5th edition of the Naturgy Foundation Award for the best social initiative

ALIDA Ingeniería del Medio SL: Learn by playing and teach by playing! Energy and its relationship with the environment

The initiative aims to raise awareness among secondary school pupils and older people about energy and its relationship with the environment through the “from Renewable to Renewable” Educational Game, in which young people play with their teachers in the classroom. They then take the “travelling game home” and play with families, neighbours and friends, Senior Citizens Clubs and Religious Congregations. It is aimed at villages in rural Spain, making them more dynamic by different generations playing a “board game of energy and the environment”.

Cáritas Diocesana de Madrid: Integral Ecology in the social action of Cáritas Diocesana de Madrid

The project encompasses actions aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the organisation’s work with people in situations of exclusion: improving the energy efficiency of 152 homes; installation of 2 thermal solar energy plants and 4 photovoltaic energy plants in social housing; reuse of clothes through insertion companies: Moda-RE; reduction of energy consumption; reuse of digital devices; reuse of food: Menu-Re; and awareness-raising for personal change.

Spanish Commission for Refugees – CEAR: Development of training and labour integration itineraries in green jobs for refugees

The initiative aims to find job placements for unemployed refugees and migrants by designing and guiding them on a personalised itinerary of improvement and insertion based on a diagnosis of employability, career guidance, training in cross-cutting competences and professionalisation in the solar panel installation sector, together with awareness-raising and intermediation with sector businesses to facilitate insertion.

KONECTA Foundation: Green Jobs Hub for vulnerable people

The main objective is to identify employment opportunities in the green economy, especially positions aimed at vulnerable young people in the Autonomous Region of Madrid, and to improve their employability by offering training and qualifications at companies and by empowering those who wish to start their own business. They also promote research and the generation of knowledge on the subject with the Sustainable Challenges they pose to different project collaborators.

Luz Solidaria Foundation: Programme to Combat Fuel Poverty

A nationwide initiative focused on guaranteeing vulnerable families have access to energy. It includes the following actions: personalised advice in the field of energy; management and processing of the electricity and thermal subsidised rate; halting power cuts for the most vulnerable families; negotiation of payment plans for outstanding bills and full payment of outstanding bills in the most serious cases.

Ronald McDonald Foundation: A home away from home

It offers free temporary accommodation to families who are forced to move from their home town for the medical treatment of a seriously ill child. They welcome the family unit for the duration of the treatment and provide them with a home that covers the family’s basic needs, as well as the possibility of participating in activities organised by the Home. The project consists of implementing an energy saving plan by installing solar panels, automatic taps, water pressure filters and sustainable water boilers.

Integra Pirineus Private Foundation: Donem Vida al Bosc

The initiative aims to create employment for people in a situation or at risk of exclusion, with special attention to people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental health disorders, with work in sustainable forest management and the use of wood products obtained for the production of forest biomass (wood chips), which is sold as fuel for different boilers in the territory (town halls, hospitals, hotels, etc.).

Generamés: Generamés Project: clean energy and social inclusion

The main objective is to employ young people at risk of exclusion in the renewable energy sector. Generamés provides training in renewable installations (solar panels, chargers, aerothermal energy) to socially excluded groups and incorporates them into the social insertion company so that within a maximum period of 3 years (by law) they can make the leap to the ordinary company. They are people at risk of exclusion, such as former wards of the state, young migrants who arrived alone or people who are chronically marginalised and who work in scrap metal collection to survive.

Mohammad Nazrul Chowdhury Begum: Proyecto Confianza

An effective initiative to reach out to people who are excluded and living in extreme vulnerability. Groups and fortnightly meetings are organised to create an enabling environment where beneficiaries can find support in the form of social connections, practical tools, training, advice and access to financial resources, among other relevant aspects. These resources give them the ability to pursue their objectives more effectively. They include training on bills, subsidised rates, responsible consumption, etc., as well as housing renovations.

Provivienda: Home energy saving solutions

The goal is to contribute to the improvement of household energy savings and efficiency among the population participating in the project. Provivienda presents its activity in the Canary Islands. The project works along 4 lines: promoting efficient energy consumption habits, optimising supply contracts, implementing energy efficiency measures and offering advice and training in energy saving solutions. To this end, they carry out an energy diagnosis of homes, deliver energy saving kits, complete energy improvements in homes, provide training, information and personalised support to people on energy issues.