Corporate Social Responsibility

• Over the years, the Bank has consistently provided financial literacy programs to schools, but these initiatives are even more important today as the CBN and other stakeholders have worked out the framework as part of financial inclusion strategy designed to target secondary schools across the federation. The Bank has visited and facilitated many financial literacy trainings in different schools across the country, empowering and imparting knowledge in thousands of students.
• The Bank was the official financial partner to Ocean Ambassadors Foundation - a catch-them-young bottom top approach NGO determined to close the gender gap in the Advanced Technology (ICT), Maritime, Transportation, logistics and Supply chain sector in Nigeria. With the financial support provided by the Bank, the foundation was able to empower 3,000 secondary school girls in the capacity building initiative. This intervention underscores the importance of training the girl-child to participate actively in the relevant sectors.
• Aiming at supporting and promoting the quality of education, Unity Bank donated funds to a special needs school towards the development of the school to improve the quality of education being given to the students with special needs.
• In commemoration of International Women’s Day, IWD 2022, Unity Bank Plc partnered with AltSchool Africa to sponsor 50 female students towards the acquisition of specialist software skills – an empowerment initiative to boost the capacity of the female gender. We provided funds to encourage enrolment of young female students into AltSchool who will pursue a career in Informational Technology.

• The Bank carried out a Corporate Social responsibility during the Earth Day celebration by donating funds to empower the women of RESWAYE (Recycling Scheme for Women and Youth Empowerment) – an initiative which empowers women and youths through recycling in coastal communities.
• The Unity Bank Corpreneurship Challenge is a Youth empowerment initiative of the Bank designed to engage Youth Corp Members and promote entrepreneurship. With the Corpreneurship scheme, the Bank provide business grants to participating Corp Members who win their business pitch. The goal of the programme is to create employment and self-sufficiency among fresh graduates.
• The Bauchi state pilgrim board, a government agency saddled with responsibility of ensuring effective and efficient Hajj operations for intending pilgrims in the state was one of the beneficiaries of the Banks Corporate Social Responsibility. The Bank’s donation to the Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrim Board was an offshoot of the Bank’s COVID-19 response intended to promote health through digitalization of the operations of the Board. Due to the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Board, the digitalization of its operations to facilitate physical and social distancing among intending pilgrims necessitated the intervention of the Bank.
• In a bid to support women, Unity Bank during the International Womens Day 2021 has donated funds to The Girl Child Concerns, a non-governmental organization to support the growth of young girls.

The Bank in line with its sustainability strategic focus, is actively involved in improving and enhancing the quality of healthcare in the country. 

• The Bank partnered with the Reliance Family Clinics to give health talk to market women across Nigeria. The talk given by a medical doctor titled Woman to Woman: Real Breast Health addresses breast cancer risks, causes, symptoms, and treatments. Free blood pressure monitoring and hypertension counselling, blood sugar monitoring and diabetes counselling, clinical breast examination and breast cancer counselling, hepatitis B screening and counselling and hepatitis C screening and counselling was offered to market women
• The Bank supported and enhanced the facility of the Borno State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency), an initiative of the current administration in the state with the mandate to provide quality and affordable healthcare services to employees of both public and private sector, to boost accessibility and affordability of healthcare by beneficiaries.

• The Bank partnered with Kids Beach Garden to organize a beach cleanup as part of activities marking “Earth Day”. Earth Day is an annual event observed globally on the 22nd of April to draw attention to climate change and promoting healthier practices to reduce pollution in the world. Over the past couple of years, the Bank held capacity-building initiatives to focus on promoting business practices that reduced generation of non-biodegradable waste, improved its treatment through effective recycling, low carbon emissions, etc, that impacts the environment.
• The Bank supported the Maroko Police Station by carrying out the refurbishment of the Anti-Robbery Unit office of Maroko police. The refurbishment helped to provide a more conducive working environment for the police officers responsible for the security and protection of residents and its environs.