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Volontär

Vill Du arbeta som volontär?

Är du fritids- ungdomsledare och intresserad att arbeta som volontär någonstans i världen? Vi hjälper dig att knyta kontakter och tipsar om var du kan söka medel till resa och uppehälle.

Kontakt Ewa Melin Larsson
E-post ewa.melin@fritidsforum.se

Volontärarbete i Tanzania 2012

Fritidsforums medlemmar har möjlighet att arbeta som volontärer i Tanzania under sommaren 2012. I samarbete med vår finländska motsvarighet Setlementti kan vi erbjuda 4-5 personer att åka till Tanzania i juli 2012 för att under tre veckor hjälpa till med att renovera en skolbyggnad i en liten bergsby strax utanför staden Morogoro. Därefter har man en vecka då man kan turista i landet. En tur till en safaripark kan isf rekommenderas och kanske ett besök på den vackra ön Zanzibar.
Arbetet med att renovera skolan kräver inte några särskilda kunskaper utan byggnadskunskaperna står inhemsk personal och finländsk gruppledare för.
Deltagarna får själva stå för reskostnaderna till och från Tanzania (ca 7-11 000,-) samt kostnader i samband med semesterveckan. Övriga kostnader för transporter, kost och logi står Setlementti för.

Maila Staffan Lindqvist för mer information.
staffan.lindqvist@fritidsforum.se

Democracia - Inclusión - Juventud

ifs. Estocolmo. Suecia

22 – 26 de Mayo 2012

Vengan a intercambiar sus ideas, sus investigaciones y sus mejores experiencias practicas!

Conozcan la situación actual del trabajo de base en el mundo, en la conferencia de 2012; la “International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers” en Estocolmo, Suecia.

Los centros de vecindad, desde siempre han sido lugares adecuados para la inclusión de la juventud y de otras poblaciones excluidas, proporcionando una base cercana para la participación en el terreno público. Reúnanse con nosotros para comprobar cómo los encuentros de vecinos, desempeñan un papel esencial en el mantenimiento del esfuerzo de las bases para un cambio global.

Las siglas DIY significan, “Do it yourself” (hazlo por ti mismo), en ese sentido, las casas de vecindad han apoyado tradicionalmente los conocimientos adquiridos de forma autodidacta y las iniciativas individuales, no obstante, nuestro trabajo consiste en sumar a estas iniciativas individuales las aportaciones que la unión de la gente proporciona para la construcción de puentes sobre las grandes fracturas sociales.

Nunca antes, este trabajo de unión ha tenido más importancia.

También vamos a investigar el concepto de “DIY” para nuestras instituciones. ¿Cómo pueden las “settlement houses”, continuar canalizando a través de empresas sociales, los recursos municipales para la mediación social?

Durante cuatro intensos días, queremos intercambiar ideas, investigaciones y las mejores experiencias para compartir nuestro trabajo vecinal, entre nosotros y con el resto del mundo. Además vamos a celebrar 100 años del movimiento “settlement house” en Suecia y al mismo tiempo aprenderemos métodos probados y una nueva estrategia para los siguientes 100 años.

Reúnanse con nosotros en Estocolmo!

Michael H. Zisser, Chair, IFS

Donald Forssten, Chair, Fritidsforum

Temas interesantes para todos

1. Mediación social para la fuerza demócrata e institucional
2. La escuela y la comunidad pacifista
3. Como poner un ”settlement house”en marcha.
4. Solidaridad local y desarrollo
5. Trabajar con todas las edades
6. Inclusión y construcción de nexos en un mundo dividido
7. De ”Settlement house ” a Empresa Social
8. Investigación sobre Tiempo Libre y el significado de ”Lugar de Encuentro”
9. Un movimiento global y las Naciones Unidas

La matriculación abre el 1 de Diciembre 2011 y cierra el 25 de Abril 2012 >

Los costos de la conferencia deben abonarse el 1 de Noviembre en el IFS webside. Las matriculaciones anteriores al 30 de Marzo tienen descuento.

