We promote activities that make the community a place where everyone feels valued and enjoys their work and their lives, including the elderly, people who are handicapped, and people from other countries.
Shimizu Volunteer Academy
We hold a Shimizu Volunteer Academy training course to provide volunteers with broad knowledge about people with disabilities and para sports.
We have joined in public-private partnerships and industrial-academic partnerships to hold these courses since FY2016 to bring the experience to more people.
"Sports for Everyone" sports events to enable all people to experience para sports
We are a sponsor of Challengers.tv, a website that publicizes parasports operated by STAND (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kazuko Ito), a non-profit that supports parasports. We also actively support experiential parasports events organized by STAND and held all over Japan.
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Cumulative number of participants to-date: 2,259 (as of Jan. 2025)
Japanese Para Sports Association
Shimizu is now an official sponsor of the Japanese Para Sports Association (JPSA).
We agree with JPSA's philosophy of promoting independence and social participation of people with disabilities through sports and striving to realize a vital society in which all can co-exist harmoniously. Shimizu will continue to actively engage in activities with JPSA to promote the expansion of sports for people with disabilities in the future.
Sponsorship of "ArtPara Fukagawa"
Shimizu sponsors the ArtPara Fukagawa, which is held in Koto-ku, Tokyo.
Our employees also participated as volunteers in the event, which lined the streets with artwork created by people with disabilities, and had deep interactions with local residents.
Participation as Volunteers in the Oita International Wheelchair Marathon
Interested employees from the Kyushu Branch have served as volunteers for the Oita International Wheelchair Marathon, the largest wheelchair marathon in the world, since 2015. Volunteers assist with running the marathon by working as course safety patrols, checking the belongings of competitors, distributing boxed lunches, and serving in other roles.
