Mit Tourette Durch Polen
With Tourete AcrossPoland
With Tourette Across Poland– an initiative against exclusion of vulnerable groups from the society, organised within Citizens for Democracyprogramme, financed by NGO grants.
The main aim of the project is to prevent exclusion of people with TS and their relatives, who are discriminated and experience difficulties as a result of the disorder. The project is based on the principle that the community work (such as self-help and counselling), raising awareness in the society, professional training sessions for volunteers and experts (including teachers and doctors) will lower the risk of exclusion.
The activities will be carried out acrossPoland. The participants include people with TS, their families and those who come across TS at the workplace or in the community. The project will be implemented across the whole country, in both urban and rural areas in the Partnership with many Polish organisations and one fromNorway.
Trained volunteers will work locally, giving talks, organising self-helpand team building workshops, aiming to improve a quality of life for people with TS and enable them to get engaged within the society.
Information on the project
Information on AcrossPolandwith Tourette
Across Polandwith Tourette – an initiative against exclusion of vulnerable groups from the society, organised within Citizens for Democracy programme, financed by NGO grants.
Range:Poland
Duration: February 2015 – April 2016
The main aim of the project is to prevent exclusion of people with TS and their relatives, who are discriminated and experience difficulties as a result of the disorder. The project is based on the principle that the community work (such as self-help and counselling), raising awareness in the society, professional training sessions for volunteers and experts (including teachers and doctors) will lower the risk of exclusion.
The activities will be carried out acrossPoland. The participants include people with TS, their families and those who come across TS at the workplace or in the community. The project will be implemented across the whole country, in both urban and rural areas in Partnership with many Polish organisations and one fromNorway.
Trained volunteers will work locally, giving talks, organising self-help and team building workshops aiming to improve a quality of life for people with TS and enable them to get engaged within the society.
Partners:
Norsk Tourette Forening
Fundacja Rozwoju Wolontariatu
Federacja Organizacji Pozarz±dowych Centrum Szpitalna
Budget: 346 500.00 PLN (overall financial and non-financial costs)
Donations: 311 850.00 PLN
Actions
1. Administration
2. Information and promotion:
Promotional materials (posters, gadgets, roll-up)
3. Tourette's Academy
Training sessions for the following groups:
- volunteers – local leaders (including persons with TS, 16 people, one person per province),
- volunteers – assistants (including persons with TS, 32 people from acrossPoland),
- experts – people who may come across TS at work (for instance: teachers, psychologists, doctors, therapists, 48 people from acrossPoland).
3.2. Training sessions for Local Leaders
Objectives: psychological empowerment of the leaders and development of skills necessary to work within communities in order to be able to offer a support to people with TS.
Scope: dealing with TS, self-motivation and motivation of the team, creating community centres and support groups, promoting activities, cooperation with media, fund-raising (including crowd funding), managing projects.
3.3. Training for Assistants
Objectives: providing a basic knowledge about TS, how to deal with the TS in day to day circumstances, how to support people with TS through community work and prevent a social exclusion.
Scope: providing a basic knowledge about TS and principles of working in community, which would enable them to work locally and assist the leaders.
3.4 Trainings for Experts
Objectives: dealing with TS at work.
Scope: educating people at a workplace about TS, leading to a better understanding of the symptoms and gaining skills necessary to prevent exclusion of people with TS.
4. Astudy visit to our Partner inNorway
Participants: around 15 people (the most active leaders and assistants, PSTT representatives)
Objectives: familiarising ourselves with the actions taken by the Partner (forms of work activities, ways of dealing with TS, exchanging experiences).
5. Community work
5.1. Assessment of abilities
A phase which allows people with TS to take part in decision making process in terms of necessary forms and methods of help.
5.2. Tourette in a local community
Nationwide campaign involving community work, with a leadership o
Unsere Zielsetzung
Die Tourette-Gesellschaft Polen e.V. unterstützt die Tourette-Syndrom Betroffenen und ihre Angehörigen, indem sie eine Plattform für gegenseiteige Kontakte schafft und das Wissen über die Natur der Erkrankung und ihre Behandlungsmethoden zusammenträgt und an die Öffentlichkeit bringt.
Für die Umsetzung dieser Ziele betreibt die Gesellschaft Beratungs-, Informations- und verlegerische Tätigkeit . Der Verein arbeitet mit Spezialisten und Institutionen aus dem Bereich der Edukation, des Gesundheitswesens und der Forschung zusammen.Terminkalender
BEVORSTEHENDE TERMINE
Meinungsumfrage
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