The Marianao Private Foundation is a community-based institution which, since 1985, has been running social and educational projects that benefit the whole community. Its work focuses particularly on people suffering social vulnerability using its comprehensive and socialising attention model. The Foundation’s general aims are to foster personal and community development and encourage processes of social inclusion. Its preferred area of action is the town of Sant Boi del Llobregat and the county of Baix Llobregat, where it runs nine programmes and 34 projects. In 2010, the Foundation worked with 6,287 beneficiaries, 163 volunteer and 64 members of staff.

The IMPULSA Awards are designed to promote and foster initiative and effort, research and creativity, solidarity and the development of talent in young people who are keen to build a fairer world in a globalised environment.

The main selection criteria for granting the Awards focus on exemplariness, distinction, visibility and impact, among other aspects.

With a prize consisting of €10,000 and a reproduction of a piece by the sculptor Juan Muñoz, the IMPULSA Awards will be presented on 29 June at the Girona Auditorium during the closing ceremony of the IMPULSA Forum 2012, which will be hosted by Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Asturias and of Girona.