Press release #1 

LAUNCH OF “TOGETHER” PROJECT

Supporting young carers through a whole family approach

Young carers are children and young people aged under 18 who are providing significant or substantial care, assistance or support to family members who are ill, frail, disabled or have mental health or addiction problems. Young carers undertake a wide range of caring roles and responsibilities, including emotional support, personal care, housework and household budgeting.

While it has been demonstrated that caring can result in positive outcomes, there is a strong body of evidence showing the adverse impact of caring on health outcomes, social activity, educational engagement and employment opportunities for young carers.

Awareness and identification of young carers is still low and many remain hidden and unsupported.  Some families do not recognise their children as ‘carers’, some children do not identify themselves with the caring role, and there can be a degree of reluctance, even anxiety, among families in disclosing caring responsibilities.

It is therefore important to address this issue at EU level, supporting young carers and their families to communicate openly with one another to ensure that young people are supported in their caring roles.

What will TOGETHER do?

The Erasmus+ funded TOGETHER project, over the course of its 24-month duration, aims to raise awareness on young carers and to support them and their families. The main goal is to develop, test and disseminate three intellectual outputs:

• Awareness raising material to inform children and adults about how important it is to cooperate and be supportive with each other when there are caring responsibilities in the family.
• A training workshop curriculum for young carers and their families, facilitating open dialogue around the caring relationship, the impact this may be having on the young carer and how the whole family can support one another.
• An e-learning programme for professionals on promoting a whole family approach when supporting young carers.

Our ultimate goal is to have a positive impact on families in order to support young carers; reducing the negative impacts caring responsibilities can bring and improving young people’s well-being, social inclusion and community engagement.

This will be done by helping young carers, their families and professionals to adopt a whole family approach, where family members (including the cared-for person) are

encouraged to communicate openly about the caring relationship.

The partnership

TOGETHER project is implemented by a transnational partnership of 5 organisations from 5 European countries:

• DIAKONISCHES WERK BERLIN STADTMITTE (DWBS) from Germany, is a Non-profit institution with expertise in the field of young carers support (Project coordinator);
• EDRA from Greece, is a Non-Profit Organisation-Social Cooperative operating in the field of mental health;
• CARERS TRUST SCOTLAND from UK, is an organisation working to improve support, services and recognition for unpaid carers, with key projects to support all young carers and young adult carers in Scotland.
• ANZIANI E NON SOLO from Italy, is an NGO working to support young people with caring responsibilities;
• EUROCARERS from Belgium, is the European Network of Carers Organisations and informal carers.

Refugee Inclusion Moves Europe (RIME)

The “Refugee Inclusion Moves Europe” project (RIME) is implemented with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and aims at developing the skills of adults working to support and include refugees. RIME was born from the creation of the refugee guide in France, produced for and WITH refugees living in the Bordeaux metropolitan area.

This simple and illustrated refugee guide is intended to be very accessible to refugees, presenting their rights and their view of their status.

Consequently, the COS Alexandre Glasberg Foundation approached European partners in order to develop tools adapted to the inclusion of refugees in Europe. The project is part of a context of tightening national policies towards refugees. In a context of rising nationalism, xenophobia and glottophobia, the partners consider that the tools, methodologies and processes of inclusion are currently too limited and do not sufficiently promote the participation of refugees in the very creation of these tools.

The project has a duration of 30 months and lasts from the 1^st of November 2019 to the 30^th of April 2022. The partnership consists of foundations active in adult education, advisory bodies, universities, adult education centers, social and vocational integration centers and NGOs. They are located in France, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Malta.

