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Staff at UCAS are continuing to support the local community by donating 30,000 new disposable plastic cups to Cotswold Care Hospice in Minchinhampton.

The Cheltenham-based university admissions service no longer uses them at water chillers since embarking on the ISO14001 Environmental Management System.

Virginia Isaac, Acting Chief Executive of UCAS, said: "Our commitment to reducing the impact our business has on the environment means we no longer need the cups. Rather than sending them back to the manufacturer, we took the decision to find a local charity that could put them to good use. The Cotswold Care Hospice is a fantastic local cause and one that we are very happy to be helping in this practical way."

Corinne Godding, Head of Facilities and Resources at Cotswold Care Hospice said: 'We are delighted with this very generous offer from UCAS. Cotswold Care Hospice is a local independent charity that gets less than 10% of its funding from the NHS therefore it's crucial that we make cost savings in any way possible.'

She added: 'We look to recycle and be environmentally friendly as much as we can so this donation of cups will go a long way in helping us to achieve this and reduce our costs.'

The ISO14001 Environmental Management System is an internationally recognised standard and provides UCAS with a structured approach to manage environmental performance and legal compliance with environmental legislation.

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Notes to editors

UCAS is a charity and is the world's leading shared admissions service for higher education. We manage applications for full-time undergraduate courses, together with applications through GTTR (Graduate Teacher Training Registry), CUKAS (Conservatoires UK Admissions Service) and UKPASS (UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical Service).

Since its inception in 1994, UCAS has processed around 30 million applications across the world and placed over 5 million students on higher education courses.

Services include:

  • An informative website (www.ucas.com) enabling students and parents to access a wealth of information designed to help their application to higher education run smoothly.
  • A state-of-the-art contact centre (+44871 468 0468) providing a point of contact for students, schools and higher education institutions.
  • An online application system.
  • A simple, straightforward tracking service enabling students and schools advisors to access up-to-date information about their applications at the click of a button.
  • Over 50 higher education events each year providing 250,000 students with face-to-face advice on the UCAS process. Internationally, we participated in events in over 12 countries and also provided training and professional development throughout Europe and beyond.

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