Grant recipients in Norway

 

Overview of grant recipients, including summary of activities and grants

 

 

10/1286
Cultural centre Sisa (Kultursenteret Sisa)
Løkkeveien 43, 9510 Alta
Activities: Use of cultural activities as a tool for inclusion in the local community.

Summary:
The cultural centre Sisa, which was established two years ago, arranges cultural activities in Alta with the aim of welcoming everyone, including persons with immigrant backgrounds and persons with mental health problems. It also helps financially disadvantaged families participate in other local activities through cooperation with local institutions and groups on discounts and entitlement to free entry. Participants are expected to make a contribution to the activities.

Participants and groups that use Sisa receive extra discounts and/or free entry to events/activities. The aim is to establish arenas where all families can participate, including those in a difficult financial situation.

Grant: NOK 50 000
Percentage grant-financed: 21.5%
Thematic area: Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1868
Association of NGOs in Norway (Frivillighet Norge)
Storgata 10b, 0155 Oslo
Activities: Inclusion in the voluntary sector

Summary:
Aim: to promote ethnic diversity among the members and active participants in voluntary and immigrant organisations under the auspices of an umbrella organisation. Activities:

1. Information meetings for immigrants on the importance of voluntary work.
2. Arrangements for exchange of experience concerning organisational management between traditional Norwegian organisations and immigrant organisations under the leadership of a management development company (traineeships and management development).
3. Training in organisational management.

The Association is a cooperation forum that promotes the interests of its members (currently 235 voluntary organisations) and serves as a dialogue partner for the authorities.

Grant: NOK 130 000
Percentage grant-financed: 25.4%
Thematic area: Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1870
The Rettferd for taperne foundation (Stiftelsen Rettferd for taperne)
P.O. box 84, 2882 Dokka
Activities: Conference “Poverty in Norway”, 9–10 November 2010.

Summary:
The organisations Rettferd for taperne, Church City Mission Oslo and Lillehammer University College are organising a conference on poverty in Norway as their contribution to the European Year 2010. The conference is aimed at politicians, officials, organisations that work with poverty, and the welfare authorities.

Participants: researchers, organisations, politicians and workers in the field, and the focus will be on child poverty. Topics: What kind of support do families with children need? Obstacles and solutions in working life. Examples of best practices – activities organised by the labour and welfare authorities in cooperation with voluntary organisations that have helped people achieve a more meaningful way of life. Programme: talks by specialists, workshops, film showings, music events, stands, theatre performances and network-building.

Grant: NOK 110 000
Percentage grant-financed: 13.8%
Thematic area: Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1872
Senter for oppvekst, Drammen municipality
Nedre Storgt 3, 3015 Drammen
Activities: SIMBA – Sammen i arbeidet mot barnefattigdom (a new project for combating child poverty)

Summary:
Spread information on successful activities and methods for combating child poverty. Part of the SIMBA project. Emphasis on cooperation with voluntary organisations, users and user organisations. Sale of “May flowers”, cross-disciplinary seminar, seminar for discussing activities to promote inclusion of vulnerable children that involve cooperation between the voluntary and public sectors, seminar for users and user organisations, seminar and conference for exchange of experience. Aim: to promote engagement and strengthen cooperation with the public on preventing poverty and social exclusion. Involvement of the research sector.

Grant: NOK 120 000
Percentage grant-financed: 20.6%
Thematic area: Inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.

 

10/1873
Groruddalen Frie Filmere
Sandakerv 72, 0484 Oslo
Activities: Scriptwriting course and competition for young people aged 12–20 in Stovner and Romsås city districts.

Summary:
Scriptwriting course and competition for young people aged 12–20 in the Stovner and Romsås city districts of Oslo. Three writing workshops held in cooperation with local lower secondary schools where 12- to 20-year-olds will be invited to participate and work on their own ideas. The workshops will be supervised by professionals (scriptwriters and dramatists), who give feedback. The best young scriptwriters will be invited to a further series of workshops. The chosen scripts will be developed by the young people together with professionals as a film project (short films). Cooperation with the local libraries. Groruddalen Frie Filmere works closely with Romsås TV and Groruddalsatsingen.

Grant: NOK 70 000
Percentage grant-financed: 23.3%
Thematic area: Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1877
The Welfare Alliance/EAPN Norway (Velferdsalliansen)
P.O. box: Youngstorget, 0028 Oslo
Activities: Focus on poverty and social exclusion in Norway

Summary:
The Welfare Alliance will arrange a Sociopolitical Forum on each of the following topics: minimum income, child poverty, access to services, health and dental health, and housing.

When and where? The forums will be held during the Focus Week in August/September and at four regional meetings in Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø and Oslo. The Sociopolitical Forum is a meeting place for politicians, researchers, government officials, voluntary organisations and representatives of poor groups.

