Royal Free Charity | How we help

How we help

We help to tackle some of the NHS’s toughest problems. 

Whether it’s funding psychological support and rest spaces for NHS staff who worked tirelessly through the pandemic or speeding up diagnoses and treatment for patients with cancer, we design and deliver solutions. 

We accelerate improvement and innovation beyond what the NHS can provide.

Everything we do is thanks to the generosity of our supporters. 

A strategic partner

There’s no doubt that the Royal Free Charity means we can do more for our patients and our staff than with NHS funding alone. 

Crucial to the charity being able to help most effectively is the close partnership we and our charity colleagues have built; they’re responding in real time to make the biggest possible difference and they’re being truly innovative and creative in responding to our needs.”

Dr Gillian Smith
Group chief medical officer, Royal Free London

Through a combination of our in-house services and our strategic grant making, we design, deliver and support 
a suite of programmes to support:

  • NHS staff wellbeing, reward and recognition
  • patient experience 
  • research 

Shoulder-to-shoulder with our hospitals, we design the right response at the right time to support our incredible NHS frontline workers and their local communities.