This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Mosaics of inclusion: disabled people and volunteers learning together
Towarzystwo Wspierania Inicjatyw Społecznych Alpi
Society for the Promotion of Social Initiatives has been in operation since 2008 in POLAND.
The activity of the association focuses mainly on the implementation of educational, integration and social activities. From the beginning of its activity TWIS Alpi worked with people with disabilities.
During the last 4 years, on behalf of The Department of Social Affairs and the Department of Education Culture and Sport of Białystok City our association has carried on rehabilitation and educational activities aimed at disabled, children and youth.
The Association has experience in projects funded by public and EU resources. Recently the following initiatives were implemented in line with the activities of this project:
- An Integration Club for adults with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities from 19th December 2008 to 31st December 2009 supported 20 people with disabilities
- Operational Program Area-FIO 8-integration and activation of disabled“ Integration City - We Create Together”; July- November 2009; it supported 10 disabled, 10 able-bodied
- Integration Club for adults with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities; March-December 2010
All of these initiatives have been carried out and cleared ;objectives and results were achieved. Currently, the applicant has been leading the project funded by the ESF, POKL7.2.1 "Identity Cities without exclusion," which involved 32 people with intellectual disabilities ; the period of this project: October 2010 – November 2012.
Our aim as TWIS ALPI is to work in the field of public tasks for the promotion of social initiatives. These are:
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support and assistance for people with disabilities and their families;
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promoting culture, arts, physical education and sports;
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promoting dog education and training (dog school);
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promoting innovative educational and social initiatives.
We are a team of creative people,full of ambitions and passions,which we want to carry onto other people. Our mission is to support interesting and ambitious initiatives within different fields of interest. In people we see high potential and we try to help them to activate an energy that is inside them. We created a place, where every person finds something for itself. We strongly believe that our actions will leave a pernament mark and will allow our members to experience many emotional and memorable moment. We are reaready to share our experiences in field of working with adults intellectual disabled.
