Granny's Contact Exchange

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Granny's Contact Exchange

Latvia
Project Stage:
Scaling
Website:
http://www.biedribarasa.lv
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Project Summary
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We have 2 main goals; help grannies get in the labour market, by that helping new families return to the labour market faster.

About Project

Problem: What problem is this project trying to address?

In our country it is a big problem, because the seniors are discriminated in the labour market and young families with small children cannot work because they have nobody to educate and take care of their small children.

Solution: What is the proposed solution? Please be specific!

In this course, the listeners of the courses choose themselves to provide services for families and people of different ages, pre-school children and young students and older people. It is important to provide these services with correct psychologywith joy and high quality services which require knowledge and Social grandmothers acquire these skills at special courses (duration 90 hr.)
Impact: How does it Work

Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.

The activities give psychological support to the people who have chosen to work for others. Given duties restore their self- comciouness and the feeling of being needed to the society, being able not only of the self-care but also of helping others. Psychological health works positively on the whole wellbeing of the senior people: it adds to the quality of their lifestyle – often many jobless years seniors have new qualification and can enter labour market as a socially substentiated personality.
About You
About You
First Name

Terezija

Last Name

Mackare

Implementer(s) and cooperation partners
Name

Biedriba RASA

Type

Foundation

Country where main implementer is located

, RGA

How long has the main implementer been operating?

1‐5 years

Please provide a short description of the main implementer.

We are from the Riga-Latvia Active Seniors alliance "RASA".
Founded 2 years ago. In it we also have the informal adult education institute which deals with the requalification of the seniors so that they could enter the labour market.

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Problem and solution
Which of these fields of Active and Healthy Ageing are addressed by your initiative?

Social inclusion (intergenerational practice, work and volunteering).

If none of the above, answer here:
Please describe if and how your stakeholders (cooperation partners, funders, users, etc.) have been participating in defining the problem and developing the solution.
Has your solution been tested in trials, experimentations, or pilot projects? If yes, please describe the process and outcome.

We already have prepared 59 social grannies, now working in families.

How long has your solution been in operation?

for 1‐5 years

Please select the relationship between your solution and related solutions currently established in our society. Is your solution…

independent (your solution is approaching a problem that has not been approached before)

What barriers might hinder the success of your initiative? How do you plan to overcome them?

Our only barrier is founding.
We plan to win this!

Organization and funding
Regularly paid employees

0

Volunteers

450

Trainees

15

External advisers and experts

10

Others (please specify)
What are the specific professional backgrounds and competencies your team brings to the initiative?

Project ''Granny's Contact Exchange'' is being organized and led by many highly educated people.

Please describe your management or coordination structure in the initiative.

We educate grannies by lectures, practice, and supervisions.

Please provide the total yearly budget in Euro that your initiative spends on implementing the solution.
National public funding

50%

European Union public funding

5%

Economic return from own products/services

%

Foundations and philanthropy capital

%

Single donations from private individuals

%

Donations from private companies

15%

Crowdfunding platforms

%

Participation fees

30%

Other (please specify)

%

Target group, scale and impact
Which target group(s) do you want to reach with your solution?

Seniors and new families.

Please estimate the number of persons within your target group (users, clients, etc.) that you currently reach directly with your solution.

100

In which local/regional/national area(s) is the solution currently implemented?

Riga

What is the impact on your target group (users, clients) you want to generate?

Grannys Contact Exchange have been organized to provide assistance to young families, as well as retirement and pre-retirement age people to get in to labour market.

What is the wider impact on society you want to generate?

Our goal is to expand this service, make it available to all cities in Latvia.

What are the impacts on your target group you already achieved?

59 grannies already work in new families and get great feedback from families.
Also local media approves our work.

How has the impact of your initiative been assessed?

Feedback-based self-assessment (you assessed the impacts based on feedback from the target group without using specific methods).

Public information and strategy
What information on your initiative is publicly available?

Mission and strategy.

Please indicate webpage or contact for obtaining the respective information.
What are your milestones for further developing, implementing, and establishing your initiative in the next three years? Please describe 1-3 milestones.

The further mission of the association RASA is to go on with the activities of “Granny’s Contact Exchange’’ because the demand for social grannies is high in our country. Latvian Minister of wellbeing and Riga self-government supports the project. Social grannies will be part of 160 a month for educating each child.