During 5 hours of the Open Day, 5 bus lines did 19 tours on the premises of the Grupa
LOTOS refinery, enabling almost 900 persons to see our facilities.
We provided free-of-charge bus lines, which enabled residents of the neighbouring districts to get to the
refinery itself. During the event, a multitude of attractions were organized for people of all ages. A parade of
uniformed forces cooperating with the Company was held. Also, Kuling Waterbird Research Group and the
Ornithological Station at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, our
partners in the ‘Protect the Wildlife of the Sobieszewo Island’ programme and the 'LOTOS Protects the Baltic
Sea’s Wildlife' programme, presented their activities during the event. The ‘Open Day’ attracted more than
2,000 participants, who were also asked to assess the event in a survey. Their opinions concerning the venue,
the attractiveness of the event’s programme and its date, as well as the quality of the service were all very
good (80% of respondents expressed a positive opinion), and 87% of the respondents felt that the ‘Open Day
at Grupa LOTOS’ met their expectations and they would like to participate again in a similar event organized
by the Company in future.
- Charity initiatives
As part of the ‘Good Neighbour’ programme, we work together with non-governmental organizations,
offering assistance to the neediest in our closest neighbourhood. In 2013, we supported persons under the
care of the Municipal Family Support Centre in the Gdańsk district of Rudniki, ‘Stowarzyszenie Przyjazne
Pomorze’ (‘Friendly Pomerania Association’), which runs a community library in the Gdańsk district of Stogi,
‘Fundacja Pomóż Sobie i Innym’ (‘Help Yourself and Others Foundation’), ‘Stowarzyszenie Pedagogów
Praktyków’ (‘Association of Practising Educators’) and Parafia p.w. Matki Boskiej Bolesnej w Gdańsku (Our
Lady of Dolours Parish in Gdańsk). We co-financed summer and winter holidays for more than 100 children
under the care of these organizations and purchased equipment for rooms where educational activities for
children take place. We also organized Santa Claus gift-giving events for children under the care of these
organizations and in family-type children’s homes. In total, Christmas packages were distributed to 270
children from 13 organizations and children’s homes, including 9 from the Gdańsk area, 2 from Jasło and 2
from Czechowice-Dziedzice.
The ‘Skrzydła z Grupą LOTOS’ (‘Wings with Grupa LOTOS’) Programme
We have adopted a strategic approach to equal opportunity initiatives addressed to talented children at risk
of social exclusion, not only from Pomerania, but also from other regions where the LOTOS Group conducts its
business. This was possible thanks to our participation in the group of strategic partners of the ‘Skrzydła’
(‘Wings’) programme run by Caritas Polska in the years 2013-2013. Under the ‘Skrzydła z Grupą LOTOS’
programme, we have assisted 70 pupils from low-income families in three regions of Poland. ‘Skrzydła’ is a
programme of long-term assistance for pupils of primary, junior high and high schools who, given the
insufficient means of their families, need assistance. Under the programme, the form of assistance can be
tailored to the needs of a child. We have extended assistance to the neediest junior high and high school
pupils from the Gdańsk Province, Jasło County and the Czechowice-Dziedzice Municipality. This assistance is
rendered by the associated ‘Skrzydła na przyszłość’ (‘Wings for the Future’) programme, ensuring equal
opportunities for all children to pursue their plans and ambitions. ‘Skrzydła’ has had a positive influence on its
participants and has helped them achieve their objectives. The pupils covered by the programme have
improved their grades in multiple subjects and their behaviour, and are now more involved in lessons, the
work for the benefit of their schools and their own development.
Sports education programmes
We are also involved in community-oriented sports projects supporting the development of sports skills
among children and youth, to train future generations of sportsmen who would like to join their local or
national teams. We believe that education through sports is also a good way to spend leisure time, educate
young people in the spirit of healthy competition and fair play, and counteract social pathologies.
Equal opportunity initiatives and preventing exclusion
Openness to the future is among the key social values of the LOTOS brand, which is why we place a special
emphasis on projects promoting young people’s personal development, especially of the children and youth
living in the immediate vicinity of our production facilities.
‘Dobry Sąsiad’ (‘Good Neighbour’) Programme
We have developed a dedicated programme for the inhabitants of Grupa LOTOS’ neighbouring areas. Its
strategic objective is to ensure equal opportunities, prevent social exclusion, to activate and integrate the
local communities and to support the education of the youngest. As part of the programme, we:
Get involved in the life of local communities by organizing family events, sporting events, co-
financing summer and winter holidays for children ;
Support selected local government projects improving the quality of life of people residing in the
districts covered by the programme;
Develop local inhabitants’ understanding of our operations and assure them that the refinery has
state-of-the-art environmental security controls;
Tackle social inequalities by providing support to public benefit institutions;
Get involved in long-standing initiatives aimed at the inhabitants of Grupa LOTOS’ neighbouring
districts.
- Family picnics and sports events
In 2013, we organized the ‘Ekologiczny Dzień Dziecka’ (‘Ecological Children Day’) family event in the
Sobieszewo Island district, neighbouring our facility in Gdańsk. The ecological subject of the event was
connected with our ‘Chronimy NATURĘ na Wyspie Sobieszewskiej’ (‘Protect the Wildlife of the Sobieszewo
Island’) programme, run by Grupa LOTOS for several years in this part of Gdańsk. The event, which apart from
a number of games for the youngest participants also included educational activities about the areas of
outstanding natural value present in the district (the ‘Mewia Łacha’ and ‘Ptasi raj’ nature reserves), attracted
around a thousand participants. The festival took place on the premises of the Special Primary and Junior
High School Complex No.1 in Sobieszewo and its pupils were involved in the organizational activities. We
asked the adult participants to assess the event in a survey. Their opinions concerning the venue, the
programme of the event and its organization, as well as the quality of the service, overall satisfaction and
quality of the gifts distributed were all at the top of the scale (99% of respondents).
85% of the respondents said Grupa LOTOS was taking care of the immediate surroundings,
and 83% of the people asked felt the event met their social needs and expectations.
As for the sport and recreational initiatives, we were involved in the ‘Bieg Wyspy Sobieszewskiej im.
Wincentego Pola’ (‘Sobieszewo Island Wincenty Pol Run’), which was organized in the vicinity of the Grupa
LOTOS refinery. This half-marathon attracted more than 400 competitors, who followed an untypical route,
through a forest, a beach and along a recreational path for runners, cyclists and ramblers, which was prepared
under our cooperation with ‘Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Wyspy Sobieszewskiej’ (‘The Association of
Sobieszewo Island Lovers’) – the organizer of the half-marathon and administrator of the path.
- The Open Day at Grupa LOTOS
In August 2013, we organized an ‘Open Day’, the purpose of which was to allow organized groups
accompanied by guides, the Company’s employees, who talked about the installations and processes
employed by the refinery, and protections strictly observed by it and answered queries, to go on a
sightseeing bus-tour of the refinery’s premises, which are not generally accessible to the public.
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