Under its policy of social responsibility, since 2001 the Portucel Soporcel group has made a donation intended for Christmas presents to social and humanitarian institutions which operate in the regions where its mills are located. The selection of the institutions contemplated each year depends on the Group’s knowledge of the work they perform in favour of the needy. This knowledge comes both from visits by the Group’s in-house teams to the institutions and through information obtained from teh Town Halls (Setúbal, Aveiro and Figueira da Foz) and from the Parish Councils.

With this we want to strengthen our ties with the community through support for institutions of social solidarity which help the needy in various areas. Aid for children is one of the areas to which we dedicate particular attention, ranging from institutions which provide complementary services in the educational system (e.g. spare time activities) to institutions which are for children with learning difficulties, orphans or children abandoned by their families, and the disabled, amongst others.
The specific needs of the elderly and of young people suffering from social exclusion are also areas which the Portucel Soporcel group has been supporting.

Recognising the value and importance of the work, which is very often voluntary, performed by the people who are part of the social institutions, the Portucel Soporcel Group therefore seeks to help to improve the lives of those who are most in need.

The main donations at Christmas 2008 were made to the following institutions:

• Shalom Baptist Association
• Bem-Fazer de São Paulo Humanitarian Association
• Santo António Children’s Home
• Casa Nossa Senhora do Rosário Community Centre
• Ferreira-a-Nova Parish and Social Centre
• Angeja Parish and Social Centre
• Lavos Parish and Social Centre
• Santa Joana Princesa Social Centre
• Vicentine Conference of Santa Isabel
• Borda do Campo Residents’ Council
• Novo Olhar Insertion Community
• Florinhas do Vouga
• Parish Council of Gâmbia-Pontes-Alto-da-Guerra
• Vale de Acór


Below is a list of the recipients of Christmas donations between 2001 and 2008:

• APPACDM (centres of Aveiro, Figueira da Foz e Setúbal)
• Shalom Baptist Association
• Immigrant Support Association
• Eixo Youth Association
• Eixo Improvements Association
• Dr. Fernando Iharco Mental Health Association
• Bem-Fazer de São Paulo Humanitarian Association
• Associação Meninos de Oiro
• Food Bank Against Hunger
• Food Bank Against Hunger
• Diocesan Caritas of Coimbra – Leirosa Centre
• Santo António Children’s Home
• Nossa Senhora da Saúde Home
• Nª Srª do Rosário Home
• Casa do Gaiato
• Marinha das Ondas People’s Home
• São Sebastião Community Centre
• Shildren’s Emergency Shelter
• Recovered Alcoholics Centre - Aveiro
• Children’s Centre of the Aid Association of Eixo
• Buarcos Social Solidarity Parish Centre
• Cacia Parish and Social Centre
• Cova Gala Social Centre
• Praia da Leirosa Social Centre
• Carvalhais de Lavos (Nª Srª da Luz) Social Centre
• Eiró Parish and Social Centre
• Ferreira-a-Nova Parish and Social Centre
• Lavos (Nª Srª da Conceição) Parish and Social Centre
• Nª Srª Fátima Parish and Social Centre
• São Jacinto Parish and Social Centre
• CERCIAVE
• CERCIFOZ
• CERCIMB
• CERCIZIMBRA
• Praia da Leirosa Recreational Club
• Novo Olhar Insertion Community
• Vicentine Conference of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Joseph
• Vicentine Conference of Santa Isabel
• Borda do Campo Residents’ Council
• Helena de Albuquerque Quadros Crèche - Angeja
• Portuguese Red Cross – Carvalhais Centre
• Diocese of Setúbal
• Florinhas do Vouga
• Padre Félix Foundation
• São Bernardo Hospital
• Institute of Educational Communities
• Brotherhood of the Franciscan Order
• Gâmbia-Pontes-Alto da Guerra Parish Council
• LATI – League of Friends of thet Elderly
• Charity Missionaries
• Nª Srª de Fátima Shelter
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia – Obra da Figueira
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Setúbal
• Vale de Acór