Purple Foundation, nadační fond

06/08/2025

Our supported organisation proFem o.p.s. needs help. Why?😯

Because they are trying to offer help to victims of domestic and sexual abuse on a much larger scale now by opening a 3-bedroom flat that women with children can use as a shelter in times of crisis!🏡🫶

We are happy to share the campaign to cover the last expenses before the opening - see all the important info here⬇️💜

24/07/2025

We are so thankful for all the great encounters we experience in Purple Foundation - not only with organizations, but with their individual members, too, who oftentimes become our PuFo friends.💜💪

One of them is definitely Mr Michal Odstrčil (pictured here celebrating his birthday at our first MeetUp!🎂) who spent over a decade directing the amazing ParaCENTRUM Fenix. We were surprised to learn he decided to pass over the baton to Mr Petr Houšť last year - what inspired this change? Where did his steps take him next? Is he staying in the non-profit sector?🤔

We asked him about all these things and more in our interview - check it out on the Purple Foundation website, both in English https://www.purple-foundation.com/post/en/michal-odstrcil-from-fenix-to-rytmus a česky https://www.purple-foundation.com/post/en/michal-odstrcil-od-fenixu-k-rytmu! 📖💙

23/07/2025

We love supporting Hospic sv. Alžběty in Brno. Why? Because we know that high quality palliative care is what every person deserves and who knows - in the future, us or our loved ones might need dignified help in the last days, weeks or months, too. It's good to know that in Brno, there is a place with professionals who are great at it! 💜

Říkáte si, co je to za krabice? To jsou velice užitečné krabice!

Díky daru Purple Foundation, nadační fond jsme mohli pořídit dva bateriové koncentrátory. Ty umožňují nemocným na kyslíku transport a pobyt mimo domov až na 5 hodin. A pro nemocné, kteří jsou trvale závislí na kyslíku, jsou důležitou zálohou při výpadku proudu a podobně.

V lůžkovém hospici je využijeme pro pacienty na výjezdy v pojízdných křeslech či na lůžku do prostor zahrady a parku areálu kláštera, kde hospic sídlí.

Děkujeme!

19/06/2025

The pe(e)rfect way to help!

One of our Purple Foundation members, Krištof Heger, makes no secret of the fact that he has been living with epilepsy since 2009. Through his work in the Purple Foundation, he came to cooperate with Společnost E - a non-proft organization helping people with epilepsy.😍💜

➡️He became a member of their peer support team and in the interview on our website, he introduces the concept of peer support, what it means to him and what he has learnt along the way.💪 Have a great read and find the interview on our website, this time both in English, aj po slovensky! https://www.purple-foundation.com/post/en/the-peerfect-way-to-help & https://www.purple-foundation.com/post/en/peerfektny-sposob-podpory 📖

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05/06/2025

In Purple Foundation, we adore our supported organizations and we:

➡️ want to see them in person at least a couple of times a year🤝
➡️ want to know what problems they face and what they need to solve them🤔
➡️ want to understand their day-to-day operations and what they fill their days with✍
➡️ love celebrating them and with them!🥂

As there is only a limited number of hours in the day and members in Purple Foundation, out of necessity (and a strike of genius😁), we came up with the concept of the MeetUp - inviting all our partnered organizations into one place once a year and talk about all the above mentioned.😍As you can see, it has worked amazingly and this years 4th MeetUp event was great, thanks to everyone included.🙏🍰

See you in a year and until then, we can promise a lot of heart-warming messages, impromptu meetings and helping you do what you are great at!🥹💜

02/06/2025

💜 About our first Volunteer Day in Purple🗒️✅

This year, Purple Foundation faced a big challenge - to switch from occasional volunteering of a handful of colleagues to one big volunteering days where our Purple Team employees could pick from several volunteering options and spend a whole day helping where needed. In the end, the numbers proved that it was a successful endeavor - 50 of us took our time and volunteered in 4 different locations over the course of 2 days.😍💪

I am so proud of my colleagues who decided to team up and do a good deed - some of them even took the opportunity and turned it into a teambuilding activity!🤝You can read about our first day in our earlier post here: https://shorturl.at/JO4GG 👀

What did we do on day two, you ask?🤔

➡️ In Zoo Brno Purple team did a lot of gardening, weeding and helped build fences. The last activity was especially rewarding, as the fences were close to the polar fox enclosure and our colleague caught a glimpse of a new polar fox baby! There was also a little reward where everyone got to ride the ZOO train around the premises - a dream come true for most of our childhoods🚂🦊🌳

➡️ In Hospic sv. Alžběty, we also did a lot of gardening, removing trees, planting seedlings, etc. A big thank you goes to the employees of the hospice, who welcomed us with not one, but several homemade cakes and a whole feast of refreshments🍃🍰

➡️ And in FOD Klokánek BRNO, a centre for abused, neglected, endangered or otherwise socially disadvantaged children, my colleagues painted and lacquered furniture and sorted out clothes and toys for the little ones🦘👟🧸

