HSBC Malta staff lending a helping hand in cleaning out and landscaping Dar Frate Jacoba in Marsascala.

Four leading organisations in Malta marked the 14th annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Day, with respective employees volunteering a day’s work at homes that help vulnerable people facing different social problems. CSR day is held annually on the March 19 public holiday of St Joseph the Worker.

Hundreds of employees from Farsons Group, Forestals Group, HSBC Bank Malta, and Tumas Group gave a helping hand at Fondazzjoni ta’ Dar il-Wens in Fgura, St Jean Antide Foundation in Birzebbugia, Dar Frate Jacoba in Marsascala, and Dar Merħba Bik in Balzan.

HSBC Malta staff volunteered at Dar Frate Jacoba, a home that welcomes youngsters coming from difficult social backgrounds.

HSBC Bank Malta CEO Mark Watkinson said: “In line with the original ideal of CSR Day 14 years ago, we want to enable HSBC employees and staff from other local leading organisations to support a worthy cause in the local community, and to make a big difference in the quality of life of the people living in these homes.”

President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca and officials from the four organisations visited the volunteers in the various locations and thanked them for their sterling work and for their participation in this initiative.

Forestals Group employees gave a spring cleaning to St Jean Antide Foundation in Birżebbuġa.