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Solidarity

Project title

Solidarios

Description of initiative

Solidarios creates support groups that carry out out outings and leisure activities (exhibitions, excursions, walks, etc.) to promote the integration of people from vulnerable groups. Through different techniques of artistic expression such as painting, collage, the homeless people get together every week and begin to feel part of a group. Every Thursday, a small group of about 15 people meet at the Solidarios headquarters in Ciudad Universitaria, in Madrid, as part of the RE|CREA initiative that promotes access for homeless people to daily leisure spaces where they can belong to a community. The art workshop where volunteers and homeless people are together and learn to express themselves, to draw, was organized with the support of the QBE Foundation,

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

homeless, groups, art workshop, volunteers, social inclusion

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Crafts | Other | Visual arts

Timeframe

2013 - present

Sources of funding

Government and local authorities

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

-

Organizer(s)

Solidarios para el Desarrollo
Spain
NGO / Non-profit | Other

Partner(s)

Fundación Andaluza para la Integración Social de Personas con Enfermedad Mental (FAISEM)
Spain
NGO / Non-profit | Health
Servicio Andaluz De Salud
Spain
Public / State | Health
Centros de Salud de la Comunidad de Madrid
Spain
Public / State | Health
Ιδρύματα Ψυχικής Υγείας
Greece
Public / State | Health
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Spain
Public / State | Other