Giving back to society
As part of valuing social responsibility, DAF is keen to give back to society in many different ways. This is illustrated by donations, sponsorships and the new DAF Helping Hands Foundation, which was established in 2023 with the aim of collecting funds amongst DAF employees for charities proposed by DAF employees themselves.
Ergon cooperation
Giving back to society also means offering rewarding job opportunities for people at a distance from the labor market. Some 325 of these colleagues are employed at the PACCAR Parts Distribution Center through DAF’s cooperation with Ergon. The collaboration started small in 2001, with just 15 employees, and has grown each year. This makes DAF the largest in social employment in the Eindhoven region in 2023.
Sponsoring
To strengthen relations with the local community, DAF sponsorships in 2023 included the annual Marathon Eindhoven, the Brabantsedag Heeze (theatre parade) and the Flower Parade in Valkenswaard. In the field of music and culture, DAF is a founding member of the openair stage ‘Hub van Doorne Muziekkiosk’ in Eindhoven, making performances accessible for all. DAF also sponsors the South Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra of the Netherlands.
DAF supports the ‘DAF Traffic Fund’ (DAF Veilig Verkeer Fonds) for youth traffic education and is a founding member of the Ontdekfabriek, which allows young people to discover the wonderful world of technology. DAF is also a sponsor of ‘De Jonge Onderzoekers Eindhoven’ (The Young Researchers), solar and electric racing teams from the Delft and Eindhoven technical universities, and the e-racing team of the Hub van Doorne College in Deurne.
Volunteering work
Thanks to DAF being a founding member of the foundation ‘Samen voor Eindhoven’ (Together for Eindhoven), DAF employees have the opportunity to do voluntary work at local and regional charity organizations during working hours. In 2023, one activity per month was organized on average.
DAF created the DAF Helpende Handen (DAF Helping Hands) foundation, stimulating DAF employees to contribute to the Eindhoven region by supporting local charities. Employees can nominate charities and support them through voluntary work, project funding or goods.
Over the past year, DAF Helpende Handen has inspired many wonderful initiatives: making a donation to the Maxima Medical Centre for the purchase of translation machines; donating to the Ronald McDonald House; starting to collect empty bottles and cans on the DAF site, collecting winter coats for several local charities, and making Christmas decorations together with a group of elderly people.
Donations
To support education, DAF makes donations to the Universities of Eindhoven and Delft. DAF national sales organizations are encouraged to send proposals for local donations in their countries; over 30 of these were granted in 2023, varying from a contribution to a children’s hospice in Austria to support for victims of the earthquakes in Morocco and Turkey. Over 1,250 end-of-life laptop and desktop computers were delivered to ‘Close the Gap’, an initiative that bridges the digital divide by providing high-quality, pre-owned IT devices donated by European companies to educational, medical and social projects in developing and emerging countries.
PACCAR Foundation
DAF is a PACCAR company. The PACCAR Foundation is a private foundation formed in 1951. The Foundation generally directs its grants to organizations in communities where PACCAR has a significant presence. Grant recipients include universities, hospitals and programs for the arts and economic education.
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