Organizing all the groups at the same time was, of course, a daunting tasks, but my PuFo co-members Krištof Heger and Jakub Nytra took up the role of teamleaders, for which I am so grateful! We even welcomed one external teamleader - Martina Burešová from ParaCENTRUM Fenix who joined us and helped coordinate the Klokánek group. Thank you so much!🙏

And as it was our first year and we wanted to do really well, our Volunteer Days were co-organized by Via Clarita (https://viaclarita.cz/), who offered an amazing service sourcing out places to volunteer, organizing the individual steps, communicating with the receiving organizations, and more. I highly recommend them to anyone who wants to organize a volunteering event🙇‍♀️

All in all, I think I can say the Volunteer Days were a big success and we will definitely be doing it again in 2026 - we already cannot wait!😉💜

01/05/2025

Today, we are celebrating the Labour Day on May 1 in the Czech Republic, but earlier in the week, our Purple Team celebrated it with hard work of gardening, sorting, carrying, and many more muscle-strengthening charity activities!🌳👗📦⚒️💪

This year, we decided to organize our very first Purple Volunteer Day and our colleagues didn't hesitate for a second to join us, get their hands dirty and help where it was necessary - Zoo Brno, Hospic sv. Alžběty and ADRA CZ.👏 What would Purple Foundation do without our Purple Team?😍💜Thank you all so much and let's hope our second Volunteer Day on May 19 will be just as amazing!🥹

14/04/2025

Wherever did Purple Foundation go all fancy and excited?💃🌟

To the 6th Ball for FENIX, of course! ParaCENTRUM Fenix organizes a barrier-free ball for all their clients, employees, supporters and friends every year and this time, they welcomed us in the beautiful premises of the Courtyard by Marriott Brno.💜

Please click through the photos to witness the mouth-watering menu, beautiful location and the best ball organizer & FENIX fundraiser Martina Burešová🥰. Unfortunately, the main tombola price - a balloon flight - was not meant for us to win this year, but we are not losing hope for 2026.🙏🎈

Thank you, FENIX, for another memorable night!😍🥂🎂

04/04/2025

Yesterday, our amazing Purple team ran the Run for Světluška - Nadační fond Českého rozhlasu for the fourth time!😍🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️

Each of my colleagues thus helped people with visual impairments and let me tell you, they did a much better job than I did with my camera.😅 Thank you all for attending! We are already looking forward to the next one in 2026💪💜

27/03/2025

If you are avid fans of Purple Foundation, you have probably noticed that our Info section sounds a bit mystical: "Thanks to success of Purple Holding we help those in need to do well too."🤔

You might be wondering what exactly is Purple Holding, who stands behind the company and what it is that we do.❔😮 Well, you are in luck, because one of our CEOs and board members DDavid Kašpergave a great interview at the 🎙 Finanční backstage podcast where he reveals what the company stands for, talks about its beginnings, his view on our company culture (which is fantastic, btw, PPurple Team and much more!💜

Find the talk here and definitely give it a listen⬇️😍:

🎁 SOUTĚŽ: Napište nám do komentáře, jaká nejzajímavější myšlenka vás v tomto podcastu inspirovala a David na konci března vybere nejzajímavější komentář, je...

11/03/2025

Everyone who lives far from their place of birth knows what it feels like to miss your grandparents, but if you visit the Stará škola café in Prague, time stops and you are free to enjoy the best traditional desserts and chlebíčky, made and served by the sweetest senior staff. 🍰😍

Stará škola is a venue run in the building of a former elementary school by Elpida organisation. Elpida creates opportunities for active and fulfilled retirement of senior citizens and helps them through difficult life situations.👴👵💜

Stop by for a cup of coffee and cake (and a cheeky jar of pickles for home) and remember what it was like to spend an afternoon u babi - I highly recommend the wonderful plum cake! ☕

Find the café here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JZvK5bb5enM7jmAw5 📍

10/03/2025

🧠 You know what they say, those who can, do, and those who cannot, teach...
🤔 They are finished every day at 13.30 but still keep asking for higher salaries
🏖 Two months of holidays in the summer and all the shorter ones during the school year, doesn't seem like a lot of work to me
🧸 They just glue stuff all day and hang out with kids, anyone can do that!

How many times have you heard these very wrong beliefs about being a teacher?👩‍🏫 In their amazing 4-episode podcast Náraz, Začni učit! talk about the reality of teaching in the Czech Republic and especially the first days, weeks and months of it - and it's not, unfortunately, always as pretty as it seems.🫣 Give it a listen and find out why the state of education in our country should be something everyone cares and is informed about, we in Purple Foundation highly recommend it!💜🎓

Find the podcast here:

Náraz je podcastová dokumentární minisérie organizace Začni učit! a přibližuje, jak se ideály začínajících vyučujících střetávají s realitou za katedrou. Problémy českého školství tu sledujeme očima učitelů a učitelek. Tenhle obor totiž není po pracovní stránce v nej...