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The aim of the project is to implement a new model of domestic violence prevention. The model will be a "tool" to reduce the phenomenon of domestic violence by improving the quality of relationships in the family, in particular between spouses/partners. As part of the model, a Project Promoter will create the Family Centre, which will be based mainly on the current system of work and cooperation and activities of institutions in the commune.
The project will promote equal treatment of women and men, e.g. by developing information and educational materials, including online materials, the project website will be compliant with the WCAG 2.1 standard. Activities in the project are aimed at counteracting discrimination and combating stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices. The facilities where the project activities will take place will be architecturally accessible to people with disabilities, e.g. there will be no thresholds or steps at the entrance to the buildings, or alternatively there will be a driveway with handrails; There will be parking spaces for the disabled next to the buildings. All activities will be planned to ensure full availability.
The project will promote equality in relation to every aspect of family life (e.g. related to the division of work and home duties), it will emphasize the disapproval of violence against any person, in particular women.
The management team will include both women and men, as the applicant would like to use the perspective of both sexes when implementing the project and new tools. During the training, issues related to gender equality, equal treatment, anti-mobbing, harassment and discrimination will be discussed.
Summary of project results
The aim of the project “ In good family relations lays its strength” was to implement a new model for the prevention of domestic violence. Model - “tool” to reduce the phenomenon of domestic violence by improving the quality of relationships in the family, especially between spouses/partners. Within the framework of the model, a Center for Families was established in the Trzebnica Municipality, which is based mainly on the current system of work and cooperation and activities of institutions in the municipality. The Center for Families focuses on the cooperation of the Social Welfare Center in Trzebnica, representatives of the school complex, kindergartens, the police and a branch of the Caritas. In addition, cooperation was established between the Center for Families and the Community Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Center in Trzebnica. Partners in the project were the Amicus Cordis Foundation and the ARS AUXLILIUM Foundation. These entities carried out training activities and an information and promotion campaign during the implementation of the project. The developed system of support is maximally integrated, which means that the client receives full, comprehensive support, based on a process rather than incidental assistance, and the support process is planned and phased. The offer of the Center for Families combines activities of an open nature for the entire community of Trzebnica Municipality and is aimed at individuals and families from groups at risk. Activities at the CdR are free of charge and voluntary for all individuals.
A Model Implementation Team was formed. The team included the director of the OPS, the implementation coordinator, the chairwoman of the interdisciplinary team the mayor''s attorney for addictions, and the directors of municipal elementary schools,
A Model Implementation Group was formed. This group included and employees of the Social Welfare Center and psychologists and educators from municipal schools indicated by school directors.
Therapies were organized for couples and family members as a countermeasure to the phenomenon in the families included in the program. The therapy was aimed at improving skills in dealing with conflicts and solving problems.
Support was organized for patchwork families (high-risk group) as part of selective prevention in the form of support by an educator/psychologist in individual and group form.
Parenting competence therapies were organized - school for parents within the framework of selective prevention. Therapies for parents on non-violent and non-punitive parenting were held.
A birthing school was established to implement support in the form of workshops for parents-to-be or/and workshops for mothers/fathers in which classes were held to take into account the division of childcare responsibilities and to counter tension among parents-to-be, working with parents in terms of leveling violence, raising a child without violence.
Therapeutic workshops were organized for young people in grades 7-8. Therapeutic workshops were organized for senior citizens of the Trzebnica Municipality.
Improved the competence of employees and professionals in the skills of assessing the risk of domestic violence. As part of this, a series of training sessions was organized. The training was attended by employees of the Social Welfare Center, probation officers, psychologists, educators, police officers, education staff from the Trzebnica Municipality, the District Family Assistance Center, the Municipal Police and the Interdisciplinary Team for the prevention of domestic violence.
Public awareness of countering violence was raised. As part of this, a number of activities were undertaken.
Throughout the period of the project''s implementation, a social campaign on the subject of counteracting family violence was carried out in the Trzebnica Municipality. The campaign aimed to raise public awareness, including at the family level, about various forms of violence, countering discrimination and combating stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices was aimed at promoting equal treatment of women and men. During the course of the project, informational posters on the subject of violence were hung in all public institutions. Leaflets about the activities of the center for families were distributed at all meetings.
A conference opening and closing the project was organized. A stand promoting project activities was organized during the Trzebnica Family Days and the Orchard Festival and Municipal Harvest Festival.
Sponsored articles were purchased and published during the project period. The articles included information on the subject of counteracting violence, on the impact of good relations in the family on counteracting violence or on activities promoting equality between men and women in everyday life.
A Center for Families has been established in the Trzebnica Municipality Office, Pl. J.Piłsudskiego 1, 55-100 Trzebnica, a Center for Families was established for residents of the Trzebnica Municipality on the second floor in room 112 at the Trzebnica Social Welfare Center. The competence of employees and specialists in the ability to assess the risk of domestic violence has been improved. Public awareness of violence prevention has increased
The mere fact that the Trzebnica Municipality became the entity responsible for the implementation of the project and the promotion of topics in the field of counteracting violence financed from the Norwegian funds led to the establishment of the Center for Families at the Social Welfare Center in Trzebnica. The center has increased the range of free services offered to residents of Trzebnica Municipality. It made available a choice of therapeutic activities. Integrated the project activities with the idea and mission, which outshines the mission of the Social Assistance Center as an organizer of social services and coordinator of the social support system for the residents of the Municipality, including individuals and families affected by problems they are unable to overcome with their own powers, resources and abilities.