UC RUSAL coordinated some social project workshops for teachers and schoolchildren who live in Sverdlovsk Region’s cities and towns where the company’s enterprises are based, UC RUSAL’s local press officer Roman Lukichev reports.

The workshops in Kamensk-Uralskiy, Severouralsk, and Krasnoturinsk were organized by the company’s Social Welfare Projects Center; the workshops were conducted by some experienced coaches from Tyumen Development Fund, a charity organization. The coaches spoke on the aims and challenges of a social project and walked the participants through the process of writing a grant application.

Tyumen Development Fund’s CEO Vera Barova, who was happy with the audience’s eagerness and involvement, conducted a Q & A session and suggested a useful reading list on the subject. The grant applicants were also encouraged to turn to UC RUSAL’s Social Welfare Projects Center for support.

‘This first workshop helped us identify our future grant applicants, who were assisted in getting the expertise needed for the beginners in the field. I believe the workshop is going to serve as a springboard for more inventive community service projects, some of which will probably get UC RUSAL’s grants,’ Marina Shadskikh, CEO Social Welfare Projects Center's Kamensk Uralskiy branch, observes.