Brighterway is the charity that supports Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Our purpose is simple: to make life brighter for the people who use local NHS community and mental health services - and for the incredible staff who care for them. Every penny we fundraise goes towards things the NHS alone can’t provide. These 'extras' aren’t luxuries - they’re the things that help people feel calmer, recover well, stay connected, and live more independently.
From peaceful therapeutic spaces and creative activities, to specialist equipment, wellbeing projects and community initiatives, we focus on the touches that bring comfort, dignity, joy and hope into everyday care. Thanks to generous donations, passionate fundraisers and dedicated volunteers, we can make meaningful improvements that truly transform experiences for patients, families, carers and staff.
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Charity number: 1089307
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Whether you’re here to donate, fundraise, volunteer, partner with us, or simply learn more - we’re so glad you’re here. Together, we can help people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight live brighter, healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Please see below for the different ways you can get involved in supporting our charity. Whether you choose to give your time, share your story, fundraise, or simply help us spread the word, every action makes a meaningful difference.
Partnering with Brighterway Charity is a meaningful way to support patients, families, and NHS staff across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, while also bringing real benefits to your organisation.
If you’re interested in becoming a corporate partner or would like to explore how your organisation could get involved, we’d love to hear from you.
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Becoming a corporate partner of Brighterway Charity is an opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting difference to the lives of patients, families, and NHS staff at Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust. At the same time, it offers real benefits for your organisation, helping you strengthen your workforce, enhance your reputation, and demonstrate your commitment to the communities you serve.
A partnership with Brighterway is more than just charitable giving, it is a collaboration built around shared values, local impact, and positive change.
Corporate support plays a vital role in helping Brighterway Charity fund projects that go beyond what is possible through NHS budgets alone. Your partnership helps us respond to real needs identified by staff and patients, enabling innovative, compassionate, and life‑enhancing projects to happen.
By working with Brighterway, your organisation becomes part of a wider effort to improve healthcare experiences and outcomes across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Partnering with Brighterway Charity can enhance your organisation’s profile and strengthen your brand by aligning it with a trusted NHS charity and one of the region’s leading NHS Trusts.
A visible partnership helps demonstrate your commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, showing clients, customers, and stakeholders that your organisation is dedicated to making a positive difference. Supporting a local NHS charity also resonates strongly with employees and the wider community, helping build trust and goodwill.
Fundraising activities and events offer a powerful way to bring your teams together around a shared goal. Getting involved with Brighterway Charity can:
- Boost staff morale and motivation
- Encourage teamwork and collaboration
- Provide employees with new experiences and opportunities to develop skills
- Create a sense of pride and purpose in supporting the NHS
Whether through challenge events, fundraising campaigns, or volunteering opportunities, partnering with Brighterway gives your employees a meaningful way to contribute while strengthening relationships within your organisation.
Supporting Brighterway Charity means making a direct impact in your local community. Funds raised through corporate partnerships help improve wellbeing, independence, and quality of life for people using NHS services, as well as for the staff who care for them every day.
Your support stays local, benefiting patients and NHS teams across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and helping to create healthier, more resilient communities.
Brighterway Charity supports recovery and helps people to lead brighter, more fulfilling lives through fundraising and grant‑making. Our projects are wide‑ranging and respond to real needs across mental health, community, and specialist services.
While each project is different, they all share a common aim: to improve quality of life, wellbeing, and independence over and above what is possible through government NHS funding alone. This might include enhancing therapeutic environments, supporting innovative wellbeing initiatives, or funding equipment and resources that make a real difference to people’s lives.
We work closely with our corporate partners to create partnerships that are rewarding, flexible, and impactful. Whether you’re looking to support a specific project, involve your staff in fundraising, or build a long‑term partnership, Brighterway Charity will work with you to make it a success.
Together, we can support the NHS, strengthen communities, and help more people live brighter lives.
Charity of the Year
If your business chooses to dedicate fundraising activities to a different cause each year, then we’d love you to nominate brighterway Charity. Together we could make a real difference to your local NHS.
Employee Fundraising
You and your colleagues could take part in a number of exciting challenges together, helping to boost team morale, or even capitalise on those competitive streaks! Or perhaps you could hold a bake sale or lunch time quiz, or organise a bowling night or a climbing event?
Whatever you have planned, we have a range of fundraising materials available to support your fundraising activities.
Sponsorship
There are a number of opportunities for your business to sponsor; including our charity led events and campaigns, helping maximise your brand exposure and boosting your business presence in the local community, whilst helping us cover the costs of hosting these popular annual events.
Brighterway began with a simple belief: people deserve more than the basics. They deserve comfort, connection, joy and moments that brighten their day, especially during difficult times. Over the years, we’ve grown from supporting small local projects to becoming a charity that brings light and hope to people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
During 2022/2023, the charity received an amazing £130,000 in donations and grants from individuals, companies, NHS Charities Together and our League of Friends. Every contribution helped us fund projects that made real differences - calming outdoor spaces, creative sessions, wellbeing activities, specialist equipment, and simple comforts that help people feel more at home.
As we moved into 2023/2024, our focus turned to building more capacity within NHS services so they could go above and beyond what is expected. We worked closely with patients, families, carers and staff to identify what truly matters and shape projects that help people lead the best life they can.
In 2024/2025, a major transformation took place across local healthcare. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Solent NHS Trust formally merged to create the new Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, bringing community, mental health and learning disability services together to strengthen support and provide more consistent, joined‑up care for people across the region.
For Brighterway, this merger meant becoming part of a larger, more connected family - allowing us to reach further, fund more wellbeing projects, and support even more people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Looking ahead to 2026/2027, our focus is on supporting our teams so they can continue supporting our communities, placing a strong emphasis on the wellbeing of our staff. We know that when our teams feel valued, supported and cared for, they are better able to bring comfort, connection and hope to the people we serve. This commitment will guide our projects, our partnerships and the way we invest in our NHS community over the coming years.
What began as a handful of local ideas has grown into a wide network of wellbeing initiatives that touch thousands of lives every year. And through every donation and every project, our purpose stays the same: to bring light, colour and comfort to the people who need it most.
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