UOB HeartbeatLevelling the Playing Field

Supporting education for disadvantaged students

The UOB Heartbeat CSR programme has helped numerous disadvantaged students across the region continue to have access to education, including funding school programmes, building schools in rural areas, school essentials, bursaries, scholarships and other cash aids.

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China

UOB China volunteers distributed hygiene/ medical supplies to students from two rural schools within Guizhou Province.
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Hong Kong

For more than a decade, UOB Hong Kong has raised funds through its annual fund-raising event, the UOB Heartbeat Run, to support the Sunshine School Programme. Operated by Children’s Cancer Foundation, the Programme provides a safe learning space for young patients, ensuring they can continue their educational opportunities while undergoing treatment.
Indonesia

UOB Indonesia organised a Sign Language Class to support deaf children, and more than 80 colleagues from different departments participated.
Singapore

We have been partnering Children’s Wishing Well to support their supermarket shopping trips, where children from lower income families get to shop for what they really like and need within a budget of S$50 each. Through this programme, they learn about nutrition, budgeting, and decision-making skills.
Thailand

Since the of launch of our online financial literacy programme, UOB Money 101: Teen Edition in September 2021, the programme has seen strong interest from schools, with sign-up rates increasing every year. Today, almost 6,000 students across Thailand have undergone comprehensive training in money management concepts and financial wellness principles, equipping lower secondary-level students with financial knowledge to support them in making well-informed financial decisions and securing their future economic wellbeing.
Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award

Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award

The Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award is a $50 million scholarship programme to develop future leaders by providing tertiary education opportunities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The award is provided in partnership with the Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore. Awardees will be selected based on their financial background, followed by academic performance and community efforts including volunteer work. In addition to tuition fee funding, students will have the opportunity to tap on UOB’s network to support their aspirations to contribute to Singapore’s economic future.

Promoting financial literacy among the young

Promoting financial literacy among the young

To help the next generation succeed in a global economy, we believe in imparting the skills of sound financial management from young. Across the region, we work with like-minded partners to conduct tailored financial literary workshops for children and youths, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to help them learn critical values around money.