CSR Company Blog
Do good and talk about it.
We already pay attention to safety for people and the environment when formulating our products. Innovative products at the cutting edge. This is firmly anchored in the philosophy of our company. That is why it is also particularly important to us to support various social and ecological projects with a donation. Read more here about small and large changes that can be realised with the help of our colleagues and customers.
Experience the zoo with all your senses: Zoo school benefits from donation
Bremer & Leguil donates 4,000 euros to the educational work of Duisburg Zoo.
The Zoo School is one of the many contact points for lively learning at Duisburg Zoo. The institution has been in existence for more than 40 years and is visited by thousands of schoolchildren every year. Bremer & Leguil GmbH supports the work of the educational institution and enables the purchase of new zoo-related learning materials.
Whether it's an interactive globe on which different animal species can be discovered, scale replicas of skulls or a large collection of different bird eggs, there's a lot to discover in the Zoo School, which awakens the children's spirit of discovery and enables them to learn in a playful way.
"The Zoo School is a fascinating and exciting place for children. Being able to see and touch the many exhibits is a great way to help children discover new things and understand our animal world even better. We are therefore delighted to support this project as part of our CSR activities," says Frank Schnipper.
Extracurricular education enables learning with all the senses and is an important part of learning for all ages and school types. Learning for Duisburg schoolchildren, which Bremer and Leguil support. "In Duisburg, people stick together and make things happen. This is demonstrated by Bremer & Leguil's commitment to the local students. We would like to thank them for their generous support and will use the donation wisely and sustainably for our educational work," says Zoo Director Astrid Stewin.
16th August 2024
Fire safety education workbook for children in the city of Duisburg
As we consider this project to be very important and meaningful, we have decided to donate 1,300 euros for this workbook again this year. Because coloring books can save lives.
We are on board!
How do you react when there is a fire? The Freundeskreis Berufsfeuerwehr Duisburg e.V. and the KIM publishing group have set themselves the goal of answering this question in a child-friendly way and have published an easy-to-understand coloring and workbook for girls and boys of kindergarten and primary school age.
We think: That's a good thing!
That's why we're supporting the project. The book tells the stories of Mario and his sister Olivia in short episodes - each with a coloring theme. They learn what to do in an emergency and how to call for help. They learn to take responsibility and handle fire with care so as not to endanger themselves or others. The pictures to be colored reinforce correct behavior and make it fun to learn. At the same time, teachers, educators and parents can discuss and practise the illustrations with the children. Thanks to the support of many local companies, the coloring books and workbooks can be distributed free of charge to kindergarten children in the city of Duisburg. A commitment that we are very happy to support. Would you like to find out more about the project? You can find more information here: www.Verlagsgruppe-Kim.de.
24th July 2024
Regenbogenland - children's hospice
This year we are once again supporting the children's hospice with a donation of 2,500 euros. We are happy to share the newsletter with you.
We greatly appreciate the hospice's work. We would therefore like to continue our support for another year.
‘More than half of the funding for the Regenbogenland children's hospice comes from donations.
Every contribution is important and brings us a little closer to our goal - to give happy hours for moments of togetherness. You help to make our world a little better!’
Source: kinderhospiz-regenbogenland.de
3rd April 2024
4,000 euros for the Sandstraße community primary school in Duisburg-Marxloh
GGS Sandstraße mainly teaches children with a migrant background. While these used to be children from Turkish-speaking countries with parents who grew up here, the student body is now different. The majority of pupils come from families who came from south-eastern Europe as immigrants living in poverty and mostly live in precarious housing conditions.
The majority of pupils do not speak German at all or only insufficiently. A not insignificant proportion of the pupils have not been to kindergarten and therefore have no socialization in educational institutions.
Due to the high proportion of children in the Marxloh district, the classes are filled with up to 28 children.
Thanks to a cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen, the school has recently managed to get students interested in working at GGS Sandstraße. So far, they have offered general learning support in the classes (team teaching) or supported children with no knowledge of German in small groups.
As reported in the press, the pupils perform particularly poorly in the area of reading. Almost 70% of third-graders are at reading competence level 1, which means that they can only extract specific information from texts with help, and in some cases only rudimentarily. They can only identify or reproduce specific information in a text if it is located in easy-to-find places and parts of the task match the wording of the text. However, many pupils are still in the so-called reading acquisition stages, i.e. they are not yet able to read sentences or short texts in order to be able to extract any relevant information from them at all. The fact that the pupils at GGS Sandstraße come from educationally disadvantaged households also comes into play here. This means that they have been read to little or not at all. The frequent lack of kindergarten experience reinforces this effect. The experience that reading can be enriching and that it is worthwhile to take this often very difficult learning path is not accessible to the pupils at GGS Sandstraße. Regular reading projects in the classes, visits to the IKUBU and KIBITZ as well as reading aloud by senior citizens are intended to counteract this, but nevertheless require immense support for the reading learning process. This is complex and can hardly be carried out in class. Smaller groups must be formed and instructors must be found who already have a certain knowledge of reading learning processes. We want to improve and support the pupils' performance.
We would like to help deepen the existing cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen. The school would like to use the students who are already working at the school in the area of reading promotion in small groups. As the students are familiar with the problems in the area of reading through their studies and their work at GGS Sandstraße and have an affinity for new technology, GGS Sandstraße would like to use them to work with the pupils and build and develop reading skills.
We are delighted to be able to support the school with our financial donation.
