Last year, we maintained our support for a range of health and wellbeing initiatives around the world. Just a few are outlined below.

• In Sri Lanka, Eagle Insurance launched its inaugural Samana workshop for teachers and carers of disabled children.
• In February, Aviva Canada began a two-year partnership with ThinkFirst Canada, a national, non-profit organisation working to prevent brain and spinal cord injuries in young people. Awareness-raising events included helmet-fitting clinics in sports departments at a leading retail chain.
• Aviva Canada employees also participated in a two-day, 60-kilometre walk for the 2007 Weekend to End Breast Cancer. With company support, 38 employees raised more than C$80,000 towards the national total of C$48 million, which will help to fund cancer treatment, education and prevention.
• In Ireland, Hibernian donated 10,000 euro’s towards an on-site day care centre for the elderly.
• Throughout 2007, 42 Norwich Union employees volunteered at regional WheelPower events and at the National Junior Wheelchair Games.
• Aviva Italy supports Dynamo Camp, which offers free summer camps to children with serious or chronic illnesses who are currently in therapy or convalescing.
• CU Polska runs two projects to promote healthy lifestyles. The first is CU’s sponsorship of the St Dominic Run in Gdansk, northern Poland, the country’s most high-profile on-street run. The second is a collaboration with Polish Glamour magazine to encourage women to go for preventative medical examinations free of charge.
• As a member of the Oxfam 365 Alliance, our funding continues to help to ensure that Oxfam is ready to respond immediately to emergencies such as the hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean, severe flooding in Asia, and the ongoing crises in Darfur and Chad.