Toyota continues to fund European community project
Last updated 24/11/2008 08:57:35
Toyota continues to fund European community project
The Toyota Fund for Europe (TFfE) will award 15 grants, a combined total of over €1 million, to support grass-root community activities.
The funding will commence in 2009 to back projects focusing on environment, road safety and technical education.
The first four new initiatives will include tree planting and new driver education, whilst the 11 other grants will continue to support existing projects. The activities will be coordinated by partner NGOs and Toyota companies in 24 European countries.
The fund welcomes four new partners in 2009, including the Irish School of Excellence, which will establish a 10-week training programme on safe driver practices in 200 secondary schools nation-wide. They are joined by the Ekopolis Foundation in Slovakia – a local NGO that provides funding to community groups to help keep the country's many national parks clean and green. Toyota will also continue its collaboration with global conservation group, WWF, supporting its Climate Roadshow across Eastern Europe.
Since its establishment in 2002, the Toyota Fund for Europe has approved 119 grants across 60 projects, representing a total of €7 million in financial support. In 2008, 77% of grants were allocated to environmental projects, 20% to road safety projects and 3% to education projects.
source: CSR Europe