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December 21st, 2010

Charity Fair in New York: What you missed!

In November, BNP Paribas held the Third Annual Holiday Charity Fair in New York. Organizations came out to talk to employees about how they can volunteer their time and what their initiatives are all about. [...]

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Scott Gerace

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November 26th, 2010

Ice Skating Day at Somerset House

Over 800 friends of BNP Paribas’ Community and Charity programme enjoyed a day of skating and early-winter fun last Saturday at the outdoor ice rink at Somerset House. Partner charities such as Cancer Research UK, Vital Regeneration, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Food Chain, Church Street Neighbourhood, St Michael’s Hospice as well [...]

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Emma Roche

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September 10th, 2010

Inauguration of the “I-Volunteer” programme in Bahrain

The holy month of Ramadan is distinctly symbolic and traditional for everyone living in the Middle East. Not only is it viewed as a time of reflection but also as a time for charitable giving. [...]

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Salem Alarayedh

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June 7th, 2010

A “Child’s Dream” comes true

On the occasion of the charity event held before the start of Roland Garros, BNP Paribas invited, for the 4th year in a row, around 20 children in the “Rêve d’enfance” (Childhood Dream) charity programme to attend Roland Garros on 22 May.
Founded in 2001 by students of HEC, one of France’s leading business schools, this [...]

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Domitille de Chargères

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May 17th, 2010

Charity Challenge for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

BNP Paribas Real Estate has shown its commitment to helping beat blood cancer by announcing a two year charity partnership with Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research in the UK.
The commercial property company has a series of fundraising events planned in order to raise a substantial amount for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research – the only UK [...]

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Laura King

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December 16th, 2009

“Soup Kitchen”: an initiative against social exclusion

A new season has begun for the Soup Kitchen in Bulgaria. As in earlier years, from 1 December to 31 March BNP Paribas staff will join forces with the Sofia city government to collect funds for distributing hot meals to those in need.
This year, the “Soup Kitchen” initiative was one of the winners of the [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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September 29th, 2009

Tennis coaching for kids in London

On 26th June, in Hyde Park, young tennis players competed in the ‘Will to Win – BNP Paribas‘ Tennis Challenge 2009′. The tennis courts in Hyde Park and Regent’s Park had been the venue for the free coaching for children under 12, from local state schools, during June.
Will to Win, based in Hyde Park and [...]

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Emma Roche

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September 18th, 2009

'Working in the City'

Since 2007, the community and charity programme at BNP Paribas Securities Services UK has been involved in a number of projects aimed at putting something back into the community in which it operates. The programme covers a range of environmental, social and educational projects across the four UK locations; London, Peterborough, Glasgow and Dundee. One [...]

The Bulgarian “Resto du Coeur” (Soup Kitchen): season 2008/2009

The charitable project “Soup Kitchen” started during the winter season 2001/2002 on the initiative of the staff of BNP Paribas S.A. – Sofia Branch and in cooperation with Sofia Municipality. The project consists of daily providing of warm lunch to elderly and poor citizens in different districts throughout Sofia every winter workday from December to [...]

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