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Description
The overall objective of the project is to enable vulnerable and marginalised people in Nicosia to become active and integrated into society. More specifically, the project aims to establish a Solidarity Network Hub that will provide innovative social services to the vulnerable people as well as integrate various social services of the Nicosia Municipality Multifunctional Foundation and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) acting within the area of Nicosia Municipality and to create a network of social services. The proposed model relies on networking with other stakeholders, mostly civil society, to maximize the impact of the efforts across the community in a range of fields varying from reducing social disparities to providing free legal, counselling, accounting, services, child care and child protection etc.
Main activities shall include:
- renovation of the building for the operation of the Solidary Hub;
- establishing a network of social service providers.
Summary of project results
The aim of the project was to provide integrated social services to the most vulnerable groups in the Nicosia Municipality area and to activate, empower and integrate them into the society. To maximise the impact of the efforts on the whole community, the project aimed to create a "Solidarity Network" that would provide innovative social services to vulnerable groups of people and integrate various social services of Nicosia Municipality and other non-governmental organisations that are active in the Nicosia Municipality area.
For the implementation of the project, a place that functions as a Counselling Center was renovated. The centre offers counselling services, psychosocial support services, legal counselling and family budget counselling, employment and entrepreneurship counselling, that addressed mainly to vulnerable groups such as unemployed women, single parents, large families, immigrants, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of low socioeconomic criteria, etc. At the same time, workshops , events and meetings addressed to these groups as well as to the general population and several civil society organisations have been hosted at the Centre.
The project was also pioneer in the creation and continuous development of the "Solidarity Network", a network of partner organizations, who have signed memorandum of understanding with the Nicosia Municipality for the support of vulnerable groups. The "Solidarity Network" consists of 59 members so far and is constantly expanding. Members of the network are organisations from society, academia, public bodies and other. The project provided services to a total number of 755 people until April 2024.