How? information and campaign stands, meetings and Sociopolitical Forum conferences, campaigns and information stands at local welfare and labour offices and centres of regional and municipal activity, with a focus on users’ encounters with public services. The purpose of the stands at the labour and welfare offices is to provide information and give a voice to those who do not usually participate in discussions concerning their situation.

Aim: to strengthen communication and focus on problem-solving by including groups who do not normally participate in exchanges of views and examples of best practices.

Events:
Main Focus Week, week 35: 28 August–5 September
Regional focus weeks:
Bergen week 37:13–19 September
Trondheim week 38: 20–26 October
Tromsø week 39: 27 September–3 October
Closing Day of EAPN’s European Year 2010 in Oslo, one day in week 41: 11–17 October.

Grant: NOK 350 000
Percentage grant-financed: 27.0%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1881
Norwegian Women's Public Health Association (Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening)
Munthes gate 33, 0260 Oslo
Activities: Competence-building seminar for volunteers seeking to work for inclusion in the local community

Summary:
Competence-building seminar for volunteers seeking to work with inclusion in the local community. Improve knowledge about the extent and causes of poverty and social exclusion. Aim: to encourage the members to organise the Association’s integration activities so as to include persons who have dropped out of society (reliable transport, serving of food, babysitting). One of the target groups is immigrant women, whose participation will help them improve their knowledge of Norwegian.

Events:
Seminar 1 - open seminar with "Integration" as the main topic, date not yet fixed
Seminar 2 - seminar for the members of the Women's Public Health Association, date not yet fixed
Seminar 3 - exchange of experience among the members of the Association, date not yet fixed.

Grant: NOK 171 000
Percentage grant-financed: 25.7%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1892
Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund)
Ullevaal Stadion, 0840 Oslo
Activities : Inclusion of vulnerable groups in football activities

Summary:
Encourage football clubs that make active efforts to include vulnerable groups in their ordinary activities. Financial support for goal-oriented low-threshold and outreach activities to encourage target groups to join ordinary club activities. Fifteen clubs will be chosen. Project coordinated at central level. Aim: in particular to gain experience concerning inclusion of children and youth with immigrant backgrounds, especially girls. Activities will be evaluated and experiences shared.

Grant: NOK 80 000
Percentage grant-financed: 40.0%
Thematic area : Inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.

 

10/1900
Mental Health Norway, Sør-Trøndelag (Mental Helse Sør-Trøndelag)
P.O. box 844, 7409 Trondheim
Activities: Support for cultural activities that help young people to improve their life skills through participation

Summary:
Opportunity to participate in ordinary activities together with others for young adults with mental health problems or poor life skills. Financial support for covering tickets and other costs of participation in ordinary cultural activities. Aim: to overcome mental, social (by improving networks) and financial barriers in the target group.

Grant: NOK 30 000
Percentage grant-financed: 10.3%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1902
Save the Children Norway (Redd Barna) and Framfylkingen
P.O. box 6902 St Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo
Activities: Seminar on child poverty for municipal employees

Summary:
Seminar for municipal officials on child poverty and appropriate approaches for limiting the extent and consequences of child poverty. Exchange of experiences. Production of brochure on examples of good practices for broad public distribution. Information on the extent and causes of poverty. Aim: to spread knowledge among the relevant services and the general public.

Grant: NOK 50 000
Percentage grant-financed: 46.9%
Thematic area : Inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.

 

10/1911
The Norwegian Federation of Organisations of Disabled People (Funksjonshemmedes Fellesorganisasjon)
Mariboesgate 13
0183 Oslo
Activities: National information campaign

Summary:
The Federation will produce two information films of approximately 30 seconds each for showing during the advertisement-free days on TV2 and TVNorge. The Federation is also considering showing the films on web-based media and in various forums under the auspices of the Federation. Posters bearing the main messages expressed in the films will be posted on the Federation's website and at various events.

Grant: NOK 80 000
Percentage grant-financed: 35.6%
Thematic area : General, other topics.

 

10/1912
MOT - an awareness-raising organisation working for and together with young people
Kongens gate 85
7012 Trondheim
Activities : Introduction Week for upper secondary-school pupils, in the first week of school (week 33/34), August 2010

Summary:
Arrange an Introduction Week for upper-secondary-school pupils consisting of three activities. The aim is to facilitate the transition for new pupils from lower to upper secondary school, for example by encouraging pupils to care about each other. Raise awareness of the links between poverty and dropping out of school. Long-term aim: fewer dropouts.

Grant: NOK 100 000
Percentage grant-financed: 16.8%
Thematic area: inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.

