Volunteering Cities +

Volunteers connect cities, from compassion to action

Edited on 25/07/2025

14/06/2021 31/12/2022

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  • Transfer Network
  • Social cohesion

The transfer network makes use of Volunteerism to approach social exclusion and poverty at the community level. Focus is given to an inter-generational collaboration where different age groups of both volunteers and individuals facing social problems work towards a sustainable evolution of the quality of life within local society. The network aims at structuring the volunteering activity giving validity to a bottom up approach, where volunteers can decide and implement actions.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Athienou - Cyprus
  • Agia - Greece
  • Aljustrel - Portugal
  • Banská Štiavnica - Slovakia
  • Viļāni - Latvia

Timeline

Kick-off meeting (September), Transnational Meeting (November)

Transnational Meetings (April, June, September), Final Event (December)

 

Municipality of Athienou - 2, Archbishop Makarios III Ave - 7600 Athienou Cyprus

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