Corporate Responsibility, page 5
News on corporate responsibility and the NGO sector
Social innovators can make a real impact
Poor state of education system hampers creative approach to solving social problems.
Tax assignation fetches record funds
THROUGH the beginning of November, the Slovak Financial Administration (FS) has sent to accounts of non-profit organisations a total of almost €55 million collected within the tax assignation scheme from taxes paid by citizens and companies.
Listen. Act. Learn.
Why is it so difficult for non-profit organisations with such a huge impact to get enough resources for their existence?
Great Country is opening its gates once again
Do you know about a good project that you think should be on Great Country? Then send them this article. We’re looking for new organizations and their social welfare projects. They can register until 31 October 2015.
Blog: Living library to highlight Bratislava Week of Volunteering
This year for the first time, Bratislava Volunteer Center is organising the Bratislava week of volunteering from September 28 to October 3.
Blog: I can’t hear you, but I can speak to you
Some 200 hearing-impaired children are born every year in Slovakia and up to 95 percent are born to parents with no hearing impairment.
Blog: Did we manage to change Slovakia for the better in just 24 hours?
24 hours; 621 good folk; €10,528.49 for non-profit organisations – the most successful 24-hour charity run ever.
Blog: What can we achieve together in 24 hours?
Can Slovakia become a Great Country? We believe it can.
Awarding philanthropists
THE DONORS’ Forum handed out awards to winners of the Philanthropist of the Year 2014 and TOP Corporate Philanthropist poll in February.
2% assignation brings in €52 million
SLOVAK non-profit organisations and foundations received a total of €52.204 million in 2014 from the 2 percent that businesses and individuals can assign from their due corporate or individual taxes.
Aims of “circular economy” questioned
THE EUROPEAN Union wants to push its members towards a new waste scheme that it expects will bring new growth and also new jobs, but there are still questions surrounding the plan.
Contributions reach €1,000,000 through the ĽudiaĽuďom website
THE DONOR website ĽudiaĽuďom exceeded the magical threshold of €1,000,000 donated, in mid May.
Helping to connect
The Hearing Impaired perceive themselves as a language and cultural community, making up about 1 percent of Slovakia’s population and this is why they use a capital H and I in the words Hearing Impaired. Slovak Telekom has adopted this as a sign of fellowship.
Mapping volunteers’ work
THE GOAL of a new campaign called Volunteers’ Trace is to follow volunteering activities and provide a message about them.
Volunteers in many towns make a big impact
THOUGH it is not used for its original purpose, the Baroque pheasantry just outside Jarovce remains a nice place for walking that can be approached by foot or bike directly from Bratislava’s Petržalka district.
Better product-design leads to sustainability
TURNING off your heating system, using less water and travelling less by car are not the best ways to support sustainability.
Volunteering moves to the mainstream
Society benefits, but so do volunteers who improve their skills and employment prospects.
NGOs reach assignation agreement with FinMin
Memorandum clears way for more consistent rules on tax donations.
Blog: Have you also been cheated by fundraisers?
On one evening I had to visit an out-of-hours pharmacy in Košice to collect some medicines. When I wanted to enter, a 60-year-old woman approached me and asked me to give her a few euros. She said she was in a difficult situation and didn’t even have money to buy her medicines. My heart sank. Her face suddenly reminded me of my mother and I immediately took out my purse. I couldn’t even fall asleep that night.
Volunteers will help in towns again
NEARLY 8,000 volunteers will participate in Naše Mesto, the biggest volunteering event in Slovakia, helping to clean the parks and public spaces, paint the fences at schools and spending time with seniors and people in need.
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