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FEANTSA Members' EY2010 Events
Several FEANTSA members have organised or are running activities in the framework of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in order to contribute to the fight against homelessness. Read about them below.
Austria
AURORA plus Conference
On the 15th April 2010, an AURORA plus event took place in Linz, Austria, focusing on the new political discourse on poverty, with the objective of widening and intensifying anti-poverty discourse. A discussion with representatives of the Ministry of Social Affairs, social partners, NGOs and working groups will take place. Political demands were to be developed. FEANTSA Director Freek Spinnewijn spoke about new European strategies in the fight against homelessness and Peter Fredriksson from the Finnish Ministry of Environment described experiences of Finland's strategy on homelessness and reported on the planned departure from the staircase model to a Housing First approach. More information is available about the event on the AURORA plus website.
Germany
'Der Sozialstaat gehört allen' Campaign
Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe (BAG W) are running a nationwide campaign called 'Der Sozialstaat gehört allen' (The Welfare State Belongs to All) in order to promote homeless peoples' rights to housing, work and health.
Activities include:
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a campaign resolution
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three posters
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a campaign newspaper
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a cinema spot
The actions are supported by the members of BAG W: so far around 50 organisations are participating. BAG W expect the campaign to be followed-up by action at local level with events of all kinds in about 50-70 cities until September. The campaign will end with a central event in Berlin, Alexanderplatz on September 23rd, where there will be public debates with politicians, music and other cultural events.
The campaign will be backed up by parliamentary lobbying in regard to the demands of the campaign.
More information is on the campaign website www.der-sozialstaat-gehoert-allen.de , where you can support the campaign demands by signing the campaign resolution.
The campaign resolution and the campaign circular (in German) give more detailed information. Read more about the campaign on the BAGW website.
Poland
National Strategy to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
As 2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, the Office of the Polish Ombudsman is working on a National Strategy to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion. The project will cover a strategy to combat homelessness, currently developed by a team set up to solve the problem of homelessness. The last meeting of the team took place on 28 April 2010. All Polish FEANTSA members are involved in preparing this strategy.
Slovenia
Conference on social exclusion, poverty and homelessness
Kings of the Street has organized a conference on social exclusion, poverty and homelessness, with a view to developing a national strategy on homelessness. The event will take place from the 16th-18th June in Ljubljana. The conference aims to mobilize different experts and organizations operating in Slovenia in the field of homelessness, and to coordinate efforts towards the development, negotiation and adoption of national policy or strategy on homelessness. At the same time the aim is to contribute to mutual learning and provide networking opportunities for those working in the field and transfer of good practice models from other European countries. For more information, contact marta.stajduhar@kraljiulice.org.
Netherlands
Federatie Opvang hosts Social Inclusion Games
Federatie Opvang and Humanitas Onder Dak, an organisation working with people who are homeless or experiencing social exclusion, are hosting The Social Inclusion Games Foundation event, the “Social Inclusion Games”. This event, held for the first time in Denmark last year, is an international sporting event for clients in emergency and sheltered accommodation and women’s shelters. The Social Inclusion Games will take place from the 1st to the 7th August 2010 on the campus of the Technische Universiteit in Twente. Homeless organisations in the Netherlands have decided to host this initiative to recognise that sport and exercise play an important role in the care and support of homeless service users, as they can do something that is good for body and mind. Participants will play in teams as much as possible. Meeting others, sharing great experiences and a new sense of community are important goals of the Social Inclusion Games. Therefore different groups and nationalities will unite in the teams. Participants can register online and find information about the programme, the organisation of the games, travel information and more. Contact Tina-Marie Schuurmans with any questions.
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