T-Mobile Fund: A record number of grant applications
Public 23.09.2005 in category Press News / CSR and Sponsoring
- 163 grant applications received
- Results of grant programmes to be known in the last week of October
Prague, 23 September 2005 - The grant programmes announced by the T-Mobile Fund this year met with great interest. The deadline for filing grant applications was Friday, 16 September. The VIA Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe, which administrate the T-Mobile Fund together, have received a total of 163 applications for financial contributions representing a sum of over CZK 11.5 million. The gala announcement of the results will take place at the end of October at the T-Mobile offices in Hradec Kralove, Louny and Prague.
"We are really pleased about the large number of people who found our offer interesting. We think that it is better to offer concrete, smaller grants to regions and local communities rather than implement costly and often somewhat faceless national projects," says Marek Herman, director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Office of T-Mobile International, adding: "This extraordinary response has confirmed that we have focused our efforts in the right direction. We are already starting to work on a continuation of this project which is planned for next year."
For the first time this year, the T-Mobile Fund was announced as a new initiative for three regions where the No. 1 Czech mobile operator has its offices: Prague 11, and the Hradec Kralove and Louny districts. For this year, T-Mobile donated more than CZK 2.5 million to the Fund. This amount will be distributed among recipients by the Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe in the Louny district and by the VIA Foundation in City District Prague 11 and the Hradec Kralove district.
The projects, which were submitted by applicants both from cities and rural areas, are focused primarily on social services, support for sports and leisure-time activities for children and young people. The foundations have received interesting projects concerning the renovation of village squares, restoration of historical monuments and revival of community centres for local inhabitants. There are also many cultural projects, such as open-air theatre performances and choir festivals. The applications also focus on environmental projects aimed at cleaning up rivers and making various points of interest accessible to tourists. It is very satisfying to the organizers that the applications included projects to support volunteerism, particularly in the area of social services.
Non-governmental non-profit organizations as well as municipalities and religious organizations could apply for funds from the T-Mobile Fund. Both foundations have recorded a large number of applications from schools, municipalities and institutions receiving funds from the state budget. For example, sixteen schools have submitted projects in the Hradec Kralove district. "We are very satisfied by this interest, as it shows the efforts of the members of city and local councils, school principals and teachers to provide citizens and school children with above-standard care," Jana Zahradnickova from the VIA Foundation comments.
Members of the individual evaluation committees are now carefully studying the projects. The names of the projects supported and the winning organizations will be published at gala ceremonies in the three regions during the last week of October. The results will also be published on www.lepsisvet.cz.
For more information, please visit the websites of the Via Foundation at www.nadacevia.cz and the Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe at www.komunitninadace.cz.
About the Company
T-Mobile Czech Republic has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 30 September 2011, almost 5.4 million customers were using T-Mobile services.
T-Mobile operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM and UMTS standards. Since 1 January 2008, T-Mobile has been offering fixed data and voice telecommunications services. In 2009, T-Mobile extended its portfolio to include ICT services and, since November 2010, the operator also offers the T-Mobile TV satellite television service.
T-Mobile has always focused on the quality of offered services. Independent tests have repeatedly confirmed that T-Mobile is the quality leader in 2G and 3G (UMTS FDD) data services, as well as in GSM voice services.
Since its establishment, the company has placed emphasis on excellent customer service and proper conduct towards business partners, employees and the environment. T-Mobile has received, among other awards, the VIA Bona 2009 award for the involvement of its employees in philanthropic and volunteer activities.
T-Mobile is a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom. Thanks to the group’s international presence, customers can count on the worldwide availability of their favourite services and enjoy uniform, favourable prices of calls when abroad.
For more information about the company, please visit t-press.cz or www.t-mobile.cz.
