community, faith and grassroots groups in our network
of NHS funding directed to voluntary and community organisations since 2021
contracts with voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations in the last four years
people now paid the Real Living Wage at the community organisations we work with
Winner, Living Wage Leader 2026 (third sector), at the Living Wage Champion Awards. We are an accredited Living Wage Employer and Living Hours Employer, Good Business Charter accredited, and a certified member of Social Enterprise UK.
Organisations come to us directly. We coordinate the rest: local insight, trusted VCFSE partners, delivery, evidence.
Social value and ESG commitments on hard and soft FM contracts, turned into credible local delivery: employment and skills, community programmes, supply chain engagement and evidence.
Partnership across the whole journey: before a bid, during mobilisation, throughout delivery, and for learning and renewal.
Properly funded involvement and delivery, skills and knowledge to become social value partners, and access to corporate opportunities.
Our role is to connect the different parts of the picture. We deliver directly where we have the right experience and work with VCFSE and specialist partners where they are better placed.
Local insight, community engagement and the co-design of realistic commitments
Identifying partners, agreeing roles and turning commitments into a practical delivery plan
Coordinating programmes, supporting employment and skills, connecting communities with opportunities and gathering meaningful evidence
Showing what changed, sharing the human story behind the numbers and using learning to strengthen future delivery
INDIVIDUAL
Four years in an inpatient unit, then a funded six-month placement through our SUTE programme: statutory training, a stronger CV and real workplace experience. Now a full-time NHS Healthcare Support Worker.
“I’m a success story and you can be too.”
Roxanne
PROGRAMME
10 ELFT service users took part in training; 7 completed the programme and undertook trial shifts; 3 secured paid employment in central London cafés. 3% reoffending vs 38% national average.
“Some are even in managerial roles.”
Jezebel Button, Lead OT, Newham
SYSTEM
A two year programme, funded by NHS Charities Together, for people out of work across East London, Luton and Bedfordshire. 445 people took part. Two employment events, in Tower Hamlets and Luton, brought in 158 people, and 68 were referred on to employment support.
“The grants awarded across the year ranged from small local ideas to innovative initiatives, all making a real difference to people’s wellbeing and daily lives.”
ELFT Charity
Evidence that connects individual experience, programme outcomes and wider system benefit
‘Worthy’ artwork from NOA Girls
“Compass Wellbeing have been… fabulous funders… NHS backing gives our work a powerful stamp of confidence. Other funders see that investment and are now willing to invest themselves.”
Naomi Lerer, Chief Executive Officer, NOA Girls
Students’ Union UCL Community Research Initiative showcase
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP
We also connect VCFSE organisations with academic partners: through our partnership with Students’ Union UCL’s Community Research Initiative, student researchers support community organisations with evidence, evaluation and research capacity.
19 community organisations were paired with UCL students between 2022 and 2024.
Whether you are shaping a new opportunity, developing a bid, mobilising a contract, looking for trusted local partners or strengthening the evidence behind your social value commitments, we would be pleased to explore how Compass Wellbeing could help.