What is Free Youth Centre?
Mission
FREE YOUTH CENTRE association is a non-government and non-profit organization
created in 1997 and registered under Bulgarian legislation in social
utility. FYC mission is to support the personal development of the young
people in Vidin and Northwestern Bulgaria, as free citizens in a democratic
society through involving them in educational programs and community
activitiesis.
Programmes
Youth Voluntary Service.
The programme aims to develop youth leadership and volunteering as forms of active participation of young people in the public life and to increase the social capital. From 2003 FYC is a hosting foreign volunteers organization - from US Peace Corps and European Voluntary Service.
Social and Educational Assistance.
Free Youth Centre is a deliver of two social services into community - Social Assistant and Centre for Street Children. In year 2004 such centre was created in the Roma neighborhood of Vidin, which is working with the support of various donors. The main target of the programme is the well-being of the children in vulnerable position or in social risk.
InterFace.
This programme aims the integration of the young people from minorities (mainly Roma) in the Bulgarian society, development of the intercultural youth collaboration and fight against all kind of discrimination and intolerance.
International
programme. FYC is working for Balkan and European youth collaboration.
The centre is in partnership with organizations from Romania, Serbia,
Austria, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands,
UK, USA, Turkey, Sweden, etc. The organization is an informational point
of EuroDesk for Vidin.
Projects 2011
| Name | Reference number | Donor | Prognozed amound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Work with Street Children | N/A | ASS | 89 760,00 BGN |
| Enterprise for Integration | BG051PO001-5.1.01-0025-C0001 | ESF, ASS | 181 745,12 BGN |
| Improvement of TB case detection and treatment success among Roma population | РД29-776 | MH, The
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
12305,00 EUR |
| Decreasing the HIV vulnerability of young people at highest risk (15-24) through increasing the scope of services and programmes directed to young people | РД29-1057 | MH, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | 8377,00 EUR |
| RISE - Regiaonal Integration with a Social Effect | 2007CB16IPO006-2009-1-15 | Bulgaria-Serbia IPA Cross-border Programme | 86342,76 EUR |