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ItFits: Volunteering in Sports & Mental Health
Date du début: 1 mars 2014,

ITFITS aims to improve the standard of life of people with disability due to mental health issues, promote equal opportunities, social and labour inclusion and increase the access to cultural and free time activities. All of this through the initiatives implemented by volunteers which will be based on providing support and optimism; The tasks of the volunteers are structured in one of three locations: in Toro at the Residential Care Center and Daily Care Center; In Zamora at the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center and Labour Rehabilitation Center and in Valladolid at the Day Care Center and the Vocational Training Center. Volunteers’ tasks will consist in helping to organise, carry out and establish a programme to promote a healthy lifestyle, which is especially important for people suffering from mental health issues due to the administration of drugs and its side effects, which very often lead to overweight. Volunteers will focus on promoting and organizing sport events and encourage service users to participate in the activities planned. At the same time, volunteers will collaborate in the process of labour and social inclusion, assisting service users to get into or remain in employment and be with them during free time activities. Although volunteers will be able to collaborate in educational programmes already in execution, the activities in which each volunteer will take part will depend on his/her interests, being able to design, in part, their own activities to achieve ItFits' goals. Fulfilling their expectations and improving the knowledge in their areas of interest, volunteers will be provided with their first job experience which surely will help them upon their return. ItFits plans to receive ten volunteers from 5 different European, Eastern Europe and Caucasus and Latin American countries: Chile, Ukranian, Italy, Portugal and Ireland who will support people with mental health issues for a service period of twelve months, starting in April 2014.

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