HELP gives POWER
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The main objective of the HELP gives POWER project is to develop services and expand from January 2026 to October 2029 the offer of assistance provided by the Crisis Intervention Center in Lublin (CIK) in the field of counteracting violence, including domestic violence, through the introduction of highly specialized forms of classes, consultations, workshops and group therapy for 480 people (children, adolescents and adults) at risk of social exclusion. Specific objective of the project: to promote social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including those most in need and children.
The institutional target group consists of 1 entity – the Crisis Intervention Center in Lublin, the group covered by the support are: working, unemployed and economically inactive adults (380 people) and youth and children (100 people) aged 5 -18 years, who experience long-term and profound consequences of the violence suffered, including domestic violence.
Tasks and activities that will be implemented in the project HELP GIVES POWER:
Specialized assistance for children and adolescents experiencing violence:
- -Individual therapy with a child psychologist,
- -consultations with a child psychiatrist,
- -Social Skills Training and Aggression Replacement Training,
- -retrofitting the office for child and adolescent therapy: purchase of art materials, therapeutic aids, groceries,
- -going to the cinema at the end of group activities,
- -hippotherapy classes.
Specialized assistance for adults experiencing violence
- -Individual consultations with a psychologist and psychiatrist in the field of violence prevention,
- -group therapy for people experiencing violence,
- -metamorphosis workshops,
- -legal counseling,
- -retrofitting of psychologist and lawyer’s offices: the following will be purchased: laptop, shredder, multifunctional device.
Academy of good role models
- -Preparation and conduct of workshops “School for Parents”: 8 groups x 15 participants,
- -conducting therapeutic and educational group for Adult Children of Alcoholics – 140 persons.
Value of EU funding: 1,533,242.35 PLN
HELP versus violence
The Crisis Intervention Center is implementing the “HELP versus violence” project. It provides for the organization of group classes – Aggression Replacement Training and Social Skills Training for children aged 7 to 13, as well as training for CIK employees, enabling them to learn new techniques and forms of help for people in crisis. Additionally, as part of the project, a helpline for children and young people was launched, and group classes for adults will also be held, including a School for Parents and Educators, a therapeutic and support group for those experiencing violence, and an intervention and support program for people in crisis. Recruitment for all group classes is conducted continuously. A given group begins work when the list of participants is closed. A total of 122 people will benefit from group therapy and therapeutic activities.
The project “HELP versus violence” is co-financed by European funds. The total cost of the project is nearly PLN 322,000. PLN, including the amount of the contribution from European Funds is PLN 305.5 thousand. zloty.
Stop Aggression among Youth
The Crisis Intervention Center in Lublin, as part of the Citizens’ Budget, is implementing the project “STOP AGGRESSION AMONG YOUTH”.
The main goal of the Project is to promote amicable ways of resolving conflicts. We carry out activities for children and teenagers of school age (students of schools in Lublin) and for their guardians – educators, pedagogues and school psychologists, as well as parents/legal guardians.
As part of the “STOP AGGRESSION AMONG YOUTH” project, we carry out the following activities:
- • Helpline for children and young people from June 1, 2024 – weekend helpline open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9.00-14.00 phone number: 789-777-981,
- • Psychological support for children and adolescents – from April 30, 2024, a child psychologist is on duty at CIK ul. Rectory 6A,
- • Psychiatric support for children and adolescents – from May 28, 2024, a child psychiatrist is on duty at CIK ul. Rectory 6A,
- • “School for Parents and Educators” – from March 22, 2024.
- • Social and educational campaign – one of the forms of social and educational action was the organization of the Conference on April 26, 2024. “STOP AGGRESSION AMONG YOUTH” under the Honorary Patronage of Dr. Krzysztof Żuk, the Mayor of Lublin. The conference was addressed to Headmasters of Schools in Lublin, pedagogues/psychologists and all interested teachers/educators of Schools in Lublin who are looking for effective strategies and information on recognizing, analyzing and effectively counteracting peer conflicts in the educational environment.
Project “TOGETHER through infirmity”
The project “TOGETHER through infirmity” co-financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 under the PL14 Program “Counteracting domestic violence and gender-based violence”.
The “TOGETHER through infirmity” project will be implemented from June this year to November 2015. Assistance will be provided to both victims of violence and perpetrators of violence. Crisis Intervention Center employees and volunteers operating in the institution
They will meet as part of the Mobile Information and Consultation Point “NamioCIK”.
with the inhabitants of Lublin and provide them with specialized help. The project will also include a series of various workshops, classes and meetings. Interested people will be able to consult on legal matters, take part in art therapy workshops, aggression replacement training, work on improving relationships in a relationship, talk
about problems in your marriage, take part in classes to improve your parenting skills. A self-help group for women experiencing domestic violence will also be launched, and talks for parents will be held in schools, kindergartens and nurseries.
Anyone interested can benefit from assistance under the program. Both witnesses of violence, people at risk, children, spouses, partners in informal relationships. Information about registration will be available on the website of the Crisis Intervention Center. Registration will be conducted via e-mail, telephone and in person at the CIK headquarters.
