftrust@outlook.com