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Who we are.
Envera – Asociación de Empleados de Iberia Padres de Personas con Discapacidad es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro con transparencia acreditada por la Fundación Lealtad, cuya misión es que las personas con discapacidad intelectual ocupen con dignidad su lugar en el mundo, acompañándolas en todo su ciclo vital, desde que nacen hasta el último día de su vida, proporcionándoles atención temprana, apoyo escolar y formación, inserción laboral y empleo, ocio, cultura y deporte (formamos parte de Special Olympics), así como asistencia en residencias, centros ocupacionales y centros de día para personas con grandes necesidades de apoyo.
Atendemos cada año a 5.000 personas con discapacidad intelectual y a sus familias y damos empleo estable y protegido a 1.200 trabajadores, de los cuales más de 950 son personas con discapacidad (50 % discapacidad intelectual).
OurEnvera Guardianship Foundationensures the care, the defense of the interests and the respect of the rights of people with intellectual disabilities when the family disappears or is unable to take care of them.
Contamos con centros en Madrid, Colmenar Viejo, San Fernando de Henares, Barcelona, Málaga, Tenerife y Gran Canaria, así como espacios ‘Envera Punto de Inclusión’ en el Centro Comercial Islazul (Madrid) y Carrefour Ciudad de la Imagen (Pozuelo de Alarcón).
Envera is leading theCompetitive Social Responsibilityof Madrid Foro Empresarial and its social work contributes toeleven Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) of the UN's 2030 Agenda.
Fecha de actualización de la información: Noviembre 2025
Our history.
Envera was founded in 1977under the name Asociación de Empleados de Iberia Padres de Personas con Discapacidad (APMIB) (Association of Iberia Employees Parents of People with Disabilities), on the initiative of airline employees with children and relatives with intellectual disabilities.
Fathers and mothers who, at that time and in Iberia's offices in Barcelona and Madrid, decided to join forces to help their children move forward and create a path of hope for all of them.
A year after its incorporation, Envera was declared a public utility. declared of public utility. Those were the times in which a fundraising campaign for the underprivileged was held in Spain, just as the piggy banks for the Domund campaign took to the streets.
In 1979, assistance for adults with disabilities began to operate in an apartment in the Chamberí neighborhood of Madrid. In 1980, Envera opened its first center with social assistance and employment.
That same year, Envera's headquarters were inaugurated in Malaga; in 1981, and thanks to Iberia once again, Envera opened a new one in Tenerife, and in 1982, in Gran Canaria. Barcelona had to wait until 1983 for Envera to open its fifth Special Employment Center.
From then on, Envera began its consolidation as a non-profit organization, becoming a reference point for the care of people with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities.
In 1991, the Centro Integral de Discapacidad (Integral Center for Disability) was inaugurated, which has been linked to the social life of Colmenar Viejo (Madrid) ever since. In its Sports Pavilion Eunice Kennedy presents (1992) the Special Olympics movement in Spain. movement in Spain, and with it began in Envera a pioneering career in inclusive sports that now exceeds three decades of history.
In 2016, Envera Punto de Inclusión Envera Inclusion Point in the Islazul and Carrefour Ciudad de la Imagen shopping centers, a pioneering project in Europe that is sustainable, scalable and based on the circular economy with which Envera creates jobs, raises the visibility of people with disabilities and works in a network with other NGOs to help more than 25,000 vulnerable people in Spain and abroad.
Envera, over time, has been professionalizing and opening up to all disabilities and to society as a whole in order to provide its beneficiaries with comprehensive and quality care, to continue growing and to promote an inclusive society focused on the rights and dignity of the individual through real equal opportunities.
To this end, Envera currently has:
- Envera - Association, for the comprehensive care of people with disabilities through Early Care and Neurodevelopment, Training, Job placement, Occupational Centers, Day Center, Residences, Supervised Apartments, Sports and Leisure.
- Envera Employment, S.L.U., with Special Employment Centers that provide stable and protected employment to more than 850 professionals with disabilities, 50% of them with intellectual disabilities.
- Envera Guardianship Foundation, which takes care of and accompanies people with intellectual disabilities in situations of neglect in their decision making and watches over their rights and interests.
Date information updated: August 2023
MISSION
Envera accompanies people with intellectual disabilities throughout their life cycle so that they can take their place in the world with dignity. their place in the world with dignity.
