Social involvement

The Bärenherz knitted bear moves in with us for our anniversary

In August 2018 - syracom is just turning 20 - our board of directors buys the first knitted bear at an auction in which several bears in the most dazzling colours and the most diverse shapes were auctioned off. The little rainbow-coloured woollen teddy named Armin. The bears were designed by different artists. Each bear is given the name of a child cared for by the Bärenherz Foundation. 

The following year, the bear will have offspring. syracom buys 50 smaller knitted bears at once, which are then given away to customers, benefiting the little charges of the Bärenherz Foundation.

The knitted bears all have one origin: they are made with much love by Brigitte Ziegan. Between 2008 and 2018 alone, around 1,000 pieces were made and sold by Brigitte Ziegan in memory of a child of the Bärenherz family. The knitted bears are available from Ms Ziegan: jbzie@t-online.de  

syracom Chairman of the Board Joachim Raczek is himself a volunteer on the Foundation's Board of Trustees. He also helped design the colourful mosaic bear that lives in the Bärenherz children's hospice. The mosaic stands for cohesion and the importance of each individual.

ZWERG NASE House II

In 2018, the new construction of the Dwarf Nose House II will start. The architect has created the project and the banks have pledged their support.

Every year, syracom sponsors JBFOne, the IT congress of Fiducia & GAD IT AG. The sponsorship is used to promote a social project by syracom. In the past years, the decision was mostly made in favour of Zwerg Nase, as a long-standing syracom partner. Under the motto "Kicken für einen guten Zweck" (kicking for a good cause), participants in the 2017 Soccer Cup once again scored numerous goals for the Zwerg Nase children. Here, active kicking could be combined with social responsibility. The more goals, the better. For every goal scored, syracom donates 5 euros to the new building of Zwerg Nase Haus II. The central task for Zwerg Nase is not only to lovingly and qualitatively care for the children and support their families, but also to ensure a good future for the Zwerg Nase children who have grown up.

Since 2018, syracom has been supporting the association "WorldSkills Germany e.V.", which is part of an international network of organisations. Its goal is both to support young people in their career orientation and to promote their further education, as well as to improve public opinion about vocational training in general. Together with its members and partners, WorldSkills Germany e. V. is always on the lookout for new ways to awaken a passion for a profession in young people and to promote their aspirations for further education.

One of the central tasks of WorldSkills Germany e. V. involves the organisation and development of vocational competitions at all levels: regional, national and international. The organisation shows participants the possibilities of vocational diversity and motivates them to achieve their best. Young professionals learn from the best in the world - with fun in the profession.

Prevention in primary schools: Aktionkinderschutz

Worldwide, child abuse is one of the worst and most common crimes. Under the motto "For the sake of children", syracom has been promoting the association Aktionkinderschutz e.V. with the support, prevention lessons are made possible at primary schools. Equipping primary schools with teaching materials against sexual abuse of children helps them to become more self-confident, to say "no", or to distinguish between "good and bad feelings", which protects them from abuse in their social environment or from strangers.

syracom employees give Bethanien children and young people presents for Christmas

In 2015, syracom did without Christmas presents. Instead, the counselling house decided to once again help children in need. The budget for the gifts went to the Friends of the Bethanien Children's and Youth Villages. Every year, the support association provides almost €100,000 for school sponsorship. Furthermore, it supports the purchase of equipment and materials as well as the events of the children's and youth village.

Since 2017, syracom employees have been fulfilling personal Christmas wishes of the children from the Bethanien Children's Village in Eltville. Each child writes their wish on a self-made star. The stars are given to us as Christmas tree decorations. Each syracom employee can choose a little star, fulfil a child's wish and thus bring a smile to that child's face.

It is important to us that each of the approximately 80 children gets the confidence that his or her personality is appreciated by others and that it is important to a person to fulfil just his or her wish. No wish star remains forgotten on the syracom Christmas tree. 

Since the 2018/19 season, the club's second women's team has been playing in the 2nd Bundesliga. We think it's great to support the girls' team of VC Wiesbaden II as the main sponsor, because we are thrilled by the sporting commitment of the girls: Besides training or work, they train four to five times a week and are on the pitch almost every weekend to show their class and give their fans a lot of joy. To do this, they need a great deal of passion, because they do not receive any remuneration for their sporting commitment. In order for the team to travel to tournaments without any worries and to have good training conditions, we are happy to support the volleyball players on the way to their sporting goals.

At the end of the 2020/2021 season, the VC Wiesbaden II women's team is ranked second in the 2nd Bundesliga.

We are looking forward to the match on 12.09.2021 to kick off the new season and wish the volleyball players loyal fans and good luck on the court!

