Missions and values
The Proximus Foundation was not created in a day. Its constitution, statutes, objectives and tools were all developed after a long process of reflection and discussion.
Missions
The Proximus Foundation aims to help people living in Belgium, disadvantaged by poverty, social exclusion, youth or handicap, and help them to fully benefit from our society.
Weaving closer-knit social ties
To fulfil this mission, the Proximus Foundation offers financial support to projects proposed by non-governmental organisations (NGO) or non-profit associations that pursue, through their work in Belgium, the same objectives. A call for projects is organised each year and deals with a certain issue. The projects will be chosen by a Jury.
Weaving a social network within Proximus
The Proximus Foundation also seeks to boost the social ties that bind the employees of the Belgacom Group to each other and to the country's fabric of non-profit organisations.
This is why Proximus will encourage its employees to submit projects to the Foundation in partnership with an eligible association. They can do this as individuals or as part of a team. They do this because they feel that the projects they sponsor would offer concrete, direct benefits, to people not fully benefiting from our society.
If the project they have sponsored gains the Foundation's support, Proximus will give them up to 16 paid days off, in addition to their holiday entitlement, to work as volunteers on these projects.
Raising public awareness
The Foundation will organise or take part in campaigns designed to raise the awareness of Belgians to the problems encountered by disadvantaged people. It will also seek to gather donations for its benefit or for the direct benefit of the projects it seeks to support.
Values
Our vision is that the Proximus Foundation will stay active and true to its mission over many years. It was thus essential to detail the values that motivate it, and to ensure these meet its mission and aims over time. At the core of these values, it decided to place respect - the respect due to every human being.
Relationships (Human)
The human being is at the heart of the values of the Proximus Foundation. To bring people closer together, the Proximus Foundation believes we must all strive to reinforce the bonds between them.
Exchange
By helping the community and by linking Proximus employees to it, the Proximus Foundation aims to promote an enriching exchange for all involved: the non-profit organisations, the voluntary workers and the general public.
Solidarity
The Proximus Foundation is born of the will to show solidarity to society and support people who find themselves at its fringe, for reasons beyond their control.
Proximity
Just like Proximus, the Proximus Foundation has chosen to bring people closer together throughout Belgium.
Ensemble (together)
The work of the Proximus Foundation would not be complete without the implication of all the people that matter to the Belgacom Group, most of all its employees and its customers.
Confidence
The Proximus Foundation believes in the work of civil society in our country. By supporting the organisations that make up civil society, the Foundation shows its confidence and its support in their work.
The weaving of a Proximus social network
The Proximus Foundation aims to make the people of the Proximus world (its employees, its clients...) aware of the issues faced by people not fortunate enough to benefit fully from life in our society, and to get them involved.