Berlin outreach service for mobile EU citizens wins gold FEANTSA Ending Homelessness Award
Last night at the FEANTSA Ending Homelessness Awards, gold, silver and bronze prizes were awarded by Marian Harkin MEP to innovative homelessness projects which have been funded by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).
In collaboration with the European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, this is the second year in a row that FEANTSA has run these awards to recognise smart and sustainable uses of EU funding to fight homelessness across Europe.
Gold: Frostschutzengel Plus – jointly managed by GEBEWO and Caritas
This is a service provided in Berlin for homeless mobile German and EU citizens in a range of languages including Bulgarian, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, English, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Russian. The project provides counselling in existing homelessness services (day centres, night shelters, GP surgeries etc) which allows service users to receive advice and support on location. Service users are also informed of their rights, often for the first time. By offering the support in several languages, clients are able to better make use of social services.
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