In May 2019, syracom employees experienced how incredibly strong and professional the Rhine River Rhinos are during tryouts. What the team shows on the pitch challenges the law of gravity. They move so skilfully with the wheelchairs that they can compete with any "leg athlete". Impressed by the professionalism of the Rhinos, we watched the last match of the 2018/2019 Bundesliga after training and were totally blown away. Since then, syracom has been much more than a sponsor for the Rhinos team - we have become loyal fans of the boys.

Sustainable youth work is an important aspect for us. That is why we decided in 2012 to sponsor the jerseys of the youth handball team of TV 1844 Idstein.

Since 2018, syracom has supported the first men's handball team of TV 1844 Idstein. After the men's team was promoted back to the Landesliga Hessen, it has ambitions to move up to the third division. In order to safely reach such an ambitious goal, good physiotherapeutic care cannot be underestimated. syracom gladly took over the sponsorship for this.

Since 2015, syracom has supported the non-profit association Special Olympics Hessen e.V. The association offers children and young adults with mental disabilities a broad and contemporary range of sports. In Hesse alone, this programme includes 28 different Olympic disciplines. The idea behind it - to improve the quality of life of mentally disabled people through sport and to give them social recognition and integration.

The support enables the young athletes to optimally practice their sport and participate in sporting events. Regular training and participation in competitions helps these people to develop their physical fitness and motor skills.

We wish that no person in our society is excluded due to physical or mental problems. Sport is a good way to build bridges and connect people. It is important to us that the quality of life of mentally disabled people improves through sport and that they gain social recognition and integration.

Sustainable youth work is an important aspect for us and a criterion for our commitment. The approach of the board of syracom employees about supporting a school project or a youth team, be it handball, volleyball or football, never goes unnoticed. That is why we were happy to sponsor jerseys for the girls' team WU14 from the SV-Dreieichenhain club after a request from one of our employees.

The young sportswomen from the district of Offenbach tried on their new warm-up shirts in the match against the team from Rüsselsheim on 03 November.

The hosts had a hard time with the Rüsselsheim defence. After a score of 13:13 after the first quarter, the scoreboard showed 25:28 after the break. Motivated by their coach, the girls exerted good pressure against the strong players in the second half, defended the passing lanes better, played with a little more patience in the attack, used the gaps in the defence and went to the basket. The third quarter ended in a draw with 18:18. Thanks to a fast-break game in the last period, the hosts showed a 28:10 score, which led to a safe 73:56 victory.

Thus, the new warm-up shirts were properly inaugurated right away!
We congratulate young team from Dreieichen on this excellent victory and wish them a successful season!

With the new jerseys sponsored by syracom, the E-youth team of TV Petterweil, coached by Victoria Robus and Alexander Koch, achieved their first victory of the season on 05.11.2011.

In the previous games of the season, the young Petterweil players had to concede the points to opponents who were physically and above all playfully superior. With TV Hofheim, the TVP met a team on a par with them in their own hall. Even though the young team from the Wetterau region has not allowed itself to be spoilt for handball so far, its own expectations were high. This was also a good opportunity to wear the smart yellow jerseys for the first time.

Orchard meadow - a sponsorship that bears fruit

Since Christmas 2010, syracom has been the proud sponsor of a meadow orchard in Wiesbaden-Freudenberg. Under the motto "giving away a piece of nature", our customers and employees received a meadow orchard sponsorship certificate as a gift.

After our orchard team had mown the meadow, the patron, Mayor Arno Goßmann, gave the official starting signal for the new planting of the orchard meadow on 18 November 2011. The planting concept for this was specially prepared by a pomologist, as the preservation of old regional fruit varieties should be in the foreground. In a joint action, syracom consultants then planted 20 fruit trees on the plot of land "Am Freudenberger Hang" provided by the city of Wiesbaden. Now the meadow is regularly tended and cared for. Tree pruning events are held annually in cooperation with the Wiesbaden Fruit Cluster. Here, interested employees learn how to prune fruit trees professionally in order to optimise the yield.

Nowadays, meadow orchards are of particular importance. They not only support the ecological wealth of our region, but also provide habitats for endangered animals and plant species. In addition, they support a variety of delicious fruit specialities. Our orchard is a piece of nature and a sponsorship that bears fruit. This adoption was also the first step towards our sustainable CO2 compensation.

Since 2005, syracom has had its own vineyard. The production of wine is certainly not one of the core competences of a consulting company, but this commitment reflects the rootedness with the location Rhein -Main/Rheingau. 

The vineyard is located in the municipality of Oestrich and is a single vineyard in the German wine-growing region of Rheingau. The regional classic is grown there - the Rheingau Riesling. Because Riesling is more than a wine - Riesling is a passion. The south-facing vineyard covers 152 hectares of vines on medium to deep clay and loess soils. For the care of the vineyard and the production of the wine, we trust in the more than 360 years of experience of the Bickelmaier winery. Another positive aspect is the compensation of CO2, which is becoming increasingly important.