Marina Vidović, predsjednica/ Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja FENIKS SPLIT · Croatia · Internally evaluated
Board Game Evenings
Dear members of Udruga Feniks Split, and those of you who are only planning to become members, we invite you to another pleasant get-together in the intimate space of Longfield Pub. We have planned…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · People experiencing poverty
CEO, Dr. Soile Kuitunen · Finland · Peer-reviewed evaluation
Strength for Older Men's Everyday Life
The ‘Voimaa ikämiesten arkeen’ (Strength for Older Men's Everyday Life) model is based on peer-group activity. In it, the participants themselves plan the content of the group activity and bring their own competence, knowledge…
Older adults (65+)
Peer reviewed
Minna Savolainen, Nyyti ry · Finland · Internally evaluated
Loneliness in Mind — Facilitated Peer-Support Groups for Students
In the ‘Yksinäisyys mielessä’ (Loneliness in Mind) group, students who experience loneliness come together to talk, share their own experiences and insights, and to give and receive peer support.During the group, participants also make…
Children and young people
Zavod Sopotniki (eng. Sopotniki Institute) · Slovenia · Peer-reviewed evaluation
Zavod Sopotniki – free transport for older people
An older user (65+) from a rural municipality calls the local Sopotniki (‘Co-travellers’) coordinator and orders a free ride. The coordinator checks availability and assigns the ride to a volunteer driver. The volunteer picks…
Older adults (65+)
Peer reviewed
Emfasis Non - Profit · Greece · Not yet evaluated
Time Together
The ‘Time Together’ (Χρόνος Μαζί) programme, run by Emfasis's team of social scientists, is divided into 3 parts: creative groups at ΚΑΠΗ (Open Care Centres for the Elderly), home visits for people who cannot…
Older adults (65+)
Alzheimer Bulgaria Association, Irina ILIEVA · Bulgaria · Internally evaluated
Alzheimer's Café – a psychotherapy group for informal carers of people with dementia
People meet at least once a month in Sofia. Together with the psychotherapist, they discuss the challenges they face in caring for their relatives. Practices are exchanged and feelings are validated. Solutions and steps…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people
Yanina Taneva - founder Ideas factory and Baba Residence · Bulgaria · Internally evaluated
Grandma Phone
A server and a telephone handset, resembling a public phone booth – you can dial a different number and hear the story of an elderly person, recorded during my fieldwork. There is also a…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Carers · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Alzheimer Bulgaria Association, Irina ILIEVA · Bulgaria · Internally evaluated
Friends Through Memory – a group for people with early dementia
Once a week, people with dementia meet at the organisation's office. With the help of psychologists and music therapists, for between one hour and one hour and thirty minutes, people with dementia, guided by…
Older adults (65+)
Yanina Taneva - founder Ideas factory and Baba Residence · Bulgaria · Peer-reviewed evaluation
Granny Residency
After an open call and selection, young urban people have the opportunity to live in the household of elderly people in depopulating areas, exploring the local cultural heritage and creating events and cultural assets…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · Rural and remote communities
Peer reviewed