Specifically:

1. Fondation cos Alexandre Glasberg (France) (coordinator)
2. le LABA (France)
3. Lai-Momo societa cooperative (Italy)
4. KSDEO EDRA (Greece)
5. University of Bordeaux (France)
6. Hal Far Outreach (HFO) (Malta)
7. Stiftelsen Hogskolan I Jonkoping (Sweden)

The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Refugee Inclusion Moves Europe (RIME)

Το ευρωπαϊκό έργο “Refugee Inclusion Moves Europe” (RIME), το οποίο πραγματοποιείται με την υποστήριξη του προγράμματος Erasmus+ της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, έχει ως στόχο την ανάπτυξη των δεξιοτήτων των επαγγελματιών που εργάζονται για την υποστήριξη κι ένταξη των προσφύγων. Το RIME γεννήθηκε μετά τη δημιουργία ενός οδηγού για πρόσφυγες, ο οποίος πραγματοποιήθηκε με τη βοήθεια των ίδιων των προσφύγων στην πόλη Μπορντώ της Γαλλίας. Ο οδηγός αυτός είναι εικονογραφημένος, ώστε να είναι εύχρηστος, ενώ περιέχει μια αναλυτική παρουσίαση των δικαιωμάτων τους. Επιπλέον, οι συμμετέχοντες έχουν μοιραστεί και τη δική τους οπτική για την κατάσταση στην οποία βρίσκονται. Ο οδηγός αυτός είχε μεγάλη επιτυχία, μιας και πολλοί φορείς ενδιαφέρθηκαν να τον χρησιμοποιήσουν.

Με αφορμή την επιτυχία αυτή, το ίδρυμα COS Alexandre Glasberg απευθήνθηκε στους Ευρωπαίους εταίρους, ώστε να δημιουργήσουν εργαλεία προσαρμοσμένα στην ένταξη των προσφύγων στην Ευρώπη, με βασική προϋπόθεση τη συμμετοχή των ίδιων των προσφύγων και μεταναστών στην κατασκευή των εργαλείων αυτών.

Το έργο έχει διάρκεια 30 μήνες και υλοποιείται από τη 1^η Νοεμβρίου 2019 μέχρι τις 30 Απριλίου 2022. Το RIME πλαισιώνεται από εκπαιδευτικά ιδρύματα ενηλίκων, συμβουλευτικά όργανα, πανεπιστήμια, κέντρα εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων, φορείς κοινωνικής  και επαγγελματικής ένταξης και ΜΚΟ που βρίσκονται σε Γαλλία, Ιταλία, Ελλάδα, Σουηδία και Μάλτα.

Αναλυτικά:

1. Fondation cos Alexandre Glasberg (Γαλλία - συντονιστής)
2. le LABA (Γαλλία)
3. Lai- Momo societa cooperative sociale (Ιταλία)
4. ΚΣΔΕΟ ΕΔΡΑ (Ελλάδα)
5. Πανεπιστήμιο του Μπορντώ (Γαλλία)
6. Hal Far Outreach (HFO)(Μάλτα)
7. Stiftelsen Hogskolan I Jonkoping (Σουηδία)

Η υποστήριξη της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής στην παραγωγή της παρούσας έκδοσης δεν συνιστά αποδοχή του περιεχομένου, το οποίο αντικατοπτρίζει αποκλειστικά τις απόψεις των συντακτών, και η Επιτροπή δεν μπορεί να αναλάβει την ευθύνη για οποιαδήποτε χρήση των πληροφοριών που περιέχονται σε αυτήν.

LIFE TWO: Learning Interculturality from Religions towards Outreach Activities” project is funded by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union; the aim is to foster a participatory pedagogical methodology in order to help students develop transversal skills, related to multiculturalism, interfaith and integration (LIFE Model). The Model addressed to primary education during LIFE project, has already proved to be successfully when tested in 5 European countries (Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Spain), as part of the religious education courses.

LIFE TWO intends to test the method in secondary schools and propose a strategy for a counter-narration, putting in action educative measures to launch a critical thinking process and act against racism and xenophobia.

LIFE-TWO has a duration of 24 months and lasts from the 1st of December 2019 to the 30th of November 2021.

