Contest of employees’ volunteering projects
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The contest’s goal is to
promote volunteering in the cities where the company operates, encourage the children and relatives of the company's employees to become volunteers and to implement projects that are particularly meaningful to their local communities, forge active urban communities of like-minded people organized around shared values that are supported by the company, its employees, partners, and the residents of the cities where the company has operations.
A Volunteering Project
is a range of activities implemented to address a particular community need through the efforts of volunteer groups. That is why the key role in any volunteer project is played by people who work voluntarily and pro bono.
Project topics accepted for consideration
- projects meant to combat municipal landfills, preserve and rehabilitate forests, help homeless animals and birds, including wildlife, and to collect specific types of waste
- other projects related to eco-education, conservation and restoration of the environment
- projects focused on developing an accessible environment including campaigns to create a barrier-free environment, assisting children and adults with disabilities whilst attending public events;
- arranging and conducting events involving individuals with health impairments;
- other projects associated with expanding the public’s knowledge of accessible environments and ways of providing assistance to children and adults with disabilities.
- implementation of activities aimed at beautifying public areas, including parks, public gardens, children's playgrounds, etc.
- decorating public buildings and spaces, temporarily or permanently
- other types of projects designed to improve the urban environment
- providing assistance to senior citizens, orphans, orphanages, child care centers, and homes for the elderly
- other types of projects focusing on helping people in need of social protection
Contest stages
An entrant needs to set up a new volunteer’s personal account on the web site or log in to an existing one, complete all required fields in the application form and submit the completed application
All submissions are evaluated by a contest commission. You may be asked for additional information and/or documents, as needed. All communications are to be conducted via e-mail
Lists of selected contest winners will be published on the website under the News section. In addition, a notification about the results of the contest will be sent to all e-mail addresses indicated in the applications
Following the announcement of the contest’s results, the grantor will enter into appropriate contracts with all of the winners, and all other necessary paperwork will be put together.
Online course on developing public welfare projects
The online social studies university Dobro. Universitet has put together a most impressive selection of training courses for both novice volunteers and experienced organizers of volunteer projects. The online course titled Development of Public Welfare Projects was prepared with the input from experts of the Formula for Good Deeds social investment program. It will be useful for all participants of the volunteering projects’ contest.
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Frequently Asked Questions

personal account on the Formula for Good Deeds program’s website. If you submitted
your application through our website but did not hear back from us within three business
days, please notify our program coordinators at volonter@formula-hd.ru.
application, you should contact a grant program’s coordinator at volonter@formula-hd.ru
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Completed projects
Yekaterina Sidorova,
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk
Implementing a series of campaigns to clear the banks of the Kama River from household waste, giving eco-lessons to children and teenagers at 4 local schools and installing information booths with a focus on conservation. Some 583 individuals and 31 volunteers took part in these activities. As a result, the participants collected 210 bags of waste, cleaned up 8 riverside areas, made 4 field trips, and conducted 7 eco-lessons.
Svetlana Dobrotvorskaya,
SIBUR-Neftekhim, Dzerzhinsk
Local volunteers held a tournament for 39 children with health impairments living in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast aged 10 to 16. The tournament was hosted by the Zarya Olympic Reserve Sports School. They also gave three master classes on decorating gingerbread, on hand- painting T-shirts using the Tai Dai technique, and on producing dolls made out of wool. A total of 10 volunteers took part in these activities.
Anastasiya Prosyanik,
Petrochemical Transportation Company, Tobolsk
Volunteers sewed school uniforms for 10 children attending Tobolsk’s Social Rehabilitation Center, who are currently in grades 1 to 4 at School No. 9. This included taking measurements, organizing a fundraiser among the members of the staff to purchase shoes, writing supplies, backpacks, fabrics, and giving 8 master classes on sewing school uniforms. A total of 75 volunteers helped make this happen.
Nadezhda Schultz,
SiburTyumenGaz, Surgut
Volunteers made improvements to the area around a residential building located at 17 Universitetskaya Street, and arranged a bike park right next to the building. In addition, the inhabitants of this residential building took part in a community clean-up day. They collected a bag full of trash, swept the area and cleaned it of sand, and painted curb stones. A total of 10 volunteers became involved in these activities.
Anna Toropova and Rustem Amirov,
POLYEF, Blagoveshchensk, Bashkortostan
This was a competitive garbage collection quest held at the locations of Blagoveshchensk’s nature sites (in Republic of Bashkortostan). The event was joined by 15 teams comprised of 4 to 5 members each. As a result, they jointly collected more than 400 kilograms of garbage. A total of 10 volunteers were involved in organizing and running the quest.
Roza Zakirova,
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk
A series of cooking classes for 43 children with disabilities and for their parents. The attendees learned to grill burgers, make pizza, and cook rice pilaf. The master classes were complemented by an entertainment program. The total number of volunteers involved in this activity was 51.
Yuri Medvedev,
SIBUR-Kstovo, Kstovo
A series of campaigns to collect, repair, refurbish, and upgrade antiquated computers so that they could be passed on to 9 local families facing financial difficulties and needing help. The software and repairs were handled free of charge by the project’s volunteers, a total of 15 individuals.
Anastasia Lemberg,
Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubber Plant, Krasnoyarsk
Elvira Dolotkazina,
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk
A series of environmentally-themed activities for children with health impairments including a quiz, a hands-on lesson, and an excursion exploring the topic of ecology and the importance of conserving water resources. A team of 3 volunteers designed and taught classes about water, its significance in the life of humans, and the need to conserve this resource.
Fyodor Anodin,
SiburTyumenGaz, Noyabrsk
A series of carpentry classes for 10 attendees with health problems aged 15 to 30 held at the Resource Center for Volunteering and Patriotic Education. A total of 20 people ended up taking part in these activities, including 10 young people with mental disabilities.
Yekaterina Zadvornova,
POLYOM LLC, Omsk
Olga Chudinova,
shopfloor unit of SIBUR-Khimprom’s trade union organization