Endesa SA
Endesa SA
07/07/2023 | Press release | Archived content
The 'Liga Endesa de Corazón' is looking for a winning basketball and social inclusion project
- Endesa and ACB have invited the public to vote for their favourite story or initiative and support for social change through basketball
- Voting is now open and available online until 20 July through the following link. On the following day the winning initiative will be declared
The great moment for the Liga Endesa de Corazón has arrived. This is the Endesa and the ACB social programme calling for the participation of the entire community of basketball fans. With this programme, Endesa and ACB aim to promote social transformation through basketball values including equality, sustainability, companionship and hard work.
There are €15,000 at stake and they will be shared by the five finalists for this edition that were previously selected from more than 200 competing initiatives. With each of them, Endesa and the ACB have undertaken or supported an action aimed at enabling them to grow and become stronger, as well as making them visible and searching for synergies throughout the campaign. It should be noted that all participants will receive a share of the prize regardless of their final position after the voting. However, project with the most votes will be given the largest prize as a reward for its work in this edition.
To encourage public participation and show that, for the Liga Endesa de Corazón, collaboration and joint effort are both essential, each Endesa League club has donated either exclusive material or unique experiences to encourage participation in the final voting. Participants will be given jerseys signed by their favourite players, enjoy a VIP experience at a Liga Endesa match or participate in a 'Meet & Greet' forum with the players of one of the teams in the competition. On 21 July the winner of the contest will be announced, so we invite everyone to vote for their favourite story or initiative before that deadline.
Endesa and ACB reaffirm their commitment to solidarity projects and causes that contribute to making the world a better place, using basketball as an indispensable vehicle for social transformation. Through the Liga Endesa de Corazón, both organisations aim to promote values including solidarity, companionship and inclusion. This will demonstrate the power of sport to generate a positive impact on society.
We encourage everyone to actively participate in this final phase of voting to encourage support and acknowledgment for stories and initiatives that have shown outstanding commitment to social change. Together, we can make a difference and create a more caring and inclusive future.
The projects selected as finalists
Cristian is a 20-year-old youngster of Colombian origin who is looking to take his passion for basketball everywhere, literally. From Málaga, he uses his van to travel to towns in the area that do not have installations or structures for practising sport and promotes training for people of all ages.
UB Llefià is a club in a modest neighbourhood in Badalona that uses basketball to bring the local community together from a diversity standpoint: With a high percentage of immigrant population, UB Llefià aims to be a mirror and a tool for the integration of everyone.
The Rural Hoops project involves a group of young entrepreneurs seeking to boost tourism and promote rural areas through art on basketball courts. They renovate, paint and transform disused spaces to turn them into courts and attractive meeting points.
The Suma Project was created in Gran Canaria in 2019 and is currently a collective consisting of 724 families with all types of diversity (autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, etc.). Its motto "play does not take up any room" and aims to make basketball available to everyone.
The Baskonia Endesa Basketball League Club's Mixed Ability project consists of players with some sort of socio-cognitive condition or other specific needs together with fully functional players in what is an added value experience for all concerned.
About Endesa
Endesa is a leading electricity company in Spain and the second largest in Portugal. The company is also the second largest gas operator in the Spanish market. Endesa operates an end-to-end electricity generation, distribution and marketing business. Through Endesa X it also offers value-added services aimed at the electrification of energy usage in homes, companies, industries and Public Administrations. It is also the leading operator of charging stations in Spain through Endesa X Way, a business line dedicated entirely to electric mobility. Endesa is firmly committed to the United Nations SDGs and strongly supports the development of renewable energies through Enel Green Power España, the digitalisation of grids through e-distribución, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Endesa Foundation is also active in CSR. Our workforce numbers around 9,260 employees. Endesa is a division of Enel, the largest electricity group in Europe.