GROW Projects and Strengthening Links
Both projects are led by Spanish Red Cross and their objective is to contribute to the transformation of support and care models long-term to prevent institutionalization and enhance deinstitutionalization of people in situations of social difficulty, both with a large component of community intervention.
They have a duration of three years, ending on December 31, 2024 and are financed by funds Next Generation of the European Union through the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030.
They are social innovation projects in which technologies are incorporated as transversal tools.
From the Foundation we collaborate in both projects, contributing our knowledge in the development of Social Technologies as well as their validation in the social field.
GROW Project
WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
The project focuses on the following groups:
- Old people
- Women in social difficulty
- Homeless
- People with mental health problems
- Childhood and young people
CRECE wants to help these people develop an autonomous life for as long as possible and thus delay the moment when they start living in an institution.
In the case of people who are already institutionalized, work will be done so that, if the possibility exists, they can return to live in their environment.
WHAT IS THE STATUS?
The collaboration of TECSOS with Spanish Red Cross This project also includes participation in Orientatech Lab located in CREDEI space CRECE (State Reference Center for Care of People in Situations of Dependency) owned by the Ministry of Social Rights in León.
CRECE is being developed in 51 local Red Cross assemblies from 15 provinces with the commitment to intervene with 2.730 people participants in different situations of social vulnerability.
To learn more, we invite you to visit the Spanish Red Cross website: https://www2.cruzroja.es/-/crece-el-proyecto-de-cruz-roja-para-prevenir-la-institucionalizacion
Project Strengthening links.
WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
Strengthening links It is a project that seeks Promotion of personal autonomy in community settings.
Aimed at activating, providing tools and generating spaces for cooperation for people, public administrations, entities, organizations and professionals that are part of the communities, with the aim of providing a more coordinated and complete response to older people, so that they can stay in their homes as long as possible, making personal decisions about how to live and how to carry out their daily activities.
The target group of this project is the older people at risk of institutionalization.
Some fundamental aspects of this project are:
- Intervention points and local alliances
- community intervention
- person centered approach
- Gender Perspective
- Traceability and impact measurement
- Transfer and Scaling Capability
WHAT IS THE STATUS?
Strengthening links is developing in 9 locations in Barcelona, Navarra and Tenerife, with the commitment to work directly with 700 people over 65 years of age.
AVAILABLE RESOURCES
To learn more, we invite you to visit the Spanish Red Cross website: https://www2.cruzroja.es/reforzandovinculos
Spanish Red Cross