 

10/1916
Vestfold Frie Filmere
P.O. box 33, 3209 Sandefjord
Activities: Media workshop

Summary:
Establish a media workshop in cooperation with Unikum A/S (owned by Church City Mission Oslo). Workshop for persons with a dual diagnosis (substance abuse/mental health problems), who will learn to visualise their own life histories using media equipment. Keeping a video diary. Learning to work as a team. 8-10 participants 2 x 4 hours a week for three months. Aim: to improve life skills. Participants from Oslo, initially those referred by the alcohol and drug addiction officer for St. Hanshaugen city district. Documentation: for film festivals, DVD, possibly Internet.

The purpose is to establish a media workshop for individuals with psychosocial problems in the fields of substance abuse and psychiatry. It will be used as a trial project for teaching the participants to be independent.

Vestfold Frie Filmere is a member of Norsk Frilynt Ungdomsforbund (NFU).

Grant: NOK 100 000
Percentage grant-financed: 16.7%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1919
Church City Mission Trondheim (Stiftelsen Kirkens Bymisjon Trondheim)
P.O. box 129, Sentrum, 7400 Trondheim
Activities: Raising awareness about financial and social poverty

Summary:
The application comes from the Collaboration Forum against Poverty/ Batteriet Midt-Norge. Raising awareness about financial and social poverty among the public in the region through the regional media. Cooperation with user organisations, especially the Welfare Alliance.

Grant: NOK 100 000
Percentage grant-financed: 57.3%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1921
Ålesund municipality
Serviceboks 21, 6025 Ålesund
Activities : Experiences card for children and youth

Summary:
Further development and spread of the experiences card that has been introduced in Ålesund municipality. The card provides free access to cultural and other activities for children and youth from low-income families. The measure is unique in the sense that it has evolved through cooperation between private-sector institutions/suppliers and public-sector institutions as represented by the local labour and welfare administration and the municipal cultural service (Virksomhet kultur) in Ålesund municipality. Several other municipalities are now interested in introducing this scheme and the form and content are being further developed. One of the main aims is that all interested municipalities should be informed and encouraged to introduce the scheme on the Ålesund model.

Grant: NOK 150 000
Percentage grant-financed: 50.0%
Thematic area : Inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.

 

10/1926
Church City Mission Bergen
Kong Oscars gate 5, 5017 Bergen
Activities: Exhibition week and concert

Summary:
Exhibition week with talks on the rights and problems of people in a situation of poverty and social exclusion. A concert to give pleasure and promote a sense of community. Aim: to overcome taboos and prejudices relating to poverty, and raise awareness and spread knowledge about the issue of poverty among the public.

Events
Exhibition week, one week in May
Concert, date not yet set  

Grant: NOK 50 000
Percentage grant-financed: 40.3%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1929
Norwegian Red Cross
P.O. box 1, Grønland, 0133 Oslo
Activities : Humanitarian forum, August 2010

Summary:
The Norwegian Red Cross will hold a humanitarian forum/conference to put poverty and social exclusion on the agenda and present the topic from a number of different perspectives, with talks by researchers, politicians and other NGOs. The topics and speakers will be chosen in a dialogue with the other organisations involved and with the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, and the Red Cross will facilitate similar forums at the regional level. The Red Cross will present its work for vulnerable children and youth and persons experiencing social exclusion and show examples of how instead of being passive recipients of assistance, such persons can cope actively with their situation and use their own resources to help others.

Grant: NOK 100 000
Percentage grant-financed: 53.2%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

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Akershus Red Cross
c/o Norwegian Red Cross
P.O. box 1, Grønland, 0133 Oslo
Activities: Seminar (Fagdag) on ”Diversity and Inclusion in the Red Cross”

Summary:
Akershus Red Cross is planning a one-day seminar for its members, employee representatives and voluntary workers to raise awareness about the possibilities of using voluntary organisations as an arena for social inclusion. Talks and practical exercises focusing on the importance of diversity and inclusion in an open organisation. Through its own development as an open, inclusive organisation, the Red Cross can help its voluntary workers to participate even more actively in society.

Grant: NOK 4 000
Percentage grant-financed: 44.4%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1929
Haugesund Red Cross
c/o Norwegian Red Cross
P.O. box 1, Grønland, 0133 Oslo
Activities: Red Cross Outdoor Activities (Røde Kors Friluft).

Summary:
Red Cross Nature is a new project started by Haugesund Red Cross. The participants are young people from well-situated families as well as young people with financial, mental health and social problems and those with immigrant backgrounds. The project is expected to help the participants learn more about how other people live. A pleasant atmosphere that encourages the mastering of new life skills will give the vulnerable groups a sense of security and promote social integration. A number of young people are prevented for financial reasons from participating in sport and other ordinary leisure activities, but Red Cross Nature is for everyone and provides free access to such activities in the local community.

