July 2015 - A team from Kinstellar’s Bratislava office recently used their hands to help Brana do zivota (Gateway to Life) make their garden a bit tidier. They spent their Friday afternoon differently than usual, together with more than 6,000 other corporate volunteers, working on more than 500 projects in 14 towns across Slovakia as part of the Nase Mesto (Our Town) campaign, the largest corporate volunteering event in Slovakia.
This year, corporate volunteers also offered, for the first time in the history of this event, their skills, know-how and knowledge to non-profits in what was known as the ‘Pro Bono Marathon’. Specialists in marketing, advertising, finance and law lavished invaluable advice on those working for non-profits at a number of trainings, answering their questions and growing their expertise. Jakub Berthoty, Junior Associate, and Viliam Mysicka, Counsel, teamed up with members of bnt attorneys-at-law, another regional firm, and gave a four-hour training on data protection to fundraisers, administrators and field workers from more than 20 civil society organisations. The training met with an excellent response and attendees praised the trainers for their hands-on approach and extremely helpful advice with issues they tackle in their work.
For more information about Kinstellar’s Community Investment Programme, contact Juraj Bobula, Regional Community Investment Coordinator, at or +421 2 5929 1135.