MO040 event: companies want to reduce loneliness in Eindhoven

On Monday evening, 31 May, the 18th edition of the Corporate Social Responsibility (MO040) event took place. At the digital table in Eindhoven, 14 companies and 10 social organisations were seated. They entered into partnerships and investigated what they could do for each other around the theme of 'loneliness'. Thirty new collaborations between companies and non-profit organisations came about.

MO040 event
Employees of ASML and Philips, among others, act as language buddies and talk to non-Dutch speakers and lonely residents of Archipel. Many foundations receive help from communication professionals with, for example, website and PR questions. Driessen Autogroep offers shared transport and the Zelfhulp Netwerk Zuidoost-Brabant foundation gets ARBO and communication advice. "Working together with companies is a gift to our foundation," summarises Malou van de Rijt, support worker at the Self-help Network Foundation, after she made a match with three companies.

Alderman Renate Richters: "We know that loneliness is a growing problem in coronation time. I am therefore pleased with the attention this subject is receiving during MO040. To those who are going to work on the subject, I would like to say that I am curious to see the initiatives!

Kledingzolder
Wilma Slaats of Kledingzolder, a thrift store and especially a listening ear in Woensel for minima, has the greatest wish that her Kledingzolder can continue to exist. It is essential for - mostly - lonely singles to have a cup of coffee with Wilma in the shop on Kloosterdreef. "Now that we are allowed to open again, one of the customers at least gets off the couch again to have a chat here. That's what we do it for."

In the course of the year it will become clear how many of the 30 matches have been successfully made.

Online edition

Like the previous edition, this 18th edition took place digitally, from the workplace. The online event was hosted from a studio at Hotel Van der Valk. In the course of the year, it will become clear how many of the 30 matches have been successfully made.

MO040 and Impact040

MO040 is an initiative of the Municipality of Eindhoven, Philips, DLL and NXP in cooperation with Samen voor Eindhoven (Together for Eindhoven). Together with various other companies from the region, they have joined forces in Impact040 in order to give social enterprise a more sustainable character. Members of Impact040 dedicate themselves selflessly to the city and its inhabitants. The event is not about money, but about time, knowledge, experience and the willingness to share them.

You can find more information about MO040 here.