Community engagement

Education

Education is a fundamental pillar of our social commitment and the flagship programme in this area is Santander Universidades.

This is a wide-ranging initiative whose main aim is to support:

  • education – we want to level the playing field for young people to access quality education;
  • entrepreneurship – we want to support people in turning ideas into successful businesses;
  • young people entering the labour market – we want to help them acquire the competences sought after by employers.

Santander Universidades in numbers in 2022:

Poland

  • Number of universities: 61

  • Budget allocated for activities in 2022: PLN 1.9 million

  • Number of scholarships in 2021:
    5 915

  • Number of users of the Santander Scholarship platform:
    96 551.

Globally

  • Number of universities: more than 1 000 universities in 15 countries

  • Budget allocated to activities since the start of the programme:
    EUR 2.1 billion

  • Number of scholarships since the start of the programme:
    790,000.

For more information, see our ESG Report.

Cybersecurity

Since 2017, our bank has been a partner of the educational project „Security in Cyberspace” coordinated by the Warsaw Banking Institute. The aim of this project is to improve awareness of online security and develop practical skills related to the use of new technologies.

Finansiaki is an original project by Santander Bank Polska supporting financial education of children and young people. Its main objective is to increase financial literacy among children and young people, as well as the competence of parents and teachers in teaching the basics of entrepreneurship.

Corporate volunteering

We have been developing employee volunteering at Santander Bank Polska S.A. since 2010. We do it on three levels: time volunteering, competence volunteering and economic education. We are proud to see how much the employee volunteering programme has become engrained in our corporate culture over all these years.

Corporate volunteering in numbers in 2022

  • Number of completed corporate volunteering projects: 210

  • Number of beneficiaries of corporate volunteering activities: 11,430

  • Number of employee volunteers: 1,972

  • Amount of money allocated by Santander Foundation to corporate volunteering: PLN 104,249.70

Santander Bank Polska Foundation

The Santander Bank Polska Foundation implements most of the bank’s social programmes and provides organisational and financial support for corporate volunteering.

Santander Foundation in numbers in 2022

  • Number of organisations supported by grant programmes: 73

  • Amount of money allocated to all grant programmes:
    PLN 1 450 000.00

  • Number of grant programme beneficiaries: 49,753

The Foundation’s major projects in 2022 include the following grant programmes:

  • „Here I Live, Here I Make ECO changes”
  • „Hacks for Cyber Attacks”

For more information on the Foundation’s projects, see our ESG Report.