Grant: NOK 50 000
Percentage grant-financed: 18.5%
Thematic area : Inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.

 

10/1929
Nordland Red Cross
c/o Norwegian Red Cross
P.O. box 1, Grønland, 0133 Oslo
Activities: Humanitarian forum in Nordland, 5–6 May and autumn 2010

Summary:
The Red Cross serves as a voice for persons in a vulnerable situation and will arrange two humanitarian forums in Nordland county in order to increase the general public’s knowledge about social inequalities.

Grant: NOK 10 000
Percentage grant-financed: 5.3%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1959
Harry Benjamin Ressurssenter (the national organisation for the diagnosis transsexualism)
P.O. box 4642 Sofienberg, 0506 Oslo
Activities : Social inclusion of transsexuals

Summary:
Harry Benjamin Ressurssenter offers transsexual women and men the opportunity to strengthen their identity as women or men in the light of their own special history. Many of the members of this group feel socially isolated because they are in treatment or have undergone a sex-change operation. The sense of community fostered by the organisation helps the members feel secure about their history and transition process, which is a valuable advantage in their contacts with other people.

The aim is to foster a sense of inclusion in the women and men through their inclusion in the group, which strengthens their sense of identity and helps them cope with their situation. The organisation also provides help for self-help. At the meetings the members are able to meet role models who show that it is possible for transsexuals to be open about their lives, who are well educated and who have good jobs. Far too many transsexuals end up on social security, and the meetings are intended to promote an optimistic attitude by showing that the diagnosis does not prevent them from pursuing their education and getting a job.

Grant: NOK 30 000
Percentage grant-financed: 26.1%
Thematic area : Voluntary organisations as an arena for participation and social inclusion.

 

10/1971
The Vard model project (Vard-modellen) introduced by the sports club SK Vard Haugesund
P.O. box 449, 5535 Haugesund
Activities : Contact through sport – strengthening the networks of recently arrived immigrant families

Summary:
The target group is children, young people and their parents. The project, Idrettskontakt, is based on the Vard model. It involves cooperation with classes for recently immigrated children, the child welfare service and NAV Flyktningetjeneste (a welfare service for refugees). Vard is a co-partner in the EU project "Kick Racism Out of Sports, Schools and Society".

The aim of the project is to extend the networks of immigrant families by encouraging them to join a sports club. Five to seven families try out a number of different activities. Each family has its own contact person who follows up the whole family. The family receives financial assistance for transport and purchase of equipment, and is escorted to practices and matches. The parents may if they wish receive training as football trainers and referees. The project is based on the Vard model, in which a football club works systematically to include and integrate families with immigrant backgrounds, refugees and asylum seekers. Closer cooperation is being sought with the local labour and welfare service on recruiting families and follow-up.

Grant: NOK 50.000
Percentage grant-financed: 25.0%
Thematic area : Inclusion of vulnerable children and young people.

 

10/2190
Tønsberg Adult Education Centre (Tønsberg municipality)
Halfdan Wilhelmsens Allé 2, 3116 Tønsberg
Activities : Fortell meg! (Tell me!) A learning project based on family histories

Summary:
Target group: immigrant-language families with little or no education who have recently moved to the municipality. Activities: parents learn Norwegian together with their children by telling the children about their family history and through various activities, some of them together with other people in the local community (voluntary organisations). The library is used as a learning arena. The parents are made aware of their important role in their children's learning process. New methods and teaching materials are developed and tested. Experiences are documented and shared.

Grant: NOK 40 000
Percentage grant-financed: 7.4%
Thematic area : Inclusion of vulnerable children and young people.

 

10/2367
Break Records
Ole Brummsvei 4, 0979 Oslo
Activities: Groruddalen Blokk Party

Summary:
Groruddalen Blokk Party is a major hip-hop event set in the middle of a local neighbourhood, in Groruddalen. It is the largest hip-hop event in Oslo, and builds on the fact the hip-hop movement in Norway has many of its roots in Groruddalen. The project shows that there are many talented children and young people who are able to go far if given the opportunity. Before the event Breaknecks arranges a talent competition (music and dance workshops). The whole event is filmed, from the preparatory stages to the concert itself. The project has applied for a large grant. The Blokk Party is part of a number of events in Groruddalen during the weekend of 11–13 June.

The aim is to establish its own annual local event in the city district of Groruddalen. The event offers valuable opportunities to children and young people from families in a difficult financial situation to participate on the same terms as their peers. The music and dance workshops are intended to develop ways and methods of working that provide open and inclusive social arenas for the target group.

Grant: NOK 20 000
Percentage grant-financed: 16.7%
Thematic area: Inclusion of vulnerable children and youth.