1. Centre for informal care Started in the year of 2005 as an EU- URBAN-project Network model Meetingpoint for all informal care families Customer-oriented The aim is to gather all important information ”under the same roof” Preventive work

2. Functions Cafeteria every Tuesday Peer support: peer groups for male informal careres, widows etc. Physical excercise-groups Computer-lessons Info-evenings for the new informal carers Occasional help to home (average 35 families/month/employed) Massage Trips, parties and different types of occasions

3. Future Developing services to a younger families who are receiving informal care allowance. To increase the amount of volunteers helping the families. To increase the amount of caregivers who receive the services from the Centre of informal care.(There are approximately 600 persons who are receiving caregivers allowance in the Eastern part of Helsinki)