Engagement is important to us
STEICO supports charitable organisations and projects
We believe that business and social responsibility go hand in hand. As a company, we have a social and environmental responsibility not only to our employees. We also want to give something back to society in the regions where we operate, through activities and support for charitable organisations and projects that help improve social coexistence as a community or demonstrate a commitment to ecology and climate protection.
Christmas 2024 fundraising campaign
For our Christmas 2024 fundraising campaign, we asked our team to suggest charitable initiatives in each of the countries where STEICO has a presence, i.e. Germany, France, the UK and Poland. We are delighted that so many of our employees took part and, in some cases made very personal suggestions.
In addition to environmental projects, the STEICO team has a clear focus on social initiatives with a local connection.
We have made a selection from all the suggestions submitted and are supporting the following initiatives:
In Germany
Bergwaldprojekt e.V. has been organising volunteer work in forests, moors and open landscapes for over 30 years. In 2025, the organisation will bring more than 5,000 volunteers into nature through its volunteer weeks in Germany. It organises 196 project weeks at 95 different locations throughout Germany. The aim of the work is to restore and stabilise the diverse functions of ecosystems, to make the volunteers involved aware of the importance and acute threat to the natural foundations of life, and to help drive forward the necessary socio-ecological transformation in society.
Bergwaldprojekt e.V. has been recognised by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as a UN Decade Project for the Restoration of Ecosystems.
Kinderkrebshilfe Ebersberg e.V. supports children and young people with cancer who are being treated as in-patients or out-patients on the 'Intern 3' ward at the Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital in Munich. Donations are used to improve the living, care and treatment conditions of the young patients. All members of the organisation work on a voluntary basis. Low administrative costs of less than 2% guarantee donors that their valuable support is well spent.
Principles of Kinderkrebshilfe Ebersberg e.V:
- The organisation does everything in its power to help sick children to improve their quality of life during their illness or to increase their chances of survival.
- The support of individual children and their families is based solely on their needs.
- The ward team, not the charity, decides on the need for purchases or funding within the limits of available resources.
- The charity has no influence on the internal affairs or organisation of the unit.
In Great Britian
The Safer Luton Partnership is a multi-award winning organisation with international recognition for promoting partnerships that prevent crime and improve quality of life. Different projects with specific target groups continually aim to develop safer neighbourhoods, improve quality of life and reduce crime for those who live, work or visit Luton.
NOAH is a Luton-based charity working across Bedfordshire, offering hope and support to people struggling with being homeless and facing exclusion. For 30 years, NOAH has been supporting people with complex needs who have nowhere else to go.
NOAH works with the whole person to find lasting and personalised ways out of homelessness and destitution. Support for people who are homeless or severely marginalised, or both; support at a pace and level that is tailored to each individual. It ranges from a hot meal and medical care to recognised training and finding a job. Even when those receiving support have found permanent accommodation and employment.
In France
The Échobat network aims to develop the sector of solidarity-based ecological construction. The association supports builders and members in sustainable construction and the energy conversion in buildings. The project is collective and generates social benefits, committed to the professional integration of young people and people furthest from the labour market.
Mission:
- Promote ecological construction tin solidarity through awareness-raising and information activities.
- Training members to respond to economic, technical and environmental developments in the sector.
- Structuring a quality local offer of solidarity-based eco-construction through the animation of local member groups.
- To expand by accompanying other project organisers and passing on know-how.
- Facilitate the rapprochement of businesses and social inclusion structures through economic activity.
Sapeurs-pompiers de Casteljaloux The fire brigade of Casteljaloux is committed to the well-being and safety of the population by providing assistance in the event of road accidents, personal injuries and fires in various types of buildings. The team, made up of professionals and volunteers, specialises in fighting fires in the surrounding forests in order to protect them.
The firefighters' association looks after the families of its colleagues. It also organises sporting and social activities such as Christmas parties for children and open days to pass on its vocation to future generations.
With the help of 150 volunteers, 35 professionals and 6 permanent employees, La Banque alimentaire du Bas-Rhin collects, sorts, stores and distributes food every day to 120 partner associations, social shops and C.C.A.S.* throughout the department. In 2023, 2,300 tonnes of food were distributed, the equivalent of almost 5 million meals for more than 70,000 people in the Bas-Rhin. Every year, the Banque Alimentaire du Bas-Rhin organises a national food drive for the general public: in the Bas-Rhin, 5,000 volunteers work for three days on the last weekend of November to collect more than 500,000 meals. The Banque Alimentaire du Bas-Rhin is also active in the field of employment through its "employment integration site". Since 2005, it has been combating exclusion by providing professional and social support to those furthest away from the labour market (professional integration contract).
In Poland
Hospicjum w Starogardzie Gdańskim The Foundation was established in 2019 as an initiative of Medpharma ZOZ S.A. to support hospice patients and their families. It focuses on social, pastoral and medical care, meeting the needs not covered by the services of the National Health Fund. By organising events, fundraising and awareness campaigns, the Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of people in palliative care and to raise public awareness of the needs of hospice patients. The Foundation's mission is based on empathy, professionalism and concern for the dignity of each person in the most difficult moments of life.
Warsztaty Terapii Zajęciowej Gębice The Occupational Therapy Centre was established in 2000. The main aim of the Centre's programme is the social and professional activation of disabled people and the improvement of their quality of life. Social and occupational rehabilitation is a long-term process, and the Centre creates opportunities for participants to be in a group, to form emotional bonds and, most importantly, to learn and perform socially useful activities, i.e. to prepare for work. The building is adapted to the needs of people with different types and degrees of disability. The centre has 45 participants who take part in therapeutic activities in nine workshops: Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts, Computer Photography, Housekeeping, Sewing and Knitting, Learning Therapy, Fine Arts, Ceramics, Rehabilitation. The programme also offers psychological support and physical rehabilitation courses.