Concrete support for non-profit associations!
The ING Solidarity Awards are intended to reward and support the non-profit sector in Luxembourg through a two-part contest:
  1. An online vote
  2. A jury vote for a project

1. The online vote: 125 associations took part! We received over 30,000 votes!
The first part of the contest asked Luxembourg-based non-profit associations to register with the ING Luxembourg website. In all, 125 non-profits registered. The 40 among them receiving the most online votes from the public were each rewarded with a EUR 1000 cheque.  Here is the list of winners in alphabetical order:

• Actions For Life projects Larry Steffen
• Aide à l'Enfance de l'Inde
• ASA Amicale vun der Schoul fir Assistenzhonn ASBL
• Association Culturelle et Humanitaire de Bairrada à Luxembourg
• Association São Tomé et Principe au Luxembourg
• Athénée-Action humanitaire
• Badminton International Club Kehlen
• BBC Telstar Hesperange
• Coopération Nord-Sud
• D'Georges Kayser Altertumsfuerscher
• Enfants du Benin
• FMMR - Fondation Meninos e Meninas de Rua
• Fondation APEMH
• Gesellschaft fir Musiktherapie zu Lëtzebuerg (GML) ASBL
• Hand an Hand ASBL
• "Il était une fois..." ASBL
• Le Soleil dans la Main (ASDM)
• Les Amis de Gambie ASBL
• Les Amis de l'Herberg Kinderhuis, South Africa, Luxembourg, ASBL
• Lëtzebuerger Déiereschutzliga ASBL
• Little Sequoia
• Maison d'Afrique Luxembourg
• Man to Human ASBL
• MEDCHINE ASBL (www.medchine.eu)
• O Cancioneiro Do Alto Minho
• ONGD-FNEL scouts et guides pour le développement communautaire ASBL
• PADEM
• People of Tomorrow
• Perros Andalucia ASBL
• Pets Angels Luxembourg ASBL
• Philippines Luxembourg Society
• Pour un Sourire d'Enfant Luxembourg ASBL
• QUARTZIUM ASBL
• Rokku Mi Rokka
• Special Olympics Luxembourg
• Sportunity
• Telstar International Scouts
• Terre des Hommes Luxembourg
• Think Pink Lux
• Vélo-Club L'Endurance Leudelange ASBL

2. Jury vote for a project: 68 projects submitted! 9 winners!
The non-profit associations were asked to submit a project which fit one of the following four categories:

• National projects from partially voluntary associations
• National projects from 100% voluntary associations
• International projects from partially voluntary associations
• International projects from 100% voluntary associations

In all, 68 associations took part and submitted their projects to an independent seven-person jury: four members from outside of ING and three from the company (*details on page 4).

The winners by category (** detailed description on pages 4 to 6):
1. "National projects from partially voluntary associations"

• 1st prize (EUR 6,000): Jonk Entrepreneuren Luxembourg
• 2nd prize (EUR 3,000): Tricentenaire

2. "National projects from 100% voluntary associations"

• 1st prize (EUR 6,000): Sportunity
• 2nd prize (EUR 3,000): "Il était une fois... " ASBL

3. "International projects from partially voluntary associations"

• 1st prize (EUR 6,000): ECPAT Luxembourg
• 2nd prize (EUR 3,000): Les Amis de Gambie ASBL

4. "International projects from 100% voluntary associations"

• 1st prize (EUR 6,000): Toutes à l'école Luxembourg
• 2nd prize (EUR 3,000): Eng Bréck mat Lateinamerika, ASBL, NGDO

5. Special award

• EUR 5,000: SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde

The big innovation for the 2015 edition...
This year, ING offered the winners of the project contest of all four editions of the ING Solidarity Awards the opportunity to boost their resources by trying a new kind of fund raising.  The goal is to organise an information session in partnership with KissKissBankBank, a well-known online crowdfunding website, to help them gain a better understanding of this alternative funding method.
ING will also help increase the visibility of the crowdfunding campaign of the associations that decide to try this fund raising method. An accelerated procedure and personalised follow-up will round off this offer for the associations that have won the project contest since the creation of the ING Solidarity Awards.

Luc Verbeken, CEO of ING Luxembourg, is thrilled with the continuing success of the ING Solidarity Awards:   "I'm really proud of the support and visibility ING has been able to provide to several local associations again this year thanks to the ING Solidarity Awards. 
It's a real pleasure to see how successful the very active Luxembourg non-profit sector is. It shows our deep commitment to our local presence which we intend to continue developing.  I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the 2015 edition for its commitment and actions!"

For additional information, go to the ING Luxembourg Internet site:www.ing.lu/solidarityawards.