Poverty and Social Exclusion
Related Activities
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Compassion Meets Action: A New Kind of Homeless Shelter
The Portuguese Red Cross runs an innovative shelter for people experiencing homelessness and their pet dogs. -
Fighting loneliness
In Belgium, the Red Cross is working to improve the lives of older people by enabling them to stay connected and fully exercise their role as active and autonomous citizens through healthy life choices. -
Girl-to-Woman
The Hungarian Red Cross Girl-to-Woman programme tackles period poverty by providing free feminine hygiene products in schools. -
Combatting energy poverty and unemployment
LogisCité by the French Red Cross offers free advisory home visits related to energy poverty to households experiencing difficulties in paying their energy bills, carried out by people in similar situations. -
Fighting against energy poverty and climate change
The Spanish Red Cross supports vulnerable households at risk of falling into energy poverty helping them understand their electricity bill and providing personalized advice on energy efficiency. -
Arriving and receiving communities, key elements of a two-way integration approach
FOCUS engaged with different actors to explore the socioeconomic and sociopsychological dimensions of integration in the span of the last decade identifying four core principles that maximise the potential for sustainable two-way integration processes. -
Buttek – Grocery stores against poverty
In response to the increasing number of households in precarious socio-economic situations, the Luxembourg Red Cross established social supermarkets where people affected by poverty can buy food and household items at a fraction of the market price. -
Combatting homelessness, boosting independence
To counter worrying homelessness rates in the Czech Republic, the Czech Red Cross operates several projects offering shelter to those experiencing homelessness. -
Motivation and support for life-changing journeys
The Latvian Red Cross has assisted nearly 500 people at risk of discrimination and social exclusion through a programme to help them access education or take up work. -
Intergenerational learning in Poland
To help ensure senior citizens are valued and included in society, the Polish Red Cross project SeniorON creates opportunities for young and old to come together and learn from each other. -
Taking action for and with older people in society
This project works to support the inclusion of senior citizens in decision-making, through strengthening civil society organisations in the Western Balkans. -
Supporting destitute asylum seekers and refugees in Europe
How the Red Cross works to address the needs of refugees and asylum seekers that are at risk of destitution. -
Mobile Teams assisting homeless people in France
The French Red Cross' Mobile Teams maintain social ties with people living on the street, provide advice on specific options for shelter and reception services that respect their dignity and choices, and alert public authorities of their needs and vulnerabilities. -
Employment plan to access the labour market
The Spanish Red Cross' Employment Plan (Plan de Empleo) is an initiative which supports people facing the greatest difficulty in accessing the labour market to increase their employability by providing a wide range of individually adapted services. -
Social basket
The "Social Basket" project was established by the Koprivnica branch of the Croatian Red Cross in December 2014 to provide food and other practical items to the most vulnerable residents of Koprivnica.