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Celebrating World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day (WMHD) was celebrated first time in 1992 with the aim of providing international mental health education and awareness as well as advocacy against social stigma and exclusion. Every year on that day thousands of advocators join their voices to bring awareness on mental health issues and their preeminent effects on peoples’ lives globally. This year’s WMHD comes at a time when our everyday lives have faced considerable changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context and influenced by the spirit of this day we would like to bring light to MHM project, which we consider to be a very important initiative regarding the implementation of treatment in individuals with mental illness based on Art Therapy and Restorative Justice principles.

The idea of the project derives from the fact that in many countries, mental health challenges are the leading cause of disability. People suffering from mental illness and especially those who live in mental health structures are in the forefront of socially disadvantaged groups, suffering even more from social stigmatization and marginalization. These people often also suffer from societal injustices. As a result, there is an obvious need for more contemporary approaches, which will possibly get closer the understandings between patient and therapist and may increase the mental health state and the social inclusion.

Mental Health Matters through Restorative Art (MHM) aims to respond to this by bringing together a cross-sector, strategic partnership to support innovation in the adult education field by creating, piloting, and disseminating educational material and tools tailored to the needs and realities of mental health professionals, restorative justice practitioners, and artists in the participating countries and across Europe. The project started in November 2019 and will be completed in October 2021.

Objectives of the project

MHM aims to enhance the skills, knowledge, and experience of mental health professionals using art and restorative justice values. MHM also aims to train artists to use art in order to facilitate the relief of mentally ill patients and their social restoration. The ultimate goal is to create innovative tools that enhance the healthcare provision and self-representation of those who live within mental health structures. Thus, the main aim is to create a methodological approach that puts together the benefits of art therapy with the values of restorative justice. MHM will also design and accredit e-courses that will enhance the skills and knowledge of adult learners, supporting in this way the setting up of, and access to upskilling pathways.

Training program: Restorative art in mental health structures

Restorative justice can have an empowering effect on the mental health patients, breaking the stereotypical power-authority relationship, between the therapists and the patient while facilitating the relief of mentally ill and their social restoration. The potential and benefits of combining therapeutic art with restorative justice are still not translated into educational material and programmes, leaving many adult learners and professionals in the field unaware. As a response to that, we are happy to announce that we are currently working on the creation of the Training program: Restorative art in mental health structures which is the second intellectual output (IO2) of MHM. This particular training program will have the form of a e-course and will be addressed to mental health professionals, mental health structures’ coordinators, mental health carers, other health care practitioners and restorative justice practitioners.

The program aims to introduce mental health professionals to the values of restorative justice and give them a methodological approach that combines the therapeutic form of art with the restorative values and the power of art as a means of restoring injustice. Furthermore, the target group will be trained on creative art therapeutic approaches and the many expressions that these approaches might take within mental health structures for the benefit of the people suffering mental illness. The ultimate objective of the program is to lead to a healing, but also a self –representation process for the people living in mental health structures. IO2 is be based on the finding of Intellectual Output 1” Training Manual: The use of restorative art in mental health structures”. The training program will be piloted in all participating countries and across Europe. Also, RJ4ALL, as a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) accrediting body, will accredit the CPD status to the program.

Find us on the Web

We are very excited to announce the launch of our newly designed website. Visit https://mentalhealthmatters.eu/ to find out more about our project, to get informed about our news and activities, to read our publications and stay tuned to get informed about the trainings and the online tools that will be developed in the context of this project.

You can also find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MHMerasmus. Through our Facebook page, you can have access to continuous updates on all the developments of the MHM project, as well as news related to the field.

The consortium includes 6 partner entities, the coordinator Restorative Justice for All (UK) and five other partners: Center for Social Innovation-CSI (Cyprus), Kinonikes Sineteristikes Drastiriotites Efpathon Omadon - EDRA (Greece), Lélekben Otthon Közhasznú Alapítvány (LOKA) (Hungary), Fundacion INTRAS (Spain), and Anotati Scholi KAlon Technon -ASFA (Greece).

