Presentation given by Društvo Vita (Slovenia) to the first meeting on the ETC European Territory of Culture group in Ljubljana, Slovenia 9-11 December 2013

1. Presentation of Vita association
GRUNDTVIG: LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS
Meeting for representatives of organisations:
9th-11 th December 2013 in
Slovenija

2. OUR BASIC DATA
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Dunajska c. 106, Ljubljana
Tel.: 01/565 87 96,
040 455040,040455149
Fax: 01/565 87 97
drustvo.vita92@gmail.com,
www.vita-poskodbe-glave.si
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ESTABLISHED in NOVEMBER 1992 by parents of seriously brain injured children
VITA is volunatry, non-profit, national, representative disability organisation
It has public inportance/interes in health, social and culture
MEMBERSHIP: brain injured people and their parents, realtives, experts and
supporting memberes
OUR seat of association is in Ljubljana, but we also have branches in Koper,
Jesenice, Novo mesto , Kočevje, Celje, Maribor, Murska sobota
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3. PROVIDED PROGRAMS
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Network of day care
Housing group/residental community
Support for families with brain injured person
transport of Persons with Disabilities
Help at home and implemented assistance at
home
• Publishing and informative activity
• Camps (international, peer camps, recovery and
rehabilitation camps)
• physiotherapy

4. PROVIDED ACTIVITIES
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INTEREST ACTIVITIES
WORKSHOPS (psychological, educational, speech therapy, spiritual,
drama-literaraly worshop)
Disability aids-division of assets to members by call
Sport activities and social meetings
Education and prevention
Social inclusion
International cooperation
Prevention of architectural and communication barriers-sharing funds to
members of a call
Local projects: Litija, Zasavje, Celje, Kočevje, Črnomelj, Murska Sobota,
Koper, Jesenice, Novo mesto…
Health project
Audio book
Culture project

5. Sources of funding
• Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs (the day care
centers), Ministry of Culture, MJU Institute for Health, MSS
(Ministry of school and sport)
• Employment Service of Slovenia (public works and other
programs)
• Municipality of Ljubljana (Public Works, program DC),
• Municipalities: IG, Koper, Kočevje, Murska sobota…and
others, Celje, Maribor, Jesenice…
• Foundation of disability and humanitarian organizations, FIHO
(horseback riding, swimming, excursions and operation)
• Other: membership fees, contributions from members,
donations

6. Goals
• Reintegration brain injured persons into society
• Eliminate communication barriers
• Enable injured people to represent themselves and their
interests by themselves or with help of others
• To create a legal, medical, social and environmental
system that will help the injured and relatives
• Consulting injured persons and families
• Information activity
• Cooperation with similar institutions, associations at the
national and European level
• Advocacy and the acquisition of rights for the injured
persons and families

7. Cooperation with institutions
• Institut for rehabilitation
• Medical center
• Institut rainbow, Institut Step,Institut Forward, Institut Old
mountain
• Centers of social work
• Advisory center
• Other non-governmental organizations and associations,
NSIOS, CNVOS, Minvos
• Ministry of Welfare, Health, Education and Sport, who are
also funders of programs
• BIF European confederation ( Brain Injured and families)
• Austrian Society for aid after brain injury SHG-SHT, with
Spanish association

8. Activities in network of day centers
• Network of day centers’ daily program includes
protection/care, work, learning and therapies in
Ljubljana and Kočevje, wich is funded by Ministry
of welfare, Fiho, and Municipalities: MOL,
Kočevje
• Daily activities: creative workshops, lifelong
learning,therapies, protection and care, work,
sport, leisure activities
• Creative workshops (painting on silk, paper, glass,
various products and greeting cards)
• Yoga and massage
• Studying foreign languages: English, Spanish,
French

11. Day centers
• Exercise and Recreation
• Therapeutic and recreational horseback riding,
swimming, physiotherapy, speech therapy
workshops
• Psychological workshops, folklore, spirituality
workshops and religious content, traffic
education, music workshops, dance, ceramics
• Organizing trips, treks, visits to cultural sites
• Organizing picnics and meetings with sport
activities

22. Camps
• Throughout the year we perform many different
camps: in the spa, on the farm, nearside the
river, at sea. The camps attend members and
their families. If they need help and assistance
they get help from employees, volunteers and
students.
• Family camps are organized at spa in rented
holiday homes with possibility of swimming and
implementation of therapies
• Vita association with BIF cooperation organizes
once a year annual camp abroad

26. Home help and personal assistance
• We perform home help and personal assistance
in different places throughout Slovenija with our
employees and volunteers.
• The association has employees who work for the
implementation of assistance and help at home
in the afternoon or in the morning and, if
necessary, during the weekend. Help is carried
out as monitoring injured people during
activities, such as: walks, visits, events or
workshops.

27. Residental community
• Vita Association implements program of
residental community since 2006, at first on
Zakotnikova 9, last year we opened a new one
on Jakšičeva 7 in Ljubljani

30. EDUCATION
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We perform different educational lectures
For our members
For Family members of injured people
For pupils and students
For employees and volunteers
Themes:
Prevention in the road traffic,
About consequences of head injuries and
rehabilitation
• Counseling/giving advices about legal and social issues

31. INTERNATION COOPERATION
• BIF
• TBI (Trauma brain injury) Challenge
• CMEPIUS-learning partnerships

32. WORSHOPS we will implement in
January
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GYM –exercising in the morning at 9.00-9.30
CERAMIC workshop: kneading clay, designing products, burning clay
MUSIC therapy: singing, playing instruments, knowing Slovenian folk and popular music…
DANCE therapy: dancing in group, learning dance steps (Slovenian polka, valse, and other
dances)
• KNITTING /WEAVING BASKET – group of 2/3 making a basket with a volunteer
• ORIGAMI-making intersting designs from paper, paper folding
• Exercisings of breathing-how to breath more efficiently
• Kinesiology-exercises for good balance, coordination
• Knowing the culture of other counties (Cyprus, Turkey, Poland, england) within
conversation with other who will be our guestes –interaction in english…
(proposition: each country should introduce their attractions and speacialities, their habits and
culture…with simbols, stories, photos…)
• Theater workshop-making dolls, make a story...
• Painting on glass
• Introduction of Judo sport for disabled people

33. JUDO

34. BEST REGARDS