🤗 We won’t say it’s easy to get together! But the desire to share is so strong, that we overcame all obstacles.
For two days the “almost” full Volies team gathered in Madrid to get to know each other better, share and create new bonds for our future and our purpose.
It’s been almost 15 years since we started as a social enterprise with the firm objective of accompanying companies to promote a social change through the commitment of their teams!
🚀 Today we are 40 professionals of 10 different nationalities working from 8 countries around the world: Spain, Portugal, Ireland, France, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, 100% remotely.
But, as every year we can verify in these meetings, 💚 beating in unison aligned by the purpose, as the slogan on our t-shirts says: “Together, making things happen”.
This is our “secret formula”: the #VoliesDreamTeam whose ingredients are: Benedetta Falletti di Villafalletto,Marcos Ramírez Berceo, Patricia Fort Armengol, Celina Lesta, María Ledi COOPER, Emilio Sierra, Rocio Martins, Marina Gómez Sanz, Carmen Martí, Melina Melatini, Nike Fakiner, Paula Sequeira,Kevin Themyr, Yulia Galsanova, Diana Paola Guevara Bedoya, Lauren McDermott-Smith,Marta Cela Hedo, Elena Figueroa Tynan, Manuel Rodríguez León, Laura García Gómez, Carmen Rodríguez Guerrero, Noemí Díaz Díaz, Miriam Copado Esteso, Beatriz Villas Caja, Joyce Oliveira,Santi Soliveres, Raquel Bibas, Angela María Padilla Sánchez, Ángela González,Teresa Sánchez Ochoa, Mechi Miguel, Noelia García Plaza, Oscar Vicente Calpe López, Camila Suárez Miranda, María Lázaro, Romina Belén Sisterna, Eugenia De Blas, under the magic🪄 wand of Juan Ángel Poyatos & María Jesús Pérez.
We will continue to transform the 🌎 for the better through the strength of the teams in companies💪 Thank you VoliesTeam!!
Getting to know Alucinos
For almost 40 years, the Asociación Alucinos La Salle has been transforming realities in one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods of Madrid: San Fermín (Usera). Born in 1986 to address the social emergency arising from drug addiction and shantytowns in the area, Alucinos has evolved to become a community reference that combines social action, job placement, education and emotional health.
This week our entire team visited the Usera neighborhood where they focus their intervention, we got to know their different facilities and projects, and we shared lunch with professionals and users of the organization.
🎓 They accompany children and young people in their educational process.
🚪 They provide psychosocial and legal care to families in vulnerable situations.
🌿 Promote social employment and labor insertion programs with real impact.
🍽️ They innovate with social projects such as the collaborative dining room, the sustainable market where they not only feed, but also dignify and empower, and the recently launched “Balcón de Stella”, where you can support the project by enjoying a nice sunset by the lake tasting a cocktail or a grilled dish.
All this in alliance with La Salle, “Fundación ”la Caixa” and an extensive network of volunteers, companies and institutions that believe in the power of local change.
🙏 Thanks to their work, close to 400 families receive food, educational and emotional support each year. A clear sign that another way of intervening is possible.
