APS
APS Bank supports a number of community projects and initiatives on an ongoing basis. These are generally selected for their significance to a specific sector of society such as youth or people with special needs, or to support specific areas of Maltese culture, such as music or visual arts. The Bank’s philosophy is to create partnerships that are just, sustainable and of mutual value. Through various direct initiatives, support is given to charitable, voluntary and community projects that meet the Bank’s social support philosophy and bank staff is encouraged to pursue various activities in voluntary work to take an active role in matters that are so vital to society at large.
The APS Bank-SJAF CSR partnership
During 2018, APS Bank and our NGO embarked on a partnership with the objective to address the topic of violence made at women through the activities of our SOAR Service – survivors of domestic violence supporting and mentoring other survivors and guiding victims to seek support for their own and their children’s safety and well-being. APS became very interested in the self-expressive art produced by survivors and organized an Art Exhibition at its Swatar head office. The exhibited paintings were approved for publishing by the survivors themselves; they also wrote poignant captions which best described their feelings at the time of painting. APS bank was responsible for printing the paintings and captions on a large board and used these for the exhibition. An exhibition catalogue was also produced. The exhibition ran from the 8th of March to the 12th of April 2019.
For 2019-2020, APS Bank and our NGO embarked on another partnership on the theme of women in caring roles. As with the 2019 art exhibition, APS will be organizing another exhibition of paintings produced by caregiving women as part of an Art Therapy programme which is currently taking place.
Our NGO is very grateful to APS bank for its placing its trust in the Foundation’s SOAR Service initiative and for highlighting the scourge of intimate partner violence and domestic violence. SOAR women offer, among a range of supports, peer-to-peer mentoring to make it more possible for survivors to move forward in life.
During 2018, APS Bank and our NGO embarked on a partnership with the objective to address the topic of violence made at women through the activities of our SOAR Service – survivors of domestic violence supporting and mentoring other survivors and guiding victims to seek support for their own and their children’s safety and well-being. APS became very interested in the self-expressive art produced by survivors and organized an Art Exhibition at its Swatar head office. The exhibited paintings were approved for publishing by the survivors themselves; they also wrote poignant captions which best described their feelings at the time of painting. APS bank was responsible for printing the paintings and captions on a large board and used these for the exhibition. An exhibition catalogue was also produced. The exhibition ran from the 8th of March to the 12th of April 2019.
For 2019-2020, APS Bank and our NGO embarked on another partnership on the theme of women in caring roles. As with the 2019 art exhibition, APS will be organizing another exhibition of paintings produced by caregiving women as part of an Art Therapy programme which is currently taking place.
Our NGO is very grateful to APS bank for its placing its trust in the Foundation’s SOAR Service initiative and for highlighting the scourge of intimate partner violence and domestic violence. SOAR women offer, among a range of supports, peer-to-peer mentoring to make it more possible for survivors to move forward in life.