Local company Simplyhealth supports local charities at Christmas

Simplyhealth are spreading some Christmas cheer by donating a total of £40,000 to ten local charities and communities in need this festive season.

Andover based Simplyhealth allocated every colleague £40 from their Community Fund and asked them to help make a difference this Christmas. Simplyhealth colleagues were asked to select one of five community groups, each containing two charities that need a helping hand. The categories were local foodbanks, homeless charities, elderly care, young carers and hospices.

The charities supported in each group that will receive a donation from Simplyhealth are:

Over two weeks in December votes from Simplyhealth colleagues came flooding in. To ensure all the deserving charities were supported, Simplyhealth split the £40,000 as a percentage based on the number of votes each community group received.

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Put simply without the support of people like you and your company, the hospice wouldn’t be here to help when help is needed most.

I would just like to say a huge thank you for nominating and voting for us and behalf of everyone at the hospice, thank you so very much.

Michele Gard, Charity Director, Countess of Brecknock Hospice, Andover

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Thank you to Simplyhealth for supporting the foodbank again this year. Your support at this time means that we are going to be able to keep our shelves stocked. It also means that we can continue to get food out to the people who need it so that families aren’t left making tough decisions about whether they feed their children or pay their bills or heat the house.

It’s going to make such a lot of difference to people. Thank you very much for your support.

Jenny LeLean, Manager at Andover Foodbank

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Supporting local causes and building healthier communities is at the heart of Simplyhealth’s purpose of improving access to healthcare. It’s fantastic that we are able to support these local charities at Christmas and the important help they provide for our local communities.

Christmas is a time of giving, and we hope that these donations can make a significant difference for the people that they support, through what has been a difficult year for everyone. Thank you to all our colleagues that took part.

Wendy Cummins, Community Manager at Simplyhealth

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Simplyhealth believes that supporting communities isn’t just reserved for Christmas. During the last quarter donations totalling over £300,000 have also been awarded to other local and national charities and good causes.

Simplyhealth is continuing to ensure that every day, every decision we make, and every action – big or small – not only helps improve the health of our company, customers and communities, but also the health of the entire nation. For more information about our community impact, visit www.simplyhealth.co.uk/about-us/community-impact.

Notes to Editors

About Simplyhealth

Since 1872, we’ve been helping people make the most of life through better everyday health. Our plans make sure individuals, families and employees can easily access in-person and virtual wellbeing services and afford to stay healthy by claiming costs back on dental treatments, visits to the optician, complementary therapies and much more.

Today we’re delighted to be the UK’s leading health solutions company, with almost 1,000 colleagues serving 2.3 million customers. We don’t have shareholders, so we’re led by our purpose of improving access to healthcare, for the many, for the long term. We’re passionate about using our voice in public health affairs and partnering with charities to reduce health inequality – each year we commit to giving 10% of pre-tax profits to a range of community causes. And we ensure our business takes care of the planet too, achieving Carbon Neutral + status in 2021.

To find out more, visit www.simplyhealth.co.uk

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