BaylyTrust.org
Title
JP Bayly Trust
Description
The J P Bayly Trust is a charitable non-profit organisation created to assist under-privileged citizens of Fiji. It was incorporated as a Charitable Trust on 30th July 1954. It has now been in existence for nearly 50 years. The Trust was established to fulfill the wishes of its benefactor, John Percy Bayly. He sought to make medical and welfare provisions for the poorest members of Fiji’s society and to enable their children to receive an education.
The Trust owns two modest estates in the Sigatoka Valley and Ra. These freehold estates are sub-divided and leased to farming tenants from whom rentals are received. The Trust’s income provides assistance to the less fortunate, usually in the form of subsistence rations and clothing, medical help and the supply of books and stationery to enable the younger members of these families to attend school.
The Trust operates The Bayly Medical Clinics in Suva and Lautoka. As of 1st July 2003 the doctors and dentists in these clinics pay a subsidised rental. A mandatory requirement of the lease between the Trust and the doctors and dentists is to charge low wage earners consultation fees well below the scale fees of General Practitioners elsewhere. Over the years, the Trust has maintained and upgraded the Clinic’s medical equipment and purchased additional equipment to further improve health care services. The doctors and dentists give free consultations to those registered under the Welfare, whilst the Trust pays the prescription fees. On average, the doctors at Bayly Clinic Suva would see 5,000 patients per month.
