Health & Wellbeing Environment & Climate 2024
Bupa Foundation

Impact Report 2024

The Bupa Foundation is the registered charity of Bupa, based in London, funded entirely by Bupa UK. The 2024 Impact Report covers £1.8 million invested across three strategic pillars — Healthier Cities, Healthier Communities and Healthier Futures — funding 295 green community grants, national education programmes reaching over 500,000 pupils, and international projects in Egypt, UAE and Ireland to improve both people and planet health.

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Green Community Grants Fund (£550k, 295 projects); Trees for Cities urban tree planting in London (28,000 trees across five parks, 64,000 people benefiting); City of Trees partnership in Greater Manchester (5,000 urban trees, 20 Citizen Forester workshops); Asthma + Lung UK Clean Air Champions programme; Eco-Schools national campaigns; National Literacy Trust Reading for the Planet intergenerational programme; nine regional community committees awarding £340,000 in local grants; international projects in Egypt (Shagrha, VeryNile), UAE (Emirates Nature–WWF) and Ireland

📊Key Metrics

£1.8 million invested in practical projects with both environmental and social impact in 2024; total income £2,110,000 and total expenditure £2,100,000 (year ended 31 December 2024) Key Metric 1
295 local green projects funded through the Green Community Grants Fund in partnership with Groundwork UK, including outdoor classrooms, sensory gardens, community allotments and green space improvements Key Metric 2
Clean Air Champions programme launched in 200+ schools nationwide; Eco-Schools toolkits reached over 500,000 pupils; Cut Your Carbon campaign delivered over 200,000 carbon-cutting actions Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Nine regional community committees awarded £340,000 in local grants to grassroots projects across Brighton, Cairo, Dubai, Dublin, Leeds, London, Manchester, Staines and nationwide dental care
  • Dentaid's solar-powered mobile dental unit 'Clover' funded, providing dental treatments to 150 vulnerable individuals across 10 clinics including survivors of abuse and those in temporary housing
  • 42nd Street NatureWell programme in Manchester enabled 15 vulnerable young people aged 11-25 to access year-long nature-based therapy; Henshaws Nature Retreat supported 10 visually impaired children; FoodCloud redistributed 6,000kg of food (12,000 meals) to homeless shelters and food banks in Dublin

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