Allianz is opening its tower to employees’ children for free summer camps

There are summer camps for children under 11 organised at the Isozaki Tower in Milan and Trieste, and sports camps for those aged between 11 and 16. Remote working for up to 50% of working hours and greater flexibility. For parents working at Allianz, the company led by CEO Giacomo Campora, summer paradoxically becomes a time with fewer worries and a chance to spend more time with their children, without having to dig into their pockets. How? By taking them to work or sending them to the sports camp because, says Letizia Barbi, the company’s head of human resources in Italia, ‘here we consider the well-being of our people to be a strategic and indispensable element. Promoting a sustainable work-life balance is a concrete priority for us, which translates into dedicated initiatives and a constant focus on the needs of our colleagues and their families.”

This is how Allianz Time with Kids came about – a well-established initiative that allows staff at the Milan and Trieste offices to bring their children to work, where they are welcomed into dedicated spaces specially adapted for playing, learning and socialising under the guidance of qualified educators, whilst their parents work just a few metres away. This year, the programme will run until September and will offer 4,400 places for parents who are company employees and wish to enrol their children. The theme of the 2026 programme is ‘The world in 1,000 languages’. The children will be taken on a journey through the arts to explore the world and themselves, using various forms of expression ranging from drawing to movement, from physical materials to digital media. For those with children aged between 11 and 16, Allianz offers, again free of charge, the chance to take part in one of the weekly residential summer camps, designed for those who have been playing volleyball or basketball for at least a year, organised with Allianz Powervolley Milano, a Milanese volleyball club sponsored by Allianz, in Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Basilicata.

The childcare centres for employees’ children form part of a wider welfare ecosystem that is increasingly focused on people’s wellbeing. This year, the Well4All programme has relaunched the “Green to win” app in particular, combined with a competition – running from May to November – to promote sustainable mobility; it has also promoted a bike parking scheme in Milan at interchange metro stations to secure bicycles until the evening, meetings to help people quit smoking, a contribution towards the costs of sports medical examinations, and sports sessions with instructors across the country, offering yoga, Pilates and other disciplines that promote health and wellbeing. The commitment to physical wellbeing and sustainable mobility is also reflected in the company’s facilities, with in-house gyms at the Milan and Trieste offices, fully equipped rooms and a rotating schedule of bodyweight training classes, open before the start of the working day, during the lunch break and in the evening until 10 pm.