Our community programmes and world-wide corporate responsibility activities, are designed to support and sustain innovative ideas that will improve the quality of life and will advance solutions, to issues of shared concern to Pfizer and the communities in which we operate.

Over many years Pfizer has built a reputation for being committed to the community. Pfizer plays an active role in making every country and community in which we operate a better place to live and work. We believe in working partnerships where we can share our knowledge, time and resources to produce results at both local and national level that make a difference.

Priority is given to the areas of Health, Science and Education around the main sites.
Community Donations and Initiatives

Pfizer has maintained a charitable donations and sponsorship programme for more than 45 years, making over 10,000 contributions to many local and national causes.

During 2003, Pfizer donated over £6 million to a wide range of local and national charities, educational establishments and a variety of scientific projects. In 2004, Sandwich gave over £300,000 to local community projects and charities in the East Kent area.

Pfizer also works actively within the community by offering gifts in kind such as the use of meeting rooms, print /copy equipment and transport facilities. Pfizer employees are also extremely generous in offering their time to share their skills and experience to local schools and projects.

Initiated at the Walton Oaks site, the Local Community Liaison Committee was formed to enable Pfizer to listen to any local concerns and help develop positive links in the local community. A similar committee is now been convened at the Sandwich site. In addition, Pfizer also deliver free, to the local area surrounding their sites in Sandwich and Walton Oaks, a community newsletter, sharing information about Pfizer as a company and their links in the area.


Educational Support

Education is also very important to Pfizer, and the company runs an Academic Liaison Programme, predominantly in East Kent, that is designed to encourage schools and colleges to adopt exciting and innovative approaches to the teaching of science. Currently over 200 local schools in Kent are supported by Pfizer as part of the Academic Liaison Programme. These are supported through the provision of cash grants for science projects, a work experience programme, curriculum-based visits and special events and the encouragement of excellence in science teaching through the "Link Scientist Scheme" and, at a national level, sponsorship of the " Pfizer Primary Teaching Science Awards". Staff at all levels across the company are encouraged to participate in the company’s award-winning mentoring scheme. In the area around Walton Oaks, work has begun in establishing a similar schools programme.

In 2002, being a “Friend of Science”, Pfizer contributed £400,000 towards the government’s Science Year initiative – encouraging the development of science education in both primary and secondary schools. The money went towards supporting continuing professional development for science teachers, as well as providing £10,000 worth of the latest biotechnology equipment to the top 35 teacher training institutes in the UK. This programme will allow colleges to provide hands on biotechnology training for new science teachers, and to use the equipment with hundreds of their local sixth form pupils.


Volunteering & Employee Donations

Pfizer Limited is keen to support local community initiatives and charitable organisations through many channels, especially those initiated by Pfizer staff themselves. Volunteering at Pfizer has a long history and the company encourages volunteering in support of the Community Value.

For example, staff are offered paid leave to volunteer their time to local charitable organisations as well as having the opportunity to donate regularly to a charity of their choice through the Give As You Earn (GAYE) scheme, where their contributions to UK charities are matched by Pfizer. Currently the combined, annual donation is nearly £400,000.