DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACCESS AND RETURN TO THE LABOUR MARKET FOR PERSONS recovering from mental illness BIURO PROJEKTU: ul. Noniewicza 10, Suwałki, tel./fax. (087)

The partnership has been established in order to counteract social exclusion of persons recovering from mental illness through facilitating: - access to the labour market, - return to the labour market - working out together with the other partners collaboration mechanisms to assist the final beneficiaries

The Project is implemented within the framework of Subject A: Facilitating access and return to the labour market to persons facing integration of reintegration problems in order to promote the labour market open for all.

PROJECT PARTNERS :

The Commune of Suwałki PARTNER WIODĄCY ul. Noniewicza 10, Suwałki tel. (087) , Poviat Suwałki is part of Podlaskie Voivodship located in the northeastern part of Poland. It encompasses 9 communes:, Bakałarzewo, Filipów, Jeleniewo, Przerośl, Raczki, Rutka-Tartak, Suwałki, Szypliszki and Wiżajny. The tasks of Poviat as a territorial self-governmental unit include: - developing and maintaining technical infrastructure - developing and maintaining social infrastructure (education, promotion, healthcare, welfare, family support, support of the disabled, culture and cultural conservation, physical culture and tourism, counteracting unemployment and activation of the local labour market), - maintaining social order and security - land development and ecology

SP SP ZOZ – Psychiatric Hospital in Suwałki ul. Szpitalna 62, Suwałki, tel./fax: (087) The Psychiatric Hospital treats patients from the whole Voivodship. Its tasks include.: - psychiatric hospitalisation, - healthcare offered to persons with mental problems in various other forms analysing the general situation of the population in the scope of mental health and planning future actions aiming at: - maintaining mental health of the population - disseminating knowledge promoting mental health, - research and psychotherapy - individual and group psychotherapy, - organising rehabilitation workshops _______________________________________________________________

POVIAT SEJNY ul. 1-go Maja 1, Sejny; tel. (087) , fax Poviat Sejny is part of Podlaskie Voivodship located in the northeastern part of Poland. It includes for communes: Sejny, Giby, Krasnopol i Puńsk. As in the case of other territorial self-governmental units, its tasks include: - developing and maintaining technical infrastructure - developing and maintaining social infrastructure (education, promotion, healthcare, welfare, family support, support of the disabled, culture and cultural conservation, physical culture and tourism, counteracting unemployment and activation of the local labour market), - maintaining social order and security - land development and ecology

Support Centre in Lipniak Lipniak 3, Suwałki, tel. (087) , fax (087) The Support Centre for Persons with Mental Dysfunctions is funded by Poviat Suwałki. It offers help to day patients from the wider area. The Centre’s tasks include: - helping persons with mental problems, - integrating persons recovering from mental illness with their local community and supporting them in regaining independence and full and active participation in social and professional life - undertaking other tasks resulting from the present situation.

The pottery workshop in the Support Centre in Lipniak

LOCAL MUTUAL AID CENTRE IN OLECKO ul. Armii Krajowej 26, Olecko tel / fax (087) The Centre offers help to day patients. It has to wards : For adults - with mental problems - intellectually disabled For children – intellectually disabled The centre has well-equipped labs (technology, arts, pottery, gym) and rehabilitation room. The equipment of the children ward allows for carrying out classes based on Montessori method. There is also a room of experiencing the world and Orff instruments,

Association of Social and Economic Initiative in Augustów SISG The aim of the Association is undertaking actions supporting local development in social, economic and cultural fields, in particular: -inspiring cooperation between persons and institutions acting for development of local entrepreneurship - cooperation with governmental and self-governmental institutions responsible for creating regional policy -Counteracting unemployment and its results - social and professional rehabilitation of the disabled - educational, didactic, charity and cultural actions -supporting local non-governmental organisations - supporting families and children - publishing activity ul. Sucharskiego 15, Augustów tel. (087) ,