Los programas actuales de la conferencia, información de viajes, tarifas y precios de hoteles en IFS – The International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres

Programa

Martes 22 de Mayo empezamos a las 4 pm.

Matriculación, cena y ”Love Party”, representación de jóvenes de Fyrisgarden.

Miercoles 23 de Mayo de 9:00 am a 7:00 pm plenos, seminarios, workshops y visitas de estudios, almuerzo y cena incluidos.

Jueves 24 de Mayo de 9:00 am a 7:00 pm plenos, seminarios, workshops y visitas de estudios.

Viernes 25 de Mayo de 9:00 am a 8:30 pm

El día de investigaciones internacionales.

A la una almuerzo, no incluido.

A las 7 pm cenamos juntos antes de ”Life is a Party”(La vida es una Fiesta) en Berns.

Sábado 26 de Mayo de 9:00 am a 1:00 pm el IFS Encuentro General,

Encuentro Directiva y almuerzo

Participación de la juventud en ”Life is a party”, Conferencia de la juventud sueca.

Lugar de encuentro y visitas

“ABF”: (la asociación de educación de los trabajadores) también celebra el aniversario de sus cien años y patrocina generosamente la conferencia.

Visitas de estudios a las comunidades de Estocolmo y Uppsala y

a Casas de vencidad.

Bienvenida de la Juventud!

Este año la IFS conferencia coincide con el festival anual de la democracia, ”Life is a party”, empezando la noche del Viernes el 25 de Mayo con la participación de más de 600 jóvenes suecos que darán inicio a un fin de semana de workshops y comunidad.

Los representantes de IFS van a reunirse con ”Life is Party” la noche del viernes, para un espectáculo protagonizado por artistas suecos de éxito que empezaron su andadura artística en ”settlement houses” y clubes de juventud. Así mismo compartirán escenario con los jóvenes de hoy

El lugar del encuentro es de por sí muy interesante, se trata del Berns Salonger conocido como ”uno de los mejores lugares de conciertos en la ciudad” garantiza una noche fabulosa y cuenta con espacio para 1.000 localidades.

Las organizaciones de IFS están muy ilusionadas en dar la bienvenida a los miembros jóvenes y los trabajadores jóvenes (edades 18-26) a toda una semana de conferencias, a partir del sábado 26 de Mayo. Los jóvenes de todo el mundo están invitados a participar en el ”Life is a Party” .

Hoteles de conferencia

Hotel Oden a una distancia que permite la asistencia a pié, o a una estación de metro de la conferencia en Sveavägen.
IFS la tarifa de grupo, tienen el numero de referencia G.305 136; y reservando habitaciones antes del 2 de Abril incluye desayuno. IFS >
Karlbergsvägen 24

Hostal yHotel Fridhemsplan a tres estaciones de metro de la conferencia. Bufé de desayuno a §11/día. Descuento para grupos de 10 o más con socio internacional
St Eriksgatan 20

Best Western Kom Hotel a un paseo a pié de la Conferencia en Sveavägen.
IFS precio para grupos, numero de referencia 455711
Habitaciones con 4, 3 y 2 camas
Döbelnsgatan 17

Ideen, Forschung und Erfolgsmethoden von Austauschprogrammen

Entdecken Sie die Stärke kommunalbezogener Arbeit weltweit beim Treffen der Nachbarschafts-und Stadtteilzentren aus aller Welt auf der Konferenz der International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (IFS) im Mai 2012 in Stockholm, Schweden.

Nachbarschafts- und Stadtteilzentren sind Orte der Begegnung und offen für alle. Sie bieten Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen eine Vielfalt von Möglichkeiten aktiver Freizeitgestaltung, unterstützen bürgerschaftliches und freiwilliges Engagement, bieten Hilfe und Unterstützung für benachteiligte Gesellschaftsgruppen und ermöglichen Menschen gesellschaftliche Teilhabe durch Qualifizierung und Aktivierung individuellen Empowerments.

