Description
The everyday life of one-parent families, those with many children and a child with special needs (henceforth – Families) often consists of daily struggle against a long-term lack of time and financial means, that severely impairs the main functions of a family. The aim of the Project is providing access to complex innovative social services for the needs of Families and improvement of the skills of family members and their self-development through culture and creative initiatives, in order to promote a high quality functioning of the Family. The project will provide a complex psycho-social assistance to families, in order to improve the social and functional skills of family members, enhance their employment and integration in society. The Project partners' consistent support involves improving the competences of the NGO members and employees for providing psycho-social support to Families, in line with their needs, thus facilitating the accessibility of social rehabilitation services.
Summary of project results
The everyday life of one-parent families, those with many children and a child with special needs often consists of daily struggle against a long-term lack of time and financial means, that severely impairs the main functions of a family. The aim of the project was to provide access to complex of innovative social services for one-parent families, families with many children and families with a child with special needs (henceforth – families) and to improve the skills of family members and their self-development through culture and creative initiatives. The aim was achieved by providing a complex psycho-social assistance to members of 61 families and improving their social and functional skills, enhancing their employment and integration in society and improving the competences of 26 NGO members and employees for providing psycho-social support to families. Outputs - 3 Project start-up information seminars; an informational material "We build too many walls and not enough bridges (Isaac Newton)"; an e-booklet "The Garden of Family Relationship" is situated on the web site
www.tilts.te.lv; repair of sanitary and utility rooms was carried out; •the experience exchange seminar "Doubly gives what gives without delay" in Lithuania; 61 families, 11 of them were families with a child with special needs, were involved in the project activities; 44 families took part in the family events "Three-quarters"; 45 persons in accordance with their needs received tailored support measures from the various specialists; 18 specialists received 24 group supervision sessions; 14 family members (46 persons) attended the family camp „The White Apple tree” in Aglona; 26 specialists participated in the experience exchange seminar. The Project activities were implemented with project partners support from Society „Creative psychology centre for Family” and Utena’s University of Applied Sciences. The project activities were carried out in Latgale’s, Zemgale’s and Kurzeme’s region.
Summary of bilateral results