Our donations are handled by our people through our Giving Back Committee, which is made up of our colleagues from across the Westfield Health Group. They’re responsible for determining which organisations to donate to within the scope of their Terms of Reference, and own budget.
They can donate to both charities and non-charities (which include company donations, individual donations and donations to community initiatives). As we have no shareholders, giving back is the reason that Westfield Health exists, and this Committee links our people to the very heart of this mission.
In 2024/25, the Giving Back Committee made donations to:
72 different causes including charities and community initiatives
16 of these were causes that were nominated by our people
2 of those were abroad - to reflect our international group structure
Free office space
Over the course of 2024/25, our Westfield House Sheffield HQ office space and meeting rooms have been used for free by eight different local causes and charities for things like meetings, wellbeing and cancer support days, events and filming.
This was for a total of 454.5 hours, saving them £9,090!
Defibrillator donations
We work in partnership with Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to donate defibrillators to places in need. These go to workplaces, community centres, schools, visitor attractions, churches and sports venues.
Defibrillator request form
We have been donating defibrillator units across the UK since 2016
We work alongside the British Heart Foundation to ensure our units are registered on The Circuit
Several of the units we have donated have been used to save a life
Our donation highlights
greenfingers
This is a national charity dedicated to supporting children who spend time in hospices around the UK. Their aim is to create inspiring gardens for them and their families to relax in and benefit from. This is one of the palliative care causes we have supported over the past year and these pictures show the amazing work they did with our donation for the Derian House Childrens Hospice.
Find out more about greenfingersCaring For Life
Caring For Life provides for those in need, often having no other support in their lives. They seek to meet a person’s needs in a holistic way, and have built up a comprehensive umbrella of support, helping people to adopt a better way of life.
Our donation went towards their Growing Garden project, enabling people who struggle with their mental health or who have learning difficulties to get involved in gardening.
Find out more about Caring For Life
KiKa
KiKa is a Netherlands based charity that funds research into childhood cancer to promote healing and improve treatments. As a result of their work, there are increasingly better medicines and treatments, children have less pain during treatments and there is a greater chance of recovery.
We sponsored one of our people who was participating in the Giro di KiKa 2022 raising money for this important cause.
Find out more about KiKaGuide Dogs
They provide life-changing services for people living with sight loss and their friends and family, working to break down barriers to ensure people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted can live actively, independently and well.
Our donations fund requests for large print books for visually impaired children - this creates books in specific font sizes, paper colour and format required for each individual child based on their needs.
Find out more about Guide Dogs
Contact us to find out more
- Apply for funding
- Request a donation of a defibrillator
- Or to find out more about what we do...
