UPDATE - Issue 29 - Spring 2007
Simply Marvellous!
There was considerable disbelief in our office when it was announced that we had unexpectedly received a huge donation of £150,000 from Simplyhealth: our Accountant even suspected that the Chief Executive had got his zeros mixed up, but this was no mistake. In announcing this donation Ken Piggott, Chairman of the Simplyhealth Charitable Committee observed, 'This is an area that desperately needs attention and we know that our donation will make a real difference to the work of the Prostate Research Campaign UK'.
This one donation represented well over 12% of our total income this year and had an immediate effect on our annual grant awards: we had expected to increase grants to Research and Training by 10% to £535,000, but in fact were able to allocate over £607,000 - a 24% increase. We could also afford to confirm ambitious plans for a new range of brochures, more awareness projects and better educational projects. On behalf of all those that will benefit, we simply say, 'Thank you, Simplyhealth'.