ACTitude project (“ACTitude: Improvisation techniques training program for mental health professionals to empower patients with psychiatric diagnose to act against emotional and verbal violence”) aims at developing an innovative methodology based on improvisation techniques (Improv) for professional use which will empower individuals dealing with mental health challenges and enable them to confront demonstrations of social rejection in the form of verbal abuse and mockery to which they are being exposed so often in their day-to-day lives.

Τhe project is implemented with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and has a duration of 24 months (1/11/2019 – 31/10/2021).

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Η «ΕΔΡΑ» συμμετέχει ως εταίρος στο Ευρωπαϊκό έργο “ACTitude: Improvisation techniques training program for mental health professionals to empower patients with psychiatric diagnose to act against emotional and verbal violence”, που αφορά την αντιμετώπιση της λεκτικής και συναισθηματικής βίας που υφίστανται άτομα με ψυχική ασθένεια. Toέργο χρηματοδοτείται από το Ευρωπαϊκό Πρόγραμμα Erasmus+.

Απευθύνεται σε επαγγελματίες ψυχικής υγείας (π.χ. ψυχολόγους, εργοθεραπευτές, κοινωνικούς λειτουργούς, φροντιστές, κ.α.).

Το εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα ACTitude, με βάση τον αυτοσχεδιασμό, θα παρέχει στους επαγγελματίες που εργάζονται με την ομάδα-στόχο μια παρέμβαση/διαδικασία κατάρτισης  να ενδυναμώσουν  τα άτομα με ψυχική ασθένεια να αναγνωρίζουν πότε αποτελούν αντικείμενο  λεκτικής/σχεσιακής βίας και να αντιδρούν αναλόγως.

Περιλαμβάνει  εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα στον τομέα των συναισθημάτων, της ρύθμισης των συναισθημάτων, των  στρατηγικών αντιμετώπισης, των κοινωνικών δεξιοτήτων και των δεξιοτήτων επίλυσης προβλημάτων.

Κύριος στόχος του έργου ACTitude είναι να αναπτύξει μια καινοτόμο μεθοδολογία βασισμένη σε τεχνικές αυτοσχεδιασμού για επαγγελματική χρήση, η οποία θα βοηθήσει να ενδυναμώσουν τα άτομα που πάσχουν από ψυχικές διαταραχές να αντιμετωπίσουν την κοινωνική απόρριψη με τη μορφή λεκτικής κακοποίησης, κοροϊδίας και σχεσιακής επιθετικότητας, στην οποία εκτίθενται.

Στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος θα πραγματοποιηθεί εκπαίδευση σε επαγγελματίες ψυχικής υγείας μέσω τηλεδιάσκεψης στις κάτωθι ημερομηνίες και ώρες:

Πέμπτη 15 Οκτωβρίου 2020, 9π.μ. – 12μ.μ.

Πέμπτη 22 Οκτωβρίου 2020, 9π.μ. – 12μ.μ.

Πέμπτη 29 Οκτωβρίου 2020, 9π.μ. – 12μ.μ.

Πέμπτη 5 Νοεμβρίου 2020, 9π.μ. – 12μ.μ.

Πέμπτη 12 Νοεμβρίου 2020, 9π.μ. – 12μ.μ.

Πέμπτη 19 Νοεμβρίου 2020, 9π.μ. – 12μ.μ.

Θα θέλαμε να καλέσουμε επαγγελματίες ψυχικής υγείας που απασχολούνται στις δομές σας να παρακολουθήσουν το εν λόγω εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα. Μπορείτε να δηλώσετε τη συμμετοχή σας στο email:marialekka15@gmail.com έως τις 9 Οκτωβρίου 2020. Καθώς οι θέσεις είναι περιορισμένες, θα τηρηθεί σειρά προτεραιότητας.

Ευχαριστούμε εκ των προτέρων.

Λέκκα Ιωάννα-Μαρία,

Υπεύθυνη προγράμματος ACTitude

Εργοθεραπεύτρια, Οικοτροφείο «ΙΠΠΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ Ι»

Τηλ. επικοινωνίας: 210.5020778 (10π.μ. – 2μ.μ.)

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