The FirstBank CR&S Week is a dedicated week designed to
offer opportunities for employees to give their time & resources to defined
causes in line with the Bank’s CR&S strategic approach;
The FirstBank CR&S Week
is held in Nigeria and 7 other countries: United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC,
Guinea, Sierra Lone, Senegal and Gambia
In furtherance of its continued commitment to impacting the lives of individuals in its host communities across 7 Countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC, Guinea, Sierra Lone, Senegal, and the Gambia, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the Fifth edition of its Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) week, scheduled for 22- 27 August 2022.
The event which is themed: “Kindness…. A Way of Life”
reflects the single-minded purpose to make a difference in the world by
inspiring and institutionalizing kindness. SPARK is an acronym for Start
Performing Acts of Random Kindness and it is a values-based initiative designed
to raise consciousness that we can choose to be kind.
The FirstBank CR&S Week is a dedicated week designed to
offer opportunities for employees to give their time & resources to defined
causes in line with the Bank’s CR&S strategic approach. The CR&S Week
will offer employees opportunities to give their time & resources to
defined causes.
The Week’s activities are an aspect of the Bank’s Employee
Giving & Volunteering Program, which was instituted to encourage employees
to give back to the community as well as inculcate in them the integral
corporate culture of giving.
The Bank held the maiden edition of the CR&S week in
2017 with a focus mainly on three key initiatives/activities which were giving
and visits to orphanages/less privileged homes/IDPs; career counseling day; and
Staff Promoting Acts of Random Kindness (SPARK) initiative – which is now Start
Performing Acts of Random Kindness.
The CRS week has become more successful in subsequent years
and it is fast becoming a household name in the Bank’s host economies.
There are five main activities to be implemented during this
year’s CR&S Week in Nigeria, FBNBank UK, and across the SSA markets. These
activities include SPARK APP, Kind Comments Day, Visits to orphanages/less
privileged homes, SPARK School Engagement, and Women Economic Empowerment.
The major highlight of the Week will be the launch of the
SPARK APP. The app is strategic in the Bank’s journey to institutionalize “A
Day of Kindness” on a national level, and globally position the Bank as a
Corporate Citizen in leveraging new media to drive sustainability practices.
The SPARK App is a sensational application designed to have
individuals abreast with the act of kindness through various kindness-based
quotes and inspirational phrases that will be displayed on one’s phone screen,
especially when the phone is idle.
Kind Comments Day is an initiative that focuses on inspiring
and encouraging everyone to be deliberate with the use of kind words in
relating or interacting with anyone.
In addition, with Women Empowerment, the Bank will support,
VVF patients in need of surgical operations and also empower them with
vocational skills as they integrate back into society.
The SPARK Schools Engagement will be implemented through the
National Competition of JAN SPARK School Integration. The activity is aimed at
rewarding the various participating students, following their SPARK activity,
Through the partnership with JAN, SPARK is integrated into the JAN Company
Program, where students are taught the values of SPARK.
The SPARK schools’ competition has been tied with the
Company program regional, competition, ensuring they imbibed the values taught
during the training. One of the highlights of the event is the visit to
orphanage homes and the less privileged, across various cities which will be
carried out by volunteers from the Bank.
Speaking during the week, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, CEO,
FirstBank said “The CR&S Week is another opportunity to strengthen our
commitment and extend our reach beyond the communities where we operate in
Nigeria and across our subsidiaries.
“Over time, our goal has stayed the same, to create
platforms through which our positive impact is felt.
“For us in the FirstBank Group, beyond saying that we care, we take a step further and show it,” he concluded.
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