General

Last Friday, Eduardo Pérez de Ayala, Director of the Central Area of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, and the President of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, inaugurated the 'Coca-Cola Space', which is already being enjoyed by nearly ninety people with intellectual disabilities, including residents and students of Envera.
It is a sustainable space located in the Envera Building, headquarters of this non-profit organization, and in whose realization have participated themselves people with intellectual disabilities along with more than thirty volunteers from Coca-Cola EP that over eight days of corporate volunteering have helped to raise both a garden surrounding the residence as a recreation area that also has hydroponic urban garden for conducting environmental workshops.

Envera's CEO, Enrique Grande, has participated in Industry Talks, the first online conference platform of the industry sector, to talk about the aeronautical industry and the employment of people with disabilities, explaining the model that Envera has been developing for decades to generate employment opportunities in this sector.

More than 140 people with intellectual disabilities from Envera participated, both beneficiaries of Support and Care Services and professionals from the Special Employment Centers of all the delegations.

Throughout twelve sessions and in small groups, the people of Envera have been able to share, in a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere, both their experiences and the emotions and concerns that the pandemic situation has generated in them.

Thanks to Envera's labor inclusion programs and the companies that collaborate with this non-profit social entity, more than 200 people with disabilities, mostly intellectual, have obtained employment during the last year, which has been marked by COVID-19.

Despite the difficulties arising from the impact of the health, social and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus, Envera's Job Placement Service works tirelessly to improve the employability of people with disabilities.

The Community of Madrid and Envera collaborate in training for the job placement of people with intellectual disabilities by facilitating the incorporation of students over 18 years of age with intellectual disabilities to work practices in the Department of Housing and Local Administration and the Social Housing Agency. The training began in 2020 and, after an interruption due to the pandemic, have ended in 2021.

The Councilor for Housing and Local Administration, David Perez, today presented a diploma and a certificate to the three Envera students who have completed their internships for a period of three months, rotating monthly through different departments, with the aim of facilitating their access to the world of work and learn about the functioning of the administration in order to prepare for competitive examinations.

During the inaugural program last Friday, Envera's reporters had the opportunity to greet the president of Iberia, Javier Sanchez-Prieto, before the inauguration of the Iberia Kindergarten at the Envera Early Care Center. The head of the airline thus became the first interviewee in this new Radio Terrícola station which, together with Iberia, will continue to take inclusion higher and further through its borderless airwaves. This is the second site of Envera's digital radio, which is seven years old, after the studios in Colmenar Viejo and the Canary Islands.

The president of Iberia, Javier Sánchez-Prieto, and the president of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, inaugurated this Friday the Iberia Children's Garden, an accessible and innovative playground that is already being enjoyed by the nearly 200 children and their families who are cared for by the Early Care and Neurodevelopment Service that Envera offers at its Madrid headquarters. With this center of reference in the Community of Madrid, Envera begins its mission to accompany people with intellectual disabilities throughout their life cycle, from birth to their last days, offering them not only early care, but also training, occupational centers, employment, sports, residences and a Guardianship Foundation that becomes their family when they disappear.

Access to employment for women with disabilities is a priority for social organizations such as Envera, which through its Job Placement Service trains, prepares and guides future workers so that they can enter the labor market. A challenge that is often not easy due to the prejudices that still weigh on disability, especially intellectual disabilities.

In fact, with this sheltered and supported employment, Envera's technicians point out that "not only is it possible to reduce inequality between men and women with and without disabilities, but also to break down stereotypes to promote equal opportunities for all people".

Ten people with intellectual disabilities from Envera's Labor Insertion Service received their diplomas this Wednesday, certifying their training as kitchen assistants after having passed the course that Envera organizes for them to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to improve their chances of accessing the labor market.