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The project aims to support the principle of seniors’ equality and non-discrimination in a rapidly aging society, to increase their self-confidence and prestige, to create conditions for active aging. We want to use different platforms such as public discussions, communication campaigns to introduce senior volunteering and its benefits to elderly people''s life and present it as one of the forms of seniors'' participation in a civil society. For that we plan to use examples of good practice of senior volunteers from Letokruh.Through that we will increase awareness of volunteering and to activate new volunteers, involve new recipient organizations (non-profit, contributory, etc.). In order to gain innovative ideas of senior volunteering we launch an accelerator and invite people from different areas. Beside that, we want to involve seniors in the life of the community. We will offer them a space for meetings, so called “SeniorHUB” with different activities focused on discussion, education, entertainment, inspiration, sharing. We will invite them to various community activities, organised by Letokruh or in cooperation with our partners. Senior influencers have an important role in the project. They are nominated from the existing volunteers of Letokruh. They will motivate volunteers and also gather incentives from other seniors, which may increase their and their peers'' quality of everyday life. Selected demands will be presented to local government representatives. With project activities, we will offer seniors the possibility of meaningful involvement in civil society life and we will thus fight against the negative effects of aging. We act upon the “Strategic framework for preparation for the aging of society 2021-2025, MLSA”.