T-Mobile Fund: grants totalling CZK 2.5 million distributed

• A total of 46 grant applications out of 166 received have been granted financial support
• T-Mobile will support 15 projects in the Louny region with an amount exceeding CZK 750,000

Prague/Louny, 26 October 2005 - The results of the T-Mobile Fund grant programme have become known. Members of the evaluation committees carefully studied the applications for the grant programme which met with great interest. The evaluation committee has selected 46 winning projects from among 166 grant applications. Applicants from Prague 11 and the Hradec Králové and Louny regions will soon receive cheques in the total value of nearly CZK 2.5 million. The official awarding of funds will take place in the T-Mobile buildings in Hradec Králové, Louny and Prague.

"We are really pleased about the large number of people who found our programme interesting. We believe that the next round of this programme which is planned for 2006 will also meet with great interest," says Jitka Chocová, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at T-Mobile.

The evaluation committee for the Louny region has decided that a total of 15 projects out of 60 grant applications submitted will receive financial support. The Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe, which administers the T-Mobile Fund for the Louny region, will thus distribute CZK 797,000 among the winning organizations and associations.

Financial support will be granted particularly to projects which are focused on active integration of seriously disabled people into normal life, rehabilitation of disabled children and activities for senior citizens. The winning projects also include, for example, a project for the reconstruction of the children's section of the Louny Municipal Library and a project for the construction of a new children's playground in the center of Louny.

Financial support will also be granted to the organizers of the unique road race for disabled wheelchair users called European Handbike Circuit Louny 2006, which will take place next year for the fourth time, and to projects focused on the conservation of historical monuments, namely the project for the restoration of the statues of Saint Wenceslas and Saint Jan Nepomucký in Cítoliby and the project for the restoration of the chapel in Břínkov.

The T-Mobile Fund was announced for the first time this year, as a new initiative of T-Mobile for three regions where this No. 1 Czech mobile operator has its offices: Prague 11, and the Hradec Králové and Louny districts. For this year, T-Mobile donated almost CZK 2.5 million to the Fund. This amount has been distributed among recipients by the Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe in the Louny district and by the VIA Foundation in City District Prague 11 and the Hradec Králové district. The maximum amount of each grant is CZK 80,000 for one project which has to be implemented during the period from November 2005 to August 2006.

T-Mobile Fund for the Louny district: 

• 60 applications in total
• 15 projects supported
• Grants awarded in the total amount of CZK 797,000

T-Mobile Fund for the Hradec Králové district: 

• 76 applications in total
• 15 projects supported
• Grants awarded in the total amount of CZK 765,000

T-Mobile Fund for Prague 11 district: 

• 30 applications in total
• 16 projects supported
• Grants awarded in the the amount of CZK 765,000

For complete information on this grant programme and winning applicants, please visit www.lepsisvet.cz, or the websites of both foundations - the VIA foundation at www.nadacevia.cz, and Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe at www.komunitninadace.cz.

Name of the organization*	Name of the project	Funds granted
ASK ELNA Poděbrady	European Handbike Circuit Louny 2006	CZK 40,000
Center for Disabled People in the Ústí nad Labem region - branch Louny	Assistance services for seriously disabled people	CZK 60,000
City Louny	Replacement of Playing Facilities on the Children's Playground in the Šafaříkova street	CZK 40,000
Czech Association of Disabled People - Local organization in Postoloprty	Active Even When Ill or Old	CZK 50,000
Dancing Club Luna Louny	Elitery Cup Dancing Show	CZK 70,000
Handicap Žatec, Disabled People's Organization	Get to Know Handicapped People - seminar	CZK 60,000
Kiwanis Club Luna Louny	Halloween 2005 - Kiwanis doll	CZK 42,000
Louny Municipal Library	Creation of a Library for Children and Young People	CZK 70,000
Municipality of Cítoliby	Restoration of baroque statues in Cítoliby	CZK 80,000
Municipality of Koštice	Koštice Sunflower	CZK 22,000
Organization for the Conservation of the Church in Horní Ročov	Chapel in Břínkov	CZK 23,000
Social Care Institution in Tuchořice	Implementation of the final adjustments to the ZOO corner in the park of the Social Care Institution in Tuchořice	CZK 60,000
Social Care Institution in Tuchořice	16th Annual Sports Games Tuchořice 2006 - Decathlon  competition for the Cup of the Director of the Social Care Institution in Tuchořice	CZK 20,000
Special Nursery School for Children with Multiple Disabilities in Louny	Kneipp rehabilitation room - water treatment according to Sebastian Kneipp	CZK 80,000
Vrchlický Theatre in Louny	School Performance	CZK 80,000

Note: *in alphabetical order

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