LeasePlan donated cars and fuel cards to the local governments and recruited volunteers to help their work during the Coronavirus crisis

The market leader fleet management company, LeasePlan, with its used car business unit, CarNext donated cars and fuel cards to the local governments who are deeply affected by the Coronavirus’s consequences and work hard to ensure social care to the those in need. Furthermore, the company recruited volunteers who also help elderly and disabled residents in shopping staple food and medicine for them. Balatonalmádi and two districts in the capital have been supported by the initiative.

We are stronger together!

Coronavirus forces us to keep physical distance from each other, however, people show unprecedented social solidarity in this situation. Several initiatives from all around the world have been offered by companies and private people as well, to support the workers who stand in the frontline. LeasePlan, the market leader fleet management company is committed to people being the strongest only by supporting each other so they donated cars, fuel cards and offered help in human resources to support the local governments, who work hard to ensure social care to those in need.

We are in this together!

The coronavirus pandemic has different effect on each industry, area and individual, and it causes various kind of problems. Keeping ourselves apart from our loved ones is a big challenge for all of us, but there are people all around the world who need others’ help in such ordinary things like going to buy food, medicine or visiting the post office. In the meantime, numerous workers in healthcare and social care, who fight the virus on the frontline work 7/24 for the people in need.

The endangered people – the elderly, sick and disabled residents – can stay safe if they reduce their social contacts to the minimum and ask help in shopping for food and medicine. This help needs to be provided by the local governments according to the measures of the Hungarian Authorities. The number of the requests are increasing permanently but their capacities of logistic tools and human resources are limited. That’s why LeasePlan decided that they offer help directly to this segment.

Giving is great. Giving well is greater.

The company contacted several institutes and made needs assessment to find out how they can help in the most efficient way. According to the results LeasePlan contracted with the local governments of IV. and XXII. districts and donated five cars in co-operation with its used car business unit, CarNext. Besides the cars they provided fuel cards and vignettes for the complete logistic support.

Some of the local governments have shortage of human resources so LeasePlan recruited volunteers among its colleagues who now work remotely. Several employees applied not only in the capital but on the countryside as well. One of the colleagues who provides help in shopping for food and medicine in Balatonalmádi said: „I really like these kind of initiatives and I was happy when LeasePlan started to recruit volunteers. I think this kind of help gives much more than money because local people can feel that they can count on somebody even if they are alone. The volunteering inspires me as well and I feel that it’s worth to wake up in the morning as I do something good. A lady of those people who I visit from the very beginning wanted to give me money first and then some homemade cookies to thank my help. Of course, I rejected but I think it’s worth living for these moments because we experience this huge kindness very rarely.”

LeasePlan follows closely the updates of the coronavirus and they are ready to offer further help.