WHFS has been working in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, one of the most deprived areas in Britain, since 1981. WHFS works and campaigns to tackle health inequalities and promote health education and equal access to healthcare, through volunteer-led health projects within local ethnic minority communities (in particular, the Bangladeshi, Somali, Vietnamese and Chinese communities) and, latterly, the eastern European and white communities.

Current health projects include their flagship Maternity Mates™ programme and FGM /C (Female Genital Mutilation /Cutting).