About us
Who we are
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity is dedicated to improving the lives of people with serious heart and lung disease. Each year we grant around £6m to fund projects at our partner hospitals, including current initiatives such as:
- Equipping Royal Brompton Hospital with a high specification genetic sequencer to screen and plan treatment for patients and their families
- Creating a new consultant fellowship in imaging related to structural heart disease
- Providing core funding for the rb&hArts programme combining improvements to the hospital environment with therapeutic activities such as Singing for Breathing
- Supporting three fellowships annually to support allied health professionals in pursuing research projects
- Funding the Road to Recovery programme to provide mental health support for patients with long Covid
- Committing £100,000 to a Patients’ Fund each year, to support around 40 micro-projects from palliative care ‘comfort boxes’ to better seating and new televisions on wards
Our funding comes from the fundraising efforts of thousands of supporters as well as income generated by our investments in property and equity markets.
Our culture and values
We have a small, committed and skilled team (29 in 2024/25), with expertise across fundraising, marketing, HR, property management, grant-making and financial management.
We are committed to – and hold ourselves and each other to account for – the following core behaviours:
· Setting ourselves challenging goals, in order to achieve more for the charity’s beneficiaries
· Working as one team, sharing information and ideas, and valuing our diverse range of backgrounds and contributions
· Solving problems, using our resources, our networks and our creativity to provide a better service
· Creating opportunities to learn, and supporting each other to grow
· Enjoying our work, celebrating our successes and finding time to have fun as a team.
Equality, diversity and inclusion policy
The Charity’s policy is to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law on equality and discrimination and we do not to tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.
Our commitment to equal opportunities is enhanced by the belief that creating a diverse and inclusive workplace brings many benefits for the organisation over and above legal compliance including:
- increased creativity
- better decision making
- faster problem solving
- retention of employees
- attracting top talent
- higher employee wellbeing
- enhanced employee engagement
- better reputation for the organisation