# Care UK launches charitable foundation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/17/care-uk-launches-charitable-foundation/
- Published: 2014-06-17T12:02:54+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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](http://www.ckphysio.co.uk/blog/key-benefits-electrotherapy-physiotherapy-treatments/)
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.”
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He added:

> “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](http://www.careukwellbeingfoundation.com/nominations/)
for funding of between £500 and £2000.

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