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