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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📋About

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

📍Geography

International

2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 1
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 2
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
Key Metric 3
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
2025 Enhanced

Our Impact 2024-25

3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 2
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to achieve this
Key Metric 3
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
2024 Enhanced

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 1
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 2
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Key Metric 3
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022