# BUPA celebrates 60th anniversary with £9 million charitable fund

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/08/15/bupa-celebrates-60th-anniversary-9-million-charitable-fund/
- Published: 2007-08-15T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Healthcare provider BUPA is marking its 60th anniversary by setting up ‘BUPA Giving’,
a £9 million fund, which will support a number of worldwide causes over the next
three years.
The money donated via the BUPA Giving fund is in addition to the company’s
ongoing programme of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. These include
sponsorship of the Great Run series, together with a full calendar of initiatives
which are designed to benefit the local communities in which BUPA employees live
and work.

In addition, the 60th anniversary is also being celebrated with a donation of £264,000
towards the education of 60 children from the Dalit community, one of the lowest
social groups in India. As a result the children will receive a school education
for the next 14 years taking them to university entry point.

BUPA’s donation will not only cover the cost of educating these children at Dalit
Education Centres (DECs) via charity RED International, but will also pay for uniforms,
midday snacks, textbooks, teachers’ salaries and administration charges.

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Mark Ralf, chairman of BUPA Giving, said: In its 60th year, BUPA is happy to join
with its teams in Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur to celebrate 60 years of Indian independence
by helping 60 children achieve an education that will be a lasting legacy for them
and for India.”

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