CORPORATE VOLUNTEER WORK
Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
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CORPORATE
VOLUNTEER WORK
«WE CAN ALL HELP TO FIND HAPPINESS AND JOY FOR THOSE
MOST IN NEED»
PACO ÁLVAREZ (BBVA VOLUNTEER)
3,617
Total number of volunteers
in the BBVA Group
+17% over 2007
The BBVA Group supports and promotes
corporate volunteer programmes everywhere it
operates, under the premise that the real
protagonists are those working in the BBVA team.
Employees indicated that their priorities centred on
the education of underprivileged groups, in order
to improve their life prospects. The company and
its employees coincide in this aim.
IN SPAIN In 2008, 513 employee
volunteer activities were
carried out. The BBVA Volunteer Office (VO) acts
as the centre for the Corporate Volunteer Plan.
Staffed by former BBVA employees, the office is in
constant contact with those who are interested in
89,200€
Prize money of the
Second BBVA Volunteer
Competition awards
in Spain
Junior Achievement Foundation: «The advantages of staying in school»
This programme was created in March, 2001 by the Junior Achievement Foundation (JAES).
The programme is targeted at secondary school students, with the aim of instilling an enterprising
attitude in them, one that will help them to attain their goals in a free and responsible way,
thus avoiding school failure and dropping out.
75 BBVA volunteers participated in the programme in 2008, 15 of which were retirees.
These volunteers had received prior training offered by JAES. The 60 currently working
volunteers carried out their activity during working hours, with authorisation from the
Human Resources department. 875 young people from 12 secondary schools in
Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia and Villarrobledo
(Albacete), were able to take part in the 35 courses on offer.
112,568€
Funds collected in the
Euro Solidario Scheme
this kind of volunteer activities. All those
interested may also visit the BBVA Volunteers
portal, which acts as a meeting place.
www.voluntariado.org/voluntariosbbva/info/
Corporate volunteer activities were highlighted
by the following:
• The development of the nine prize-winning
projects in the First BBVA Volunteer Competition,
with the participation of 44 volunteers.
• The Second BBVA Volunteer Competition,
involving social projects in which BBVA
employees took part in 2008. A total of 23
projects were entered into competition, with
main areas of activity centring on education
and immigration.
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