Avalon Foundation - Direct assistance to the disabled

The Avalon Foundation is a non-governmental organization that has been working for the benefit of people with disabilities and patients in Poland, as well as the excluded and refugees since 2006. Currently, FA takes care of over 15 thousand charges, including 5.5 thousand women and 2 thousand girls up to 18 years of age, providing comprehensive help in accordance with the diagnosed needs. The activities initiated by its founder, who is himself a person with a disability, respond to the urgent needs of the Disabled People and have a positive impact on changing their image in society FA's mission is to support people with disabilities so that they can be active in every sphere of life. We ... read more The Avalon Foundation is a non-governmental organization that has been working for the benefit of people with disabilities and patients in Poland, as well as the excluded and refugees since 2006. Currently, FA takes care of over 15 thousand charges, including 5.5 thousand women and 2 thousand girls up to 18 years of age, providing comprehensive help in accordance with the diagnosed needs. The activities initiated by its founder, who is himself a person with a disability, respond to the urgent needs of the Disabled People and have a positive impact on changing their image in society FA's mission is to support people with disabilities so that they can be active in every sphere of life. We provide comprehensive assistance to people with disabilities through rehabilitation, sports, strength and dance classes, psychological, sexological and vocational counseling, which helps in the field of mental health and finding a job, we organize training and internships for people with disabilities. We organize sports events, thematic events, integration outings to the cinema, theater, culinary workshops. We encourage you to practice sports, including extreme sports. We support refugees with disabilities from Ukraine in the field of rehabilitation and counseling regarding disability issues and many other problems related to finding their way in a new country, and we organize celebrations and events for this community. We counteract discrimination, exclusion and stereotypes (projects of nationwide social campaigns broadcast on television and radio stations throughout Poland). We educate, counteract discrimination, exclusion and stereotypes in the area of sexuality and parenthood, we work for social change and the functioning of people with disabilities. Every year, we organize the Sekson Conference, devoted to topics related to sexuality and parenting of people with disabilities. We run sub-accounts where our charges collect funds from 1.5 tax, charity collections. We organize events, conferences and trainings aimed at, m.in others, Disabled People and/or disseminating knowledge about disability, accessibility, including universal design. We take care of, m.in others, in the field of counseling and education, people close to people from the environment of the Disabled People. The Avalon Foundation creates the image of people with disabilities as active, independent, inspiring and fulfilling their greatest life dreams. The pillar of FA's activity are continuous projects: the Subkont system, the Active Rehabilitation Centre, Avalon Active, the Sekson project, the Avalon Extreme project, the Centre for Helping Refugees with Disabilities, Avalon KIDS As part of its activities, the Foundation also implements a number of purposeful, one-off and cyclical projects, including dof. m.in. by PFRON, UM St. Warsaw, Mazowiecki UW - all co-financed projects have been settled on time, substantive and financial reports have been accepted by the Ordering Party and the results of the inspections/audits are positive. In the last 2 years, FA has implemented/is implementing m.in projects: *co-financed by the State Fund for Rehabilitation of the Disabled: - "Activity as a key to independence" (2022-2025) - a project involving rehabilitation in one of the FA (Active Rehabilitation Centre) facilities for 360 Beneficiaries. The aim of the project is to increase independence and the ability to function in social life, and as a result, to gain as much independence as possible in everyday life by adult people with ACS. - "CAR Avalon Kids" (2024-2027) as part of the project, we offer children a multi-hour package including rehabilitation (including: active rehabilitation, hippotherapy, alpaca therapy, dog therapy, art therapy, music therapy), classes with a psychologist, speech therapist as well as group classes. 150 children will take part in the project. - "Comprehensive support as a key to independence" (2024-2027) - a counselling project for over 6600 thousand final beneficiaries (including people with disabilities and people from the families/environment of people with disabilities), who can benefit from consultations with specialists in many fields. - "Comprehensive activation of refugees with disabilities" (implementation period from August to December 2023) support is provided to refugees from Ukraine (adults and children) with a disability (degree) certificate. The project activities include individual rehabilitation for children and adults and group activities aimed at activating, integrating and socializing the Disabled People from Ukraine. "Able-bodied in Love" (2021-2022), "Disabled-Able" (2022-2023), "(Disabled), (NOT)noticeable" (2023-2024) - campaign projects involving the production of advertising spots broadcast on television, radio and the Internet, referring to facts and myths about disability. -"Road to activity" (2022-2024) co-financed by the City of Warsaw The aim was the social and professional reintegration of 72 adults with disabilities experiencing multiple social and professional exclusion. Support was also provided to families, guardians and relatives of OZN. - "Career Project" (2024-2026) project co-financed by the local government of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. A total of 38 people with disabilities and 23 non-disabled people from their environment will take part in the project. The project consists in the professional activation of the Disabled People's Association, support in the field of career counselling, job placement and the organisation of a professional internship for the participants * co-financed by PFRON received through the Mazowieckie Voivodeship: -"Career Project - vocational training for people with disabilities" implemented from 01.08.2024 to 15.12.2024, consists in the professional activation of 6 OzN through support in the field of career counseling, job placement and organizing vocational training for 6 participants. - ExtraActivities at Zegrze Lake - organization of an integration and sports event with water attractions for 40 OzN on 9.08.2024. - "Sekson Conference" (cyclical project implemented since 2019) an annual conference in which FA educates about sexuality and parenting of OzN.