POVIAT LABOUR CENTRE IN SUWAŁKI ul. Kościuszki 71A, Suwałki tel. (087) The Poviat Labour Centre in Suwałki deals with tasks related to employment, counteracting unemployment and lessening its effects. It offers intermediacy in finding employment by means of analysing the labour market and meeting the existing and foreseen needs of the unemployed. The essential thing is to offer employers well-prepared staff and job seekers, chances for finding employment. In particular the Centre: -initiates and finances training courses for the unemployed - organises public works -subsidises unemployed persons setting up their own business - administrated dole payment - offers intermediacy in finding employment

POVIAT FAMILY SUPPORT CENTRE IN SUWAŁKI ul. Noniewicza 10, Suwałki tel. (087) , fax (087) , The Poviat Family Support Centre implements its programmed within the framework of the following sections: 1) The Crisis Intervention Centre operating based on consultation centres located in Jeleniewo, Raczki and Bakałarzewo. Approximately 40 families from Poviat Suwalki are provided with systematic care. 2) Rehabilitation of the disabled: a) vocational (training courses, financial assistance in creating and adjusting workplaces for the disabled and setting up their own business) b) social rehabilitation (removing architectural barriers, organising workshops, sports and recreation, providing orthopaedic equipment. 3) Institutionalised help – collaboration with nurseries 4) Foster families – legal and financial assistance

PFRON State fund for the Disabled Al. Jana Pawła II 13, Warszawa tel. (022) , The Fund : - maintains the existing jobs for the disabled; - provides funding to employers of the disabled; -Providing funding for creation of new jobs for the disabled - providing funding for execution of tasks resulting from governmental and self- governmental programmes addressing the disabled - develops programmes aiming at vocational, social and medical rehabilitation of the disabled; - provides co-funding for the programmes of The European Social Funds - provides co-funding of actions undertaken by poviat self-governments (rehabilitation treatments, vocational training course, removal of architectural barriers, sport, recreation, culture) -Organises workshops; - provides co-financing of construction, development and modernisation of infrastructure for rehabilitation purposes.

The Town of Suwałki ul. Mickiewicza 1, Suwałki tel. (087) , fax (087) Town Office of Suwałki is an organisational unit by The President of the Town being an executive body implementing the tasks defined by law. Social Welfare Centre is an independed unit funded from the local government budget. Its activities include: - social welfare - vocational rehabilitation of the disabled - social rehabilitation of the disabled - distribution of social benefits Psychological and Pedagogical Consultation Centre It’s a public organisation whose aim is to provide psychological and pedagogical counselling to children, youths and their parents as well as teachers in the scope of education od children and teenagers.

Association of Families and Friends of the Mentally Ill „NADZIEJA” ul. Szpitalna 62, Suwałki The forms of activities undertakes by the Association: - Patients’ Club - cyclical meetings - support groups - special events and trips - exhibitions of patients’ works -legal counselling and support offered persons fully or partly incapacitated - educational actions addressed to the patients and their families

FRP – Foundation of Enterpreneurship Development ul. Kościuszki 62, Suwałki tel. (087) , The aim of the foundation is acting for the benefit of local social and economic development leading to increased activity of small and medium-sized businesses. The Foundation acts for increase in economic activity in the region by promoting small businesses and other economic ventures organised by the unemployed or giving them chance to find employment with the view to economic development of the region and consequently reducing the unemployment. Structure: - Centre for Support of Entrepreneurship - Fund for Support of Entrepreneurship - Vocational Activation Unit - Educational Centre for Adults - Workshops in Filipów

SIRT – Suwałki Agricultural and Tourism Chamber ul. Kościuszki 45, Suwałki tel. tel./fax (087) SIRT Suwałki Agricultural and Tourism Chamber is a non-governmental non-profit organisation. At present SIRT encompasses more than 160 organisations from 26 communes in the region. These are organisations dealing with tourism, especially owners of BBs and eco-tourism farms from Suwalszczyzna. The main tasks include: - counselling and training courses concerning tourism - offering recreational and rehabilitation pastimes - promotion and advertising of tourism - maintaining the Regional Tourism Information and Promotion Centre - preparation and execution of projects related to development of tourism infrastructure, including accessible also for the disabled.