11th March 2024
Colouring and workbook for cycle training helps you safely through road traffic
How do I behave correctly in road traffic? In order to teach children how to behave safely on bicycles, the "Verkehrswacht" (traffic watch) / "Jugendverkehrsschule" (youth traffic school) regularly conducts cycling training courses with primary school children. "K&L-Verlag" and "Verkehrswacht Duisburg e.V." have published a new child-friendly coloring and workbook with digital content and learning success control. We think: That's a good thing! That's why we support the project.
The book teaches children in the third and fourth grades about the dangers of road traffic in an age-appropriate and fun way, teaches correct behavior and prepares them for their bicycle test. They learn that traffic signs must be observed, when a bicycle is roadworthy and why it makes sense to wear a helmet when cycling. They are also taught the correct behavior in the event of a traffic accident.
A digital learning success check shows the children whether they have solved the tasks in the book correctly. Thanks to the support of many local companies, the coloring books and workbooks can be distributed free of charge to primary school children in Duisburg. A commitment that we are very happy to support.
Would you like to find out more about the project? You can find more information here:
www.kl-verlag.de
Picture credits: Fig. @ K&L Verlag
13th December 2023
Donation for Riding Therapy
We are delighted that we were able to offer our support to the “LebensWert” (WorthLiving) project with a donation of 5,000 euros. “LebensWert” (WorthLiving) uses this money for individual riding therapies for disabled children and young people (ADHD).
Unfortunately, the public sector does not fund these therapies. “Children and young people who have been able to take part in sessions for some time, are much more balanced. Their frustration threshold is now appropriate to their age. They have become calmer, more approachable and more understanding. Keeping your balance on a horse also means finding your own balance“, Father Tobias explains while handing over the cheque at our company.
Frank Schnipper (Managing Director of Bremer & Leguil) is happy about our donation which helps to make sure that the project can go on.
11th March 2024
Donation for the Children’s Hospice
While we were exhibiting at the Gravel Games Fair in Herten at the end of September 2023, the three Italian guys from Segafredo supported us again. On September 23 and 24, there were coffee specialities during the bike event at the Ewald colliery. Visitors could thank the “Kinderhospizverein Recklinghausen” (Children’s Hospice Association Recklinghausen) for the warm delicacy with a donation.
Finally, thanks to the charm of the three extroverted Italians, the donation sum topped last year’s total. This year, an incredible 878.17€ was raised, which B&L generously rounded up to 1,800€.
We say THANK YOU, also to all colleagues who were on site.
5th October 2023
We support the Sucht- und Jugendhilfe e. V. (Association for addiction and youth welfare)
Drug abuse, radicalisation, hatred and hate speech on the internet are only a few of the topics that the “Sucht- und Jugendhilfe e. V.” (Association for addiction and youth welfare) deal with. The association aims at picking up addiction issues and carrying out prevention work with adolescents and their caregivers.
As trainers, we know that young people of today are the future of tomorrow. As a company, we are aware of our social responsibility and support the “Sucht- und Jugendhilfe e.V.” (Association for addiction and youth welfare) in the form of guides.
22nd September 2023
Tricycles for the kindergarten Am Burgacker
The time had finally come on 11 September 2023. We could hand over two tricycles, which we had only been able to buy with the help of our employees, to the children from the kindergarten Am Burgacker.
We would like to take this opportunity to say “Thank you” again to everybody who donated so generously at our company’s staff day. The children were really joyful. They sang a serenade and had designed a picture for us, which hangs in the CEO assistant's office and can be viewed with pleasure. Many, many thanks.
20th September 2023
Fire Protection Education for Primary School Children
Colour- and workbooks can save lives. We are in! Fire is warmth, light and cosiness – and yet fire can become a life-threatening, destructive danger!
The fascination for the exciting, flickering element of fire is, especially for our children, fatal over and over again: If curiosity meets a lack of risk awareness, accidental fires, injuries and worse things ensue.
How to react if there is a fire? To find an answer that is serves children is an aim of the “Freundeskreis der Berufsfeuerwehr Duisburg e.V.” (Association of Friends of the Duisburg Fire Brigade) and the K & L publishing house. Together, they published a colour- and workbook that is easy to understand for girls and boys of primary school age. We think: That is a good thing! We therefore support this project. Together with experts from fire brigades, we developed the new fire-prevention book “Sicher mit Feuer und Flamme” (Safe with fire and flame).
The book contains information, which is easy to remember, instructive exercises and loving illustrations. Primary school children will be able to understand and deepen their awareness of fire protection taught by fire brigades while completing the exercises at home or at school. Additional digital content such as videos or learning outcome checks which are available using latest AR-technology and a free app also make the book a thrilling experience!
The innovative “Kinderfinder”- (“Find our children”-) stickers can also save lives and are issued together with the book. Being put at the children’s room doors, the stickers show the rescue teams their way to these young family members in case of emergency. Especially children depend on help in dangerous situations and often hide themselves in cupboards or under their beds. Primary school children can receive these workbooks for free with the support of many local companies. A commitment we are happy to support.
Would you like to learn more about the project? There is a short clip here of the Fire Brigade Hamburg and more information concerning the project: www.kl-verlag.de
11th August 2023
Support for a Children’s Hospice
As many of you probably know, we have been, for several years now, supporting the children’s hospice “Regenbogenland” (Rainbowland) in Dusseldorf with an annual donation. In the future, we would like to keep you regularly informed with news from the hospice.
5th July 2023
First-Aid Kit for the TSV Neu-Ulm
Our employee Andreas Wohlgschaft informed us that that the club TSV Neu-Ulm urgently needed a first-aid kit. We agreed to provide the kit. It’s great if we were able to make the club happy.
29th June 2023