More information
Description
Organisational Grant - implementation of the submitted strategy.
The Civic Activity Foundation''s mission is: "Be Active, Activate and Engage Others!" and our vision is: "We strive for the reality where the residents have better lives, and those in need and excluded will have the opportunity to get out of exclusion and become active". We have set ourselves the following strategic goals: • To include excluded people and those at risk of exclusion in community life; • To increase the residents’ civic and social engagement; • To increase the professionalism of activities and quality in the organisation''s management. Our activities address the following themes: breaking out of isolation and counteracting violence among the elderly; improving the image of people at risk of social exclusion and activating them; supporting families, including building good relations and intergenerational dialogue; supporting local communities in building understanding and dialogue to solve social problems. We are creating an Active Senior Citizens’ Centre and developing the concept of the innovative "Included!" Model. The idea of the Model is to extend support and reach out to older people experiencing exclusion, including domestic violence, who are not reached by institutional support, often isolated due to health conditions, disability, depression, loneliness. The support targeted at these people will be individualised and will involve assistance by a second (more active) senior – a neighbour, as well as building a network of support. We want to refine this concept and introduce it in 3 counties: Lublin, Puławy and Biłgoraj. The "Included!" model will become our brand, of which we will be proud. It will be a bridge for the elderly, which will allow them to prolong their social activity and enter late old age "hand in hand" with another person, with a smile, and in harmony with themselves.