Date of information update: September 2022
VISION
Envera's vision is full social integration and
employment of people with disabilities.
Date of information update: September 2022
VALUES
Our values are INCLUSION and SOCIAL COMMITMENT, creating a framework where all differences, all abilities, have the same opportunities; TRANSPARENCY, QUALITY and INNOVATION.
Envera complies with Law 19/2013, of December 9, on transparency, access to public information and good governance, as well as Law 12/2014, of December 26, on transparency and access to public information of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands.
It also has the Audit and accreditation of transparency to the Association by Fundación Lealtad.
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QUALITY
Envera has a Quality Policy y Environmental Policy own.
Most of the activities and services that we develop in the Special Employment Centers, have obtained the certification that accredits the implementation of a Quality Management Quality Management System based on the International Standard UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015.
On the other hand, the centers that the Association has in Tenerife and Gran Canaria and the Envera Special Employment Center in Malaga, have the certification that certifies the implementation of an Environmental Management System. Environmental Management System based on the International Standard UNE-EN ISO 14.001: 2015.
It is worth mentioning that Envera Empleo, S.L.U. has obtained the certification that certifies the implementation of a Quality Management System for Medical Devices, based on the international standard, based on the international Standard UNE-EN ISO 13485:2018, for the Handling Area of the Envera Special Employment Center in Colmenar Viejo.
Envera also has the EcoVadis Sealone of the most reliable corporate sustainability ratings in the world, which accredits our risk management and ESG compliance as a strategic supplier in the value chain.
In addition, Envera is positioned as the the first NGO to manage information security at the highest level after obtaining the after obtaining the ISO 27001:2022 CertificationCertification, the most recent and updated one, as well as the Conformity with the National Security Scheme..
Date information updated: January 2025
Awards and recognitions.
2026
Menciones Especiales
XVI Premios de Periodismo Aviación Digital
2025
Premio Especial 'El Chupete'. XX Festival Internacional de Comunicación Infantil y Juvenil
2024
Apoyo al Proyecto 'Click Envera X Ellas: accede al mundo laboral'. Fundación MAPFRE Canarias
2023
Recognition by the Madrid City Council and MAPOMA to Envera for its participation in the Disfriendly Relay Madrid Marathon
2023
The Community of Madrid includes Envera in the Bank of Good Practices in social care centers and services.
2023
Cover of the Corresponsables Yearbook for Envera's social work and its impact on corporate CSR
2022
Envera celebrates 45 years with recognition of companies and organizations that collaborate to contribute to 11 SDGs
2022
Certificado por contribuir a la mejora de la ocupabilidad en personas en situación de vulnerabilidad. Fundación Intermedia
2022
Fernando García, Envera volunteer, was awarded the prize for outstanding volunteer by the Colmenar City Council.
2021
Gala with the Spanish Paralympic Committee and its sportsmen and sportswomen to celebrate with Envera its 30 years of Inclusive Sport
2020
Envera Punto de Inclusión, a project included in the shortlist of the of the Zero Project Awards
2020
Villa de Colmenar Environmental Commitment Award to Huerta Envera. Town Council of Colmenar Viejo
2020
Seal "collaborating company" for protecting equal opportunities in the workplace. Intermedia Foundation
2019
Influentials Award for the Most Sustainable Organization of 2018 awarded by the readers of El Confidencial
2019
National Award for Excellence in Inclusion and Occupational Risk Prevention for people with intellectual disabilities. in people with intellectual disabilities. Alares Foundation
2019
Award for commitment to the labor market insertion of people with intellectual disabilities. Mapfre Foundation
2018
Femaddi XXV Anniversary Gala Award to the athletes of the Club Ícaro Envera and their families
2016
Gala with the Spanish Paralympic Committee and its sportsmen and sportswomen to celebrate with Envera its 25 years of Inclusive Sport
2015
Transparency and good practices seal to the Association as an NGO audited and accredited by Fundación Lealtad.
2014
Quality Management System Certification ISO 9001:2008 of envera's Healthcare Services, since 2011.
2013
Sports Merit Award of the City Council of Colmenar Viejo
2013
Universia Foundation Award
Fecha de actualización de la información: Marzo 2026
Report of activities.
Fecha de actualización de la información: Julio 2026
