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VHV Foundation

A company that truly thinks in terms of sustainability does not focus only on itself. We want to support ecological, social, and cultural initiatives outside our Group as well.

To bundle our social commitment, we established the VHV Foundation in 2014. The organisation supports educational, cultural, and scientific projects and integration.

The three priorities of the foundation: Culture, science, and social issues

Culture

In the cultural realm, the VHV Foundation supports art exhibits in Hannover, for instance, as well as regional cultural events for children and adults.

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Science

In the scientific field, the VHV Foundation supports multiple innovative and groundbreaking research projects, in particular at Hannover’s University of Medicine.

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Social issues

In the area of social issues, the VHV Foundation focuses on supporting children, e.g. early support of musically gifted children or fostering digitalisation and sports at schools. The VHV Foundation also addresses special social challenges with its commitment to society, most recently by supporting Ukrainian refugee mothers and their children.

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Examples of projects in the Hannover region

Culture for children

As part of a sponsoring partnership, the VHV Foundation supports Hannover’s girls’ choir and boys’ choir, as well as the annual reading festival, through the support association of the Giovanni children’s circus.

Culture for adults

This includes a variety of artistic, literary, and musical events in the Hannover region, among them the State Opera or the Herrenhausen Festival of the Arts.

Arts

In the art world, we support art exhibits by the Kestner Society, the Sprengel Museum, and the Wilhelm Busch Museum as well as other initiatives.

Science

Our support of the scientific community includes activities such as two bio-medical research projects of Hannover University of Medicine: Implant research and developments in the prevention of rejection reactions after transplants.

Development, education and vocational training

The VHV Foundation supports education through the “School in the Digital World” project from the Sponsors’ Association for the German Economy. In addition, the VHV Foundation is committed to the VHV Sport Campus project as part of the all-day care programme from Brüder Grimm elementary school in Hannover.

Charitable activities

In response to the Russian war of aggression, the Foundation has leased 31 apartments since March 2022, where a total of 70 Ukrainian mothers and their children are housed and supported.

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