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Social initiatives

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Social initiative

1. Bank’s policy of supporting social and charity initiatives

Bank Pocztowy S.A., the parent company in the Bank Pocztowy Capital Group, addresses its offer mainly to inhabitants of towns and villages, proposing simple and easily comprehensible products in outlets close to their place of residence. Therefore, its social initiatives are focused mainly on local communities.

The Bank supports social and charity initiatives addressed to its two key target groups:

  • the elderly, including the Third Age University students;
  • public benefit organizations, such as schools, religious societies, foundations, associations and uniformed services.

Bank Pocztowy S.A. has a Donation Committee. According to the Bank’s By-laws, the ceiling value of donations for a given financial year is 1.5% of gross profit generated in the previous financial year.

In 2013, the total amount of financial support granted by Bank Pocztowy S.A. exceeded PLN 372 thousand. For comparison, in 2011 and 2012 the total donations exceeded PLN 264 thousand and PLN 266 thousand, respectively.

2. Supporting education, science and business

Various initiatives aimed at convincing non-client groups to use the services offered by the financial sector take a special place among educational projects pursued by the Bank. Along with anti-exclusion activities, the Bank provides financial support for initiatives aimed at promoting digitalization in towns and villages.

Along with Presspublica Sp. z o.o., the publisher of Rzeczpospolita Daily, in 2013 the Bank organized a competition called Small Business in Small Places. Its objective was to promote business among young people living in small towns and villages.In May 2013, during a final gala, three young businessmen from small villages, authors of the best business plans, were awarded. Further, in February 2013, the Bank supported organization of Fairs for Microenterprises organized by the student association of Warsaw School of Economics.

Further, the Bank supported pupils and students. The Bank:

  • provided funding to a scholarship program called Przekaz ku przyszłości carried out by Pocztowy Dar Foundation. The program is addressed to talented and ambitious pupils of primary, secondary and high schools who want to develop their talents. The scholarship allows funding of additional courses, including language lessons, and purchasing of items necessary to develop educational projects (e.g. software, tooling, sports accessories etc.). Its beneficiaries include top students with additional scientific, cultural, sport or social achievements;
  • was a founder of Przekaz ku przyszłości program, under which over 70 students of primary, secondary and high schools received scholarships to cover costs of their education;
  • was involved in organization of a competition called Road to Harvard. Its objective is to present ambitious young people with opportunities offered by one of the world’s best universities. Four winners of the competition could spend a week in that university.

In 2013 Bank Pocztowy S.A. organized a debate during European Forum of New Ideas devoted to the problem of lack of access to banks and costs generated by this on the national economy level. During a discussion panel entitled How to include an excluded group in the economic blood circulation system representatives of various institutions, business people and individuals interested in the topic presented possible anti-exclusion scenarios.

In June 2013, the Bank helped Uczelnia Łazarskiego to organize an international debate regarding funding of universities, and became a sponsor of a discussion panel entitled Opportunities of increasing funding addressed to potentially excluded youth.

In 2013, the Bank supported organizations dealing with assistance to the elderly, such as Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz - for Third Age University, Regional branches of Polish Association of Pensioners and the Handicapped in Sieradz and in Szczecin, Association for the Elderly Przystań na Parkowej in Wadowice, Association Hospicjum Św. Kamila in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Hospicjum Sanktuarium Maryjnego in Licheń and Teachers’ Labor Union with the registered office in Warsaw for the Pensioner Section in Bydgoszcz.

The Bank donated funds to organizations dealing with integration of the handicapped and disadvantaged people, to include Association W Naszych Rękach and Association Różowa wstążeczka in Bydgoszcz.

3. Promotion of sports

In 2013 Bank Pocztowy S.A. promoted sports and active lifestyle supporting Unibax Toruń and Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski motorcycle racing clubs.

It also supported smaller initiatives that promoted sports among kids and youth. Its involvement in the sponsoring of school volleyball contest in Piła or Jagiellonia Białystok youth football team are just examples of such projects.

Bank Pocztowy S.A. co-funded the organization of a trekking project called The Roof of Africa organized by Student Hiking Club. The Bank supported also Opole University Music Band.

Annual Report 2013 - Bank Pocztowy