Charities and Local Communities
Acting Responsibly towards the wider community where we operate is core to who we are.
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We want to have a positive impact on the people and environment in our local areas and create long-term social value through our business and individual actions.
Logicor’s 2024 Environmental Volunteers’ day.
Our impact on wider society is important to us and our employees. Through our business-wide Charities and Local Communities programme we support charitable organisations through employee participation, sponsorship and donations across all the regions where we operate, focusing on youth and sustainability.
We hold an annual Logicor Environmental Volunteers’ day where our employees across all of our offices spend a day working to improve the local environment. In previous years, we have partnered with Trees for Cities to help to clear woodlands, plant trees and improve biodiversity in local community based green spaces. We continue to partner with local environmental organisations across our business, and this year our employees are volunteering on local community farms, and are cleaning beaches and river canals.
In addition every year, employees in each of our regions take part in raising money for local charitable causes, through sporting and other events and initiatives. From running marathons in Luxembourg to cycling 300km in Poland, our teams enjoy the annual charity days.
We are continuing to advance our programme as we recognise that our large portfolio of well-connected assets through Europe provides further opportunities to create social value in local communities.
European community spaces rejuvenated
All teams across Logicor rejuvenated local community spaces during Logicor Environmental Day.
Hear from our Logicor colleagues at the Property Triathlon.
Thanks to initiatives such as Race'n'Raise powered by Logicor, non-profit organizations cooperating with businesses can support important charity initiatives.
“Using the experience of the Horizons Scholarship Program, we have also launched scholar-ships for young people from other countries and underprivileged backgrounds.
Thanks to the involvement of the Logicor team and their business partners who participated, the funds collected will allow us to support specific young persons - to cover the costs of their annu-al scholarship that will enable them to study and develop in a high school in Poland.”
Aleksandra Saczuk
President of the Board of the EFC Foundation
Spain
Launch of charity project for Unoentrecienmil
In early 2023, Logicor’s Spanish team was invited to the launch of a charity project that we have been sponsoring since 2019.
The NGO Unoentrecienmil (one in one hundred thousand) finances research projects which look for a cure for childhood leukaemia, the most common cancer in children.
One of the research projects they financed proved that physical exercise can help children with cancer get better, faster. The project is called “Aceleradora” which means Accelerator, as it aims to accelerate the cure of cancer through exercise.
We are proud to have contributed to this project by sponsoring the development of a unit for physical exercise in the oncology department at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. This is the first non-pharmacological therapy unit for children with cancer that combines scientific research with precision physical exercise. This model can also be replicated in any hospital.
The event itself began with speeches by senior members of staff in the hospital, researchers, and the founder of Unoentrecienmil, José Carnero. During the conference, they explained what the project was, and the health benefits it would bring. The event was also attended by personalities from the world of sport and Spanish cinema.
After the conference, some children from the hospital took us to visit the Accelerator, which was inspiring to see.
Italy
Continuing our charity and community work in Milan
The team in Italy sponsored a project at a local school in Milan to help raise awareness of social withdrawal in teenagers. As part of our community and charity work, which focuses on supporting youth in our local communities, we worked with The Onlus Hikikomori Social Cooperative who introduced us to the project and helped us create this fantastic partnership.
The Onlus Hikikomori Social Cooperative studies, analyses, and works on therapy treatments of new pathological addictions (like the internet, gambling, video games, online trading, and compulsive shopping).
The name of the organisation derives from Hikikomori, a Japanese term describing people considered recluses who withdraw from all social contact and often don’t leave their houses for years at a time. The internet can become their only form of communication and they can be at high-risk of having one of these new addictions. This subject is something the students and families at the school had shown concerns about, especially after the pandemic, and were eager to find out more.
The project was made up of awareness sessions run by psychologists and counsellors and overall, approximately 200 students took part. The aim was to bring attention to these new addictions; show how video game companies and social media use strategies to get people to stay on their platform; improve wellbeing; and recognise the signs of social withdrawal. The teachers and parents of the school were also invited to attend their own session so they could learn how to recognise withdrawal in their children/students; be aware of the potential issues with technology and give advice on how to help the teenagers (for example, by setting limits on the amount of time they spend on the internet).
Overall, there was positive feedback from the students as well as the teachers and parents who took part. They commented that they felt they now had the tools to recognise when spending too much time alone on the internet or playing video games could turn into a problem and that the sessions had enabled them to notice signs of addiction.
The Italian team continue their ongoing relationship with The Onlus Hikikomori Social Cooperative to discuss other potential projects in the future.
Spending time on the internet can be an escape from reality that can become an addiction, so it is essential that students have a support network that starts with family, friends, and school.
We are proud to have supported the Gadda Rosselli Comprehensive school, so thank you to everyone who has been involved.
Germany
Incredible team spirit, fantastic overall performance and the common fight against blood cancer
This year’s German Charity Run has taken place in Düsseldorf.
For several years now, the B2Run has become a tradition among company runs throughout Germany. In the meantime, different companies and institutions are taking part in eighteen cities in order to strengthen the team spirit by doing good together.
Logicor was represented with 19 runners and 6 fans in the Merkur Arena Düsseldorf as charity starter. In addition to the ticket donations of 5 euros per starting place, we took the opportunity to support the DKMS in the fight against blood cancer with a donation of 6,000 EUR. The donations will enable the organisation to finance further new registrations and to advance its research work and internationalisation. Learn More About DKMS and Bone Marrow Donation | DKMS Gianna Rodriguez (Community Fundraising Manager) from DKMS was extremely enthusiastic when she received the digital donation cheque from us: "I am delighted that you are supporting the important work of DKMS with your commitment. Thank you very much!"
Congratulations to all the runners showing so much commitment, power and aerobic endurance. "The team spirit was incredible and the number of our runners was outstanding, no matter what running time or athletic performance - gladly again next year." Said Ini Nsien after the run. By the way, he recorded the fastest time in our team of 28 minutes over 6.2 km.
We are already looking forward to next year's race!
UK
Team Logicor takes on the JLL Property Triathlon
On Friday 28 June, 25 colleagues from Logicor’s UK offices took part in the annual JLL Property Triathlon at Eton Dorney Lake.
This prestigious event brings together many professionals and peers from across the property industry whilst raising funds and awareness for Worldwide Fund for Nature.
Logicor colleagues took part in the variety of races on offer including, team relays, duathlons and full triathlons. It was a fantastic day full of healthy competition and support for one another.