SWOT-TING SELF- HELP & SELF- HELP SUPPORT

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1 11th European Expert Meeting on Self-Help Support Järvenpää, Finland SWOT-TING SELF- HELP & SELF- HELP SUPPORT What are the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of self-help and self-help support? Together we examine what over time, profoundly affects self-help and our work as self-help supporters. Wednesday, June 15 th Registration and rooms 12: Lunch Opening and Welcome Jorma Niemelä (Rector, Managing director of Diaconia University of Applied Sciences) Helena Palojärvi (Citizen Forum, member of board and Naistenkartano, director) Anitta Raitanen (Citizen Forum, director) Round of short introduction of participants SWOT-TING SELF-HELP & SELF-HELP SUPPORT Chair: Helena Palojärvi (Citizen Forum) Goals and Emphasis of the Seminar Helena Palojärvi Coffee break Self-help/Mutual Aid in North America Professor Thomasina Borkman, USA

2 17.15 Bus leaves to Leppävaara, Espoo Visit to RAY (Finnish Slot Machine Association) Funding Self-Help The role of Finnish Slot Machine Association Janne Jalava, Evaluation Manager Dinner Bus leaves back to the hotel Thursday, June 16 th Breakfast Chair: Marianne Nylund (Diaconia University of Applied Sciences) METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS Action research and participatory action research as adequate methodologies for self-help support. Examples from Greece Lainas Sotiris and Georgiou Alexandros SELF-HELP GROUPS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS Self-help groups and mental health: relationships, benefits and limits Sara Mori (the Tuscany Regional Coordination Centre of Self-Help Groups in Italy) Break Self-help supporters: a part of society or apart from society Georgiou Alexandros and Lainas Sotiris Lunch Self-help groups cooperating with various partners (health and social services guideline committees etc) Marianne Nylund (Diaconia University of Applied Sciences) Irja Mikkonen (Citizen Forum)

3 Self-help and empowering social work among women in the field of addictions Helena Palojärvi (Naistenkartano) Coffee break Israel Self-help Center, past three years and how it has survived Anat Moshe Dinner Cultural walk in Tuusula cultural landscape: Meeting point Visit to Ainola (walk): The home of Aino and Jean Sibelius timber-built villa was designed by the famous Finnish architect Lars Sonck Lake Side Sauna and swimming Friday, June 17 th Breakfast Chair: Ursula Helms (Nakos) Visit to local restaurant (optional) Restaurants in Järvenpää: Cantina Zapata, Mannilantie 44, Ravintola Huili, Rantakatu 6, Rantapuisto, Casa Toscana, hotelli Scandic Self-help situation in Norway Hilde Grimstad Andersen, Tonje Maria Talseth (Norsk selvhelpsforum) WHAT THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE? The Italian situation of self-help groups: threats and opportunities

4 10.45 Break Francesca Focardi (the Tuscany Regional Coordination Centre of Self-Help Groups in Italy) What weaknesses can be observed? Self-help and big pharma Jurgen Matzat (Kontakstelle für Selbsthilfegruppen) Lunch Group work Reports from the groups European Network of Self-Help Support ENSHS Ursula Helms, Nakos Closing remarks Closure Departure to the study visit Järvenpää (Meeting point) Study visit to the Multicultural Activity and Support Centre and the Center of Voluntary Activity Rinkula, Setlementti Louhela, Sibeliuksenkatu 19 B 41, Järvenpää Dinner, Farewell, Invitation to a next meeting Saturday, June 18 th Excursion to Tallinn (June 18th - 19th), Optional/individual post conference programme Saturday, June 18 th Study visit to Self-help and Advisory Centre for Senior Citizens. Are there self-help groups in Estonia? Contact: Evi Viirsalu Self-help and Advisory Centre for Senior Citizens

5 The Self-help and Advisory Centre for Senior Citizens brings together retired people who are driven by positive attitudes and who go by the principles that by being active you value your life, by helping others you help yourself. The Centre was established by the Estonian Charity Foundation in October The Centre is the result of cooperation between senior citizens in Estonia and Germany. It follows the example of a day-care centre in Berlin and is the first of its kind set up outside Germany. All the activities are based on voluntary work. This also applies to the various teams that run the cafe, dining room, reception, gardening etc. About forty interest groups are instructed by qualified people free of charge. There are French, German, English and Finnish groups, as well as gymnastics, handicraft, singing, water color, literature, cooking, chess, etc groups in the house. Every week offers a wide choice of lectures, meetings and festivities to please all tastes. In summer popular garden parties are held in open air. A doctor, a psychologist and a lawyer are at the disposal of the members of the Centre, ready to give advice whenever the need arises. During the past years about 50 people have been trying to support senior citizens who remained alone in their homes and in Homes for Elderly. Special attention is paid to the nearly 500 members of the Centre. About a hundred people visit the house every day. In the Self-Help and Advisory Centre the joy of giving and receiving enthusiasm for activities and lust for life are all combined. Contact: Evi Viirsalu Phone: Address: 15 Poska Str evi.viirsalu@hot.ee