Now integrated into the Cellnex Foundation, corporate volunteering intends to organise and involve Cellnex employees and former employees willing to contribute to generating social value through activities that respond to the needs of people, the community and the environment.
From the Cellnex Foundation we cooperate with sustainable development and the 2030 agenda through different volunteering programs linked to three main areas of action:
– Education, training and mentoring
– Employability
– Access to technology
91%
91% of Cellnex employees in Spain positively value the commitment to corporate volunteering.
87%
87% of Cellnex employees are interested in participating in volunteering actions promoted by the Foundation.
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During the 2021-2022 academic year, the Youth Challenge program has been developed in Spain, Italy, France and the United Kingdom with 154 volunteers and 1.222 students.
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A specific project has been also developed in Portugal to promote access to employment for young people, through 9 mentoring sessions and the collaboration of 13 volunteers from Cellnex Portugal.
Acompañamos y formamos a jóvenes que provienen de un contexto social difícil con el objetivo de reducir el abandono escolar, orientarles para construir mejor su camino académico y profesional y aumentar su empleabilidad. A través de las distintas actividades buscamos estimular su interés por la formación continua y les ofrecemos una conexión directa con el mundo laboral a través de la formación y la educación en el ámbito de las telecomunicaciones, la innovación y la tecnología.
¿A quién va dirigido?
Trabajamos con estudiantes de educación secundaria acompañándoles en su orientación académica y promoviendo las carreras STEM. Llevamos a cabo programas con alumnos de escuelas técnicas y de Formación Profesional acercándoles la realidad del mundo laboral y abriéndoles paso hacia a nuevas oportunidades.
¿En qué consiste?
Los programas tienen el objetivo de promover el desarrollo de jóvenes en situación de vulnerabilidad a través de:
La edición 2021-2022 del Youth Challenge se extiende a 3 países, con las siguientes previsiones:
*Conferencias, visitas, talleres, Innovation Day o sesiones de orientación y de coaching
Vídeo Edición España (2021-2022)
Vídeo Edición España (2019-2020)
Un proyecto en colaboración con:
Centro Italiano per l’Apprendimento Permanente (CIAPE)
Education business Partnership
Capacitamos a jóvenes y adultos de bajos ingresos y bajo nivel educativo a través de un programa de voluntariado que les ayude a comprender la importancia de finalizar su formación apoyándoles en su acceso al mercado laboral.
¿A quién va dirigido?
Jóvenes de 16 a 30 años que participan en programas de apoyo escolar y mejora de habilidades para la empleabilidad y adultos con un nivel educativo muy bajo, pero con necesidad de acceder al mercado laboral y que necesitan mejorar su autoconfianza y motivación para afrontar este reto.
¿En qué consiste?
Sesiones de mentoring en formato online o presencial de al menos 1 hora entre mentor y jóven asignado. El mentor es un profesional especializado en su área que comparte su experiencia orientando y motivando a personas desempleadas que buscan empleo ayudándoles a lograr sus objetivos profesionales con mayores posibilidades de éxito.
Retos principales:
Un proyecto en colaboración con:
El Senior Challenge es el primer proyecto de voluntariado corporativo en el que los voluntarios son excolaboradores de Cellnex trabajando a favor de los objetivos sociales que promueve la Fundación: conectividad, brecha digital, educacion y empleabilidad.
Actividades 2021-2022
Conectividad en tu vida diaria
Primer proyecto enfocado al colectivo de la tercera edad con el objetivo de reducir la brecha digital en las personas mayores, un colectivo especialmente vulnerable a esta problemática que puede derivar en una exclusión social. Esta iniciativa quiere acercar a las personas mayores el mundo de las tecnologías de la comunicación y, especialmente, poder ofrecerles conocimientos prácticos en el uso de dispositivos móviles y aplicaciones digitales que les sean útiles en su vida diaria.
Este curso se han impartido un total de:
Un proyecto en colaboración con:
Actividades previstas para 2022-2023
We accompany and train young people who come from a difficult social context with the aim of reducing school dropout rates, guiding them to better build their academic and professional paths and increasing their employability. By organizing different activities, we focus on stimulating their interest in further education and offering them a direct connection to the job market through training and education in the areas of telecommunications, innovation and technology.
Who is the target group?
We work with secondary school students, accompanying them in their academic orientation and promoting STEM careers. We carry out programs with students from technical and vocational training schools, bringing them closer to the reality of the job market and opening the way to new opportunities.
What does it consist of?
These programs aim to promote the development of young people in vulnerable situations through:
– Career fairs where volunteers share with students their educational and professional path, showing them different options and opportunities for the future.
– Individual mentoring to improve youngsters’ personal skills.
– Conferences given by Cellnex volunteers on telecommunications topics intending to broaden their knowledge and offer a curricular improvement and a closer look at the work of a leading tech company.
– Active learning workshops where students put their technical knowledge into practice through learning by doing methodology.
– Visits to Cellnex premises and other control centres offering a complete learning experience to encourage their interest in continuing their training thanks to a better knowledge of the job market.
The Youth Challenge 2021-2022 edition is deployed in 3 countries, with the following plans:
*Conferences, visits, workshops, Innovation Day or mentoring and coaching sessions.
Video Spain Edition (2019-2020)
Vídeo Spain Edition (2021-2022)
Mentoring Portugal
We empower low-income and low-educated young people and adults through a volunteer program that helps them understand the importance of completing their education. It also supports them in accessing the labour market.
Who is the target group?
Young people from 16 to 30 years old who participate in school support and employability skills improvement programs, as well as very low-educated adults needing to access the job market and to improve their self-confidence and motivation to face this challenge.
What does it consist of?
One-hour mentoring sessions in online or face-to-face format between mentor and assigned young person. The former is a professional specialised in their area who shares their experience guiding and empowering unemployed job seekers, helping them to achieve their professional goals with greater chances of success.
Main challenges:
Project in collaboration with:
Senior Challenge is the first corporate volunteering project in which volunteers are former Cellnex employees working for the social objectives promoted by the Foundation: connectivity, digital divide, education and employability.
Activities 2021-2022
First project with the aim of reducing the digital divide in the elderly, a group especially vulnerable to this problem that can lead to social exclusion. This initiative aims to bring the elderly closer to the world of communication technologies and, especially, to offer them practical knowledge in the use of mobile devices and digital applications that are useful in their daily lives.
A total of 97 workshops organized (19 online and 78 face-to-face) were given this year:
A project in collaboration with:
Activities in 2022-2023