In November, Bonpreu and Esclat clients made 185.804 donations that have made it possible to obtain 25.907€ for IDIBELL, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, through the Solidarity Roundup, a tool developed by Worldcoo.
The money raised will be used to develop new therapies for diabetes that improve the prognosis of people affected by this disease. Dr. Meritxell Rovira’s team, who will lead this research, is a specialist in the biology of the pancreas and has been studying therapies for diabetes for more than 15 years. For 3 years, her research group has been developing an innovative methodology to generate insulin-producing cells in the laboratory from other pancreas cells, using cutting-edge technologies such as minipancreas culture.
Bonpreu and Solidarity Rounding
The Bonpreu and Esclat supermarkets offer all customers who pay with a bank card the possibility of rounding up the final amount of their purchase and making a micro-donation to a social cause.
Since the launch of the Solidarity Roundup, in February 2019, more than 17 million donations have already been made and more than 3 million euros have been obtained through collaborations with different entities such as Submon, Aspros, Vimar, Creu Roja, Fundació A. Bosch, Plataforma per la Llengua, Arrels Fundació, Aprenem Autisme, Salut Mental Catalunya, Nexe Fundació, Formació i Treball, Fundisoc, Associació Selvans, Fundació Jubert Figueres and Fundació Ared, among others.
Bonpreu works on this solidarity initiative in collaboration with Worldcoo, which develops and implements solidarity fundraising channels. Through the website bonpreu.worldcoo.com you can track the status of the projects.
The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) is a biomedical research center created in 2004. It is participated by the Bellvitge University Hospital and the Viladecans Hospital of the Catalan Institute of Health, the Catalan Institute of Oncology, the University of Barcelona and the City Council of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.
IDIBELL is a member of the Campus of International Excellence of the University of Barcelona HUBc and is part of the CERCA institution of the Generalitat de Catalunya. In 2009 it became one of the first five Spanish research centers accredited as a health research institute by the Carlos III Health Institute. In addition, it is part of the “HR Excellence in Research” program of the European Union and is a member of EATRIS and REGIC. Since 2018, IDIBELL has been an Accredited Center of the AECC Scientific Foundation (FCAECC).