The Reuben Foundation
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Formed in 2002, the Reuben Foundation is a UK-registered foundation created to channel the charitable giving of the Reuben Brothers. The brothers continue to proactively look at supporting a range of charitable causes, from long-term funding projects to individual charitable donations.
  • 2004 The Reuben Foundation completed a multimillion pound project to build a school in North London
    North London
    North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...

    , the school is called the N.Reuben primary school named after their mother.

  • 2005 The Reuben foundation opened the largest breast cancer unit in the Meir hospital in Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

     servicing both the Jewish and Arab community.

  • 2008 the Reuben Foundation opened another cancer clinic in Haifa, Israel, servicing all sectors of Israeli society.

  • 2008 The Reuben Foundation Great Ormond Street Hospital
    Great Ormond Street Hospital
    Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children is a children's hospital located in London, United Kingdom...

     opened the largest cancer
    Cancer
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     clinics for children in the Europe
    Europe
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    . The center was opened by Mayor Boris Johnson
    Boris Johnson
    Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008...


  • 2010 the Reuben Foundation together with Virgin Unite
    Virgin Unite
    Virgin Unite is the working name of The Virgin Foundation, the independent charitable arm of the Virgin Group. Created by Richard Branson and Virgin employees in September 2004, Virgin Unite pools volunteering efforts from across the Virgin Group and its hundreds of subsidiaries and associated...

     launched 'The Haiti Project' which raised substantial funds for the relief effort.


The Reuben foundation also contributes to the Royal Marsden and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was created on the initiative of HRH The Princess Royal in 1991. At that time people caring at home for family members or friends with disabilities and chronic illnesses were scarcely recognised as requiring support....

. The foundation also sponsored the Daily Telegraph spirit of the community awards and are patrons of Tickets For Troops. The Foundation also actively supports the Prince's Trust and the Royal Parks Fund
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