Better healthcare for the people of East London
With your support, we bring brilliant ideas, ground-breaking research and transformational healthcare into our community.
How we create impact
We work in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust and local research institutes to support care excellence and fund world-leading medical research.
Together we make better healthcare possible.
Whatever happens in the wards of a Barts Health hospital – together, we can bring more warmth to every moment, and make things a little easier for everyone who passes through its doors.
Please, donate to Barts Charity today, and help us be there – through it all.
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£ 157 m
awarded by us in the last five years
to fund research and healthcare projects for the people of East London
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£ 2.2 m
received from life affirming gifts in wills
in the year to April 2024, ensuring we can be there for the people of East London and their families for years to come.
Together - Our Supporter Newsletter
In the Spring 2025 issue, meet Lilian and find out more about how your support is helping patients across East London.
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Help us be there, through it all.
Together, we can be there when our NHS staff and patients need us most.
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We are proudly dedicated to the health of East London. We fund innovations in care for patients and staff at our local NHS Trust, and we support medical research from proof of concept to major programmes.
Updates and announcements
Read the latest news about health initiatives we've funded and the amazing people that have made this possible
600 additional surgeries with new robots in East London and length of stays cut
One year after Barts Charity invested £7.6m in funding for Barts Health NHS Trust to expand its robotic surgery programme, East London hospitals are reaping the benefits.
Jake’s Story: from open-heart surgery to running marathons
After life-saving heart surgery at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Jake is running the London Marathon to raise funds for future patients.
Cleaner air for East London children
This World Asthma Day, we spoke with Abigail Whitehouse, a Paediatric Respiratory Consultant and researcher. She tells us about the vital work she is doing to understand air pollution and the effect is has on East London children.