Marina Vidović, predsjednica/ Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja FENIKS SPLIT · Croatia · Internally evaluated
Mental Health Festival – DAY OF MENTAL RESPITE
Through an all-day programme filled with varied content, we seek to highlight the importance of mental hygiene and the need for a break from the hectic pace of everyday life and stress, with an…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Carers · LGBTQ+ communities · People experiencing poverty
Albert Quiles, Director de Relaciones Institucionales de la Fundación Amigos de los Mayores. · Spain · Internally evaluated
Friends of the Elderly Foundation
There are four types of Emotional Companionship programmes: at Home, in Care Homes for older people, in Hospitals, and Telephone Companionship.An annual Activity Plan is also carried out, consisting of group activities of a…
Older adults (65+)
Directia de Asistenta Sociala a Municipiului Roman Romania · Romania · Internally evaluated
Social services provider
The aim is to bring elderly or vulnerable people out of social isolation.Presentation of our range of social services (hot meals for eligible people, home care services, etc.), psychological counselling services where needed, or…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · LGBTQ+ communities · People experiencing poverty
Marina Vidović, predsjednica/ Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja FENIKS SPLIT · Croatia · Internally evaluated
mutual support groups for people with mental illness/challenges
The mutual support group for old and new members of the Association for the Promotion of Mental Health Feniks Split offers, every Thursday, an opportunity for honest togetherness where we can freely be who…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities
Mental Health for Romania · Romania · Internally evaluated
Let's Bring Mental Health into Schools!
As part of this project, the organisation's volunteers run workshops on mental health in secondary schools across the country. These workshops, designed by researchers in psychology and psychiatry, teach pupils how to identify the…
Children and young people
Mental Health for Romania · Romania · Informal feedback only
Mental Health for Romania Specialists Map
One of our association's most important projects is the Harta Specialiștilor (Specialists Map), an interactive online platform featuring specialists (mainly psychologists) who offer free or reduced-cost mental health services to people from various vulnerable…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · LGBTQ+ communities · People experiencing poverty
Gábor Benyó M.D., Hungarian Hospice-Palliative Association ( Magyar Hospice-Palliatív Egyesület) · Hungary · Peer-reviewed evaluation
Szervezetünk intézményi és otthonápolási teamak működését koordinálja. Az otthonápolás keretében multidiszciplinaris team látogatja, segiti otthonában a beteget és támogatja ellátását vagy a családját is, ha kell. A csapat tagjai orvos, szakápoló, pszichológus, gyógytornász ,…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Peer reviewed
Friends of the Elderly Ireland · Ireland · Peer-reviewed evaluation
referrals for different programs: matched for community visitation, Nationwide friendly calls, or programs they can attend onsite: cabarets, clubs, workshops. Hampers distributed, birthdays celebrated, cards and letters and calls. Ad hoc programs around health,…
Older adults (65+)
Peer reviewed
Udruga Val s otoka Lastovo · Croatia · Informal feedback only
Integrated model of social support, mobility and digital inclusion on the island of Lastovo
Udruga Val (Val Association) has developed an integrated model that connects social gatherings, home help, organised transport and digital inclusion for older people. Most older people on Lastovo live alone in their own household…
Older adults (65+) · Rural and remote communities
Stichting Present · Netherlands · Informal feedback only
Young Present
As part of the Maatschappelijke Diensttijd Programma (Social Service Time Programme), young people volunteer with Present by carrying out practical or social projects (or helping to organise them). Practical projects include tidying up a…
Children and young people
Maaret Alaranta, sosiaalisen hyvinvoinnin koordinaattori, Suomen Punainen Risti · Finland · Internally evaluated
Friendship Skills for Young People, etc. — materials for developing social skills
What it sets out to doThrough the programmes, children and young people can practise social/interaction skills independently, in a group, at school, etc.What seems to make it workFree material that is regularly marketed to…
Children and young people · Migrants and refugees
KiVa antibullying program · Finland · Peer-reviewed evaluation
Prevention is at the core of KiVa. By doing preventive work, we decrease bullying happening at schools and ensure safer learning environment for students. KiVa provides clear guidelines and methodology on what to do…
Children and young people
Peer reviewed
NLZVE Nederland Zorgt voor Elkaar · Netherlands · Not yet evaluated
National Network of Caring Communities
Nederland Zorgt Voor Elkaar (The Netherlands Cares for Each Other) is the national network of resident initiatives in welfare, housing and care. NLZVE shares knowledge, experiences, bottlenecks, solutions and research from and for resident…
General population
James O'Hagan, LGBT Ireland · Ireland · Informal feedback only
A Telefriending Coordinator receives referrals (self-referred or via services) through the LGBT Ireland website and conducts an initial phone assessment with each prospective service user, completing a wellbeing questionnaire. Once matched, a trained, Garda-vetted…
Older adults (65+) · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities
LONELY-EU mapping exercise · Romania · Internally evaluated
Telephone support and counselling line for elderly people
The telephone support and counselling line for elderly people was set up within the Direcția Generală de Asistență Socială și Protecția Copilului Timiș (Timiș General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection) at the…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Carers
Matej Alex, Seniorcentrum Staré Mesto, Bratislava, Slovakia · Slovakia · Informal feedback only
Intergenerational meetings
Primary school pupils (aged 6 to 15) regularly (once a month) visit a social services facility for intergenerational group meetings with older people (clients). They spend approximately 1 to 1.5 hours together on joint…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities
Simone Bodholdt, direktør i Ventilen Danmark · Denmark · Internally evaluated
Meeting places using activities as a method
Young people meet other young people who are volunteers. They do various activities together, including cooking, board games, and going on outings, among others. The volunteers create a safe framework in which young people…
Children and young people
Jill Litt, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) · Spain · Peer-reviewed evaluation
This is a group-based facilitator led intervention among groups of 8-10 for 2 hours per week over 10 weeks. It combines motivational interviews addressing loneliness and then evolves with group-based sessions led in nature.…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · LGBTQ+ communities · People experiencing poverty
Peer reviewed
Vida Greičiuvienė, NVO Senjorų pasaulis įkūrėja · Lithuania · Internally evaluated
The Remote „Senjorų pasaulis“ (Seniors' World) Club
Remotely, on the Zoom platform, we teach older people foreign languages, culture, information technology and healthy-lifestyle modules. Seniors join Zoom at a set time for theoretical and practical training, where instructors introduce them to…
Older adults (65+) · Rural and remote communities
Jana Ouředníčková · Czech Republic · Not yet evaluated
Personal and regular long-term contact with senior citizens.
We hold regular club meetings where we train memory and do health exercises suitable for the oldest members. We sing, mark important anniversaries, and hold social events with dancing and music. We celebrate important…
Older adults (65+)