Care UK launches charitable foundation
Howard Lake | 17 June 2014 | News
Health and care services provider Care UK has established a charitable foundation which, in its inaugural year, will support “wellbeing through the arts”. Its first year partner is music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins, to which it donated £50,000.
Speaking at the launch, Mike Parish, Chief Executive of Care UK, said:
“We are very proud to launch the foundation and introduce Nordoff Robbins as our charity partner of the year. Nordoff Robbins demonstrates how music can transform lives for the better, helping people with mental health problems, dementia or learning difficulties, so they really embody the theme of the Care UK Wellbeing Foundation – using creative therapies to enhance people’s wellbeing.”
He added:
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“The Foundation gives us, at company level, a platform through which we can give back to the community. We will invest £100,000 each year on research and good causes which promote wellbeing among people who depend on health and social care services.”
Previously Care UK had supported its employees’ fundraising efforts by match funding what they raised.
Other funding available
The Wellbeing Foundation will also fund smaller projects and charities at local and national level which reflect its theme. Care UK staff as well as the general public can therefore nominate projects and organisations that involve creative therapy for funding of between £500 and £2000.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.