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Resilient Cities, Healthy People

This project is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union.

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’’Resilient cities, healthy people’’ is an exciting new European Funded project which Roscommon LEADER Partnership are involved with. It is a proactive response to the escalating need for mental health promotion and for the prevention of mental health challenges within urban areas, with a specific focus on vulnerable populations such as refugees, immigrants, victims of domestic abuse, elders, and NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) youth.

Goal: to enhance mental health by empowering the vulnerable groups and the communities around them, and building their capacity to be more supportive and inclusive.

Objectives:

  1. To develop the capacity of local social structures, groups and NGOs, to act as safety nets for their members’ mental health.
  2. To empower and capacitate individuals in local communities to act as supports for each other based on proximity, similarity of background or experiences, or simply on shared humanity.
  3. To generate and support local initiatives that address the social factors of mental health, for and together with people who belong to vulnerable groups.
  4. To enhance the comprehension of the influence of peer support and community-driven social initiatives on the mental well-being of vulnerable populations.

The project targets vulnerable groups such as:

The Funder for this Project is EU4HEALTH

There are 6 European Partners working on this Project

  1. Roscommon LEADER Partnership (Ireland)
  2. ANIMA (Greece) – Coordinator
  3. Municipality of Trikkala (Greece)
  4. Traustur Kjarni (Iceland)
  5. University of Nicosia – Dept of Social Sciences and Social Work Programme (Cyprus)
  6. Minte Forte (Romania)

Please check back for further details on this exciting new European Funded Project as it progresses.