Description
There is as yet no crisis intervention service in the Prachatice District focusing directly on the issue of domestic violence. The only available service does not offer specialised forms of assistance (such as psychotherapy, art therapy). At the same time, there is no organisation here active in spreading awareness in this area. Another weak point is the insufficient supply of social services in less accessible locations.Domestic violence is generally associated with women or children - information on domestic violence against the elderly population, for example, is lacking. The project is aimed at establishing this lacking social service providing crisis intervention to domestic violence victims and improving awareness of the issue of domestic violence through publication activity and prevention education programmes. Within the newly introduced service we shall offer professional assistance (social counselling, psychotherapy), we will raise general awareness of the issue and possibilities of help through education. We will eliminate fear and uncertainty surrounding this issue, we will offer possibilities of further procedures and look jointly for efficient solutions. The outcome will be the functioning social service , implemented preventative programmes and informational materials.
Summary of project results
Before this project, the region of Vimperk had lacked a specialised service focusing on domestic violence, help to people at risk of DV, and prevention-based public awareness. Thanks to this project, a crisis and counselling centre has been created to provide social work, psychotherapy, and education on the issue of domestic violence in the region. A total of 30 clients have used the social services provided in accordance with the Act on Social Services. We organised 13 prevention seminars and created nine various brochures and leaflets. All intended outcomes were implemented according to plan and are freely available on our website. We have been distributing them both at project events and directly (to collaborating organisations, state administration representatives, and others). All materials list contacts to other organisations providing assistance in the region. The target group encompassed people at risk of domestic violence (clients of social services) and the general public (participants of seminars, promotional-informational events, recipients of information via printed materials). The main benefit of the project stemmed from the assistance provided to persons at risk and the regionally focused information campaign on available help in the Vimperk region. The project has also led to the creation of the contents for prevention seminars that will continue to be held in the future.
Summary of bilateral results