{"id":159,"date":"2026-06-08T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:45:36","slug":"impact-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/impact-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact\/Values"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2026\/06\/tech-banner-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tech-banner-3\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  Impact\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Impact Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We are proud of the impact we make both to the NHS, communities in Lambeth and Southwark as well as nationally. Our work focuses on where we can make the greatest change, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>300,000 children lifted out of poverty <\/strong>by <em>s<\/em>upporting the Schools Food Review Group, a cross-sector advocacy coalition to extend Free School Meals. This helped secure the recent announcement at the Budget that eligibility for free school meals would be extended to all children in households receiving Universal Credit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a36m fundraised <\/strong>by our hospital facing charities with 1,149 people taking part in a challenge event and 4,000 people signed up to give every month.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a320.6m committed <\/strong>by the Foundation to fund long-term projects with the Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 Foundation NHS Trust.<\/li>\n<li><strong>20%<\/strong> reduction in air pollution at entrances and A&amp;E by in three years and increasing electric vehicle uptake to over 67% by funding the Trust\u2019s Air Quality Partnership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shaping the Clean Air Strategy <\/strong>by funding community-led advocacy through Mums for Lungs to reframe air pollution as a children\u2019s health and equity issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a341.9m<\/strong> committed to charitable activities to transform lives nationally and across Lambeth and Southwark.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a332.8m<\/strong> in charitable grants awarded local partners to deliver impacts in the communities that suffer from deprivation and disadvantage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Permission for 1.5m square feet<\/strong> of life sciences and commercial space to make South London a global hub for health and wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2,000<\/strong> works displayed across our partner NHS Trust sites to improve patient, family and visitor experiences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>84<\/strong> local and national organisations partnered to pilot, test and implement innovative community health solutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a3255,000 for patient support care <\/strong>by continuing our support for the Dimbleby Cancer Care Centre which offers patients free financial advice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3,500 more cancer patients<\/strong> will receive holistic and specialist hair loss support through Guy\u2019 Cancer Charity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>37,000 vehicle telecoms fleet updated<\/strong> to reduce air pollution through investment in environmentally focused and innovative hedge-funds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>55% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions <\/strong>from Lambeth and Southwark construction sites through partnership with developer Arup and local councils.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3,000 patients and family enjoying the magic of cinema<\/strong> through BAFTA Awarding winning MediCinemas at Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 hospitals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Through our policy and influence team at Impact on Urban Health, we also support campaigns on key issues. Examples from 2026 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Air quality: <\/strong>Providing oral evidence to Parliament\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/event\/26653\/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session\/\">Environmental Audit Committee<\/a> as part of their inquiry into air quality in England and encouraging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/lifestyle\/cars\/diesel-cars-london-councils-electric-vehicles\">EV adoption<\/a> by local councils.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food industry: <\/strong>Funding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingretail.com\/featured\/support-for-government-to-hold-big-food-accountable-for-food-related-ill-health-22-04-2026\/\">Recipe for Change<\/a> which calls for an industry levy to make food healthier<\/li>\n<li><strong>Housing:<\/strong> Supporting research into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk\/housing-law\/397-housing-news\/100593-report-on-housing-in-london-highlights-need-for-long-term-multi-pronged-reform\">housing inequality<\/a> for children and adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cTogether we can be a catalyst for the changes needed in our society for everyone to stay healthier, for longer.\u201d Laurie Lee \u2013 Chief Executive<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"video-embed\">\n\t<div class=\"video-embed__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"video-embed__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed__video-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NnSeJFxpTWc?si=TEhA5V5COgpMjTEt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gsttf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}