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Queen Letizia attends prizes promoting social inclusion

Queen Letizia has handed out the prizes of the Banco Santander Foundation, dedicated to projects whose aim is to make society better. 

On the morning of Tuesday, 21st of September 2021, Her Majesty arrived at the Nouvel building of the Reina Sofía National Art Museum, where she was welcomed by the Minister for Science and Innovation Diana Morant, the President of the Santander Group Ana Botín and the President of the Royal Patronage of the Reina Sofía National Art Museum Ángeles González-Sinde. 

Once inside, Queen Letizia met the President of the National State Council, Maria Teresa Fernández de La Vega, the President of Santander Spain, Luis Isasi, the Secretary General of the Administration Council of the Santander Group, and other executive members of the Santander Group, as well as the Coordinator of News of the COPE chain Ángel Expósito, who chaired of the event.

In her speech, Queen Letizia praised the Santander Group for their support for projects that, in the end, benefit the entire society, because they aim to make it more inclusive and more equal for everyone. 

The Banco Santander Foundation hands out sixteen prizes each year to organisations that work in five specific sectors of society. The five categories are children’s education, health, social inclusion, disabilities and international cooperation.

Each winner will receive a cash prize from the group, which in turn gets the money from voluntary donations from employees of entities that constitute the group. The money is then pooled in a fund called “Euros of your choice”, which then distributes the money to the various organisations selected for the prizes. 

Queen Letizia attends these prizes regularly, and in her speech she remarked that it was good to be back again. She also supports other foundations and entities that deal with inclusion of people with different disabilities, as well as dealing with research on rare diseases.