On Tuesday, 21 November, the Portuguese session of the Virtual Exchange Cycle took place. The event was attended by project partners and other stakeholders. The aim of this session of the Virtual Exchange Cycle was to present examples of how to connect communities with facilitators and stakeholders. After a presentation of the project by Juliana Louceiro, SHINE, …
AFEdemy organized a role playing exercise through ZOOM as part of the Virtual Cycle Exchange for the Culture on Prescription project. On Thursday, the 12th of October, AFEdemy, Academy on age-friendly environments, had a role-playing exercise through ZOOM as part of the Virtual Cycle Exchange for the Culture on Prescription project. This activity was organized …
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DCU Age-Friendly Unit was delighted to host a one-day 55-person delegation from Malta, on October 18th, which comprised several agencies working in health, housing, transport, community services, police and the church. They were part of a practice exchange group working on the Hiliet il-Komunitá project financed by the EU. Hiliet il-Komunita Project Background The objectives of the Hiliet il-Komunitá project is …
Maltese Delegation Visit Dublin to see COPE in Action – a Practice Exchange Read More »
The inaugural session of the Virtual Exchange Cycle, on September 19th, 2023, has set a promising tone for the future. Fourteen enthusiastic participants, including stakeholders from associations of older adults, facilitators, social workers, and more, convened to discuss an art course organized in Germany by Andreas Hett, a seasoned art therapist with 25 years of …
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We are pleased to introduce our new associated partner: The Anton Trstenjak Institute for Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations (in the original: Inštitut Antona Trstenjaka za gerontologijo in medgeneracijsko sožitje), founded in 1992, is a Slovenian NGO operating at national and international level. Its work focuses on the development and implementation of social programmes for quality …
“Learning to draw/paint together is fun to do,” said Bodegraven native Harmen Kooistra, and it showed. In AFEdemy’s Culture on Recipe project, 7 participants learned to paint under the guidance of Harmen Kooistra from the 9th of May at Cultuurhuis Garenspinnerij in Gouda. The last session will be on the 20th of June. This project …
“Humor and well-being is the main goal of the day. They love to dance, play and propose new situations.”, this is how each session of the pilot course “Theater Therapy” implemented in Bucharest as part of the Culture on Prescription project begins. The “Theater Therapy” course for seniors is implemented by Cuibul Artistilor (https://www.facebook.com/cuibulartistilor), an …
Theatre Therapy: Pilot Course in Romania as Part of the Culture on Prescription Project Read More »
In March of this year, Christiane Schlang, Matthias Roos, Nora Hauschild and Katharina Popp from the Health Department in Frankfurt am Main, together with ISIS Institut für Soziale Infrastruktur (Institute for Social Infrastructure), offered culture on prescription for people who feel lonely – either for a theatre course or a painting course. While the theatre …
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We are happy to announce that Culture on Prescription has a new associated partner – the Healing Culture Network e.V., whose founding member is, among others, the project partner ISIS Institute for Social Infrastructure. The association was founded on the 14th of April 2023 in an online meeting and acts entirely in the spirit of …
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The Portuguese pilot course of Culture on Prescription project started on April 24th, in Coimbra. Culture on Prescription is an Erasmus+ project, where SHINE is a partner, and that aims to prevent and combat social isolation and loneliness through art and culture prescribing. Once a week, a group of eight participants and two facilitators will …
Senses Workshop: the Culture on Prescription pilot course in Portugal Read More »