Erfahren Sie mehr über die zentrale Rolle der Nachbarschafts-und Stadtteilzentren in der Unterstützung von Basisbewegungen (Graswurzelbewegung/grassroots movement) in Zeiten des globalen Wandels.
Eine Methode “DIY” steht für “Do It Yourself” („Mach es selber“). Wir überprüfen das Konzept des “DIY” für unsere eigenen Einrichtungen. Sind wir stärker, wenn wir alles selber machen? Oder gilt es Wege der Zusammenarbeit von Nachbarschaftseinrichtungen mit Unternehmen in ihrer Gemeinde oder in ihrem Stadtteil zu gehen? Wie können wir unsere tägliche Arbeit soziale Medien integrieren?
Vier Tage stehen uns zur Verfügung, die wir intensiv nutzen können, um uns über Ideen, Forschung und Erfolgsmethoden austauschen. Wir verknüpfen unsere jeweilige Arbeit in unseren Heimatorten untereinander und auch nach außen mit anderen.
Darüber hinaus feiern wir das 100-jährige Jubiläum der Nachbarschaftsbewegung in Schweden, auch als Anschub, um bewährte Methoden und innovative Strategien für die nächsten 100 Jahre zu entwickeln.
Begleiten Sie uns in Stockholm!
Michael H. Zisser, Vorstand, IFS
Donald Forssten, Vorstand, Fritidsforum

Spannende Themen für jeden!

• Soziale Medien zur Förderung von Demokratie und Institutionen
• Stärkung von Demokratie und Gemeinden
• „The Peaceful School” und die Gemeinde
• Gründung einer Nachbarschaftseinrichtung
• Kommunale Nachhaltigkeit und Entwicklung
• Arbeit mit allen Altersgruppen
• Integrierung und Bau von Brücken in einer Welt von Grenzen
• Vom Nachbarschaftszentrum zum Sozialen Unternehmen
• Freizeitforschung und die Bedeutung des „Treffpunktes“
• Eine Weltbewegung: IFS und die Vereinten Nationen

Anmeldungen sind ab dem 1. Dezember 2011 bis einschließlich 25. April 2012 möglich > Tagungspauschalen sind ab dem 1. November auf der IFS-Website abrufbar. Bis zum 30. März 2012 gilt der Frühbucherpreis.
Aktuelle Termine von Tagungen, Reiseinformationen, Gebühren und Hotelpreise auf www.ifsnetwork.org!

Tagungshotels

Hotel Oden ist nur wenige Gehminuten bzw. eine U-Bahn Haltestelle entfernt vom Tagungsort in Sveavagen. Die Referenznummer für IFS-Gruppentarife lautet G: 305 136; Zimmerbuchungen mit Gruppentarif sind möglich ab dem 2. April 2012, das Frühstück ist inklusive (siehe Tagungspauschalen auf www.ifsnetwork.org).
Karlbergsvagen 24
www.hoteloden.se

Hostel und Hotel Fridhemsplan ist drei U-Bahn-Stationen vom Tagungsort entfernt. Das Frühstücksbuffet kostet $ 11 pro Tag. Es gibt Ermäßigungen für Gruppen von 10 oder mehr Teilnehmern beim Erwerb der internationalen Mitgliedschaft ( siehe Fridhemsplan Website).
S:t Eriksgatan 20
www.fridhemsplan.se

Best Western Kom Hotel in Gehreichweite der Tagungsort in Sveavägen.
Die IFS Gruppenpreis-Referenznummer lautet 455711.
4-Bett-Zimmer
3-Bett-Zimmer
2-Bett-Zimmer
Döbelnsgatan 17
www.komhotel.se

Zeitplan

Dienstag, 22. Mai, Ankunft und Registrierung um 16:00 Uhr, Abendessen und die “Love Party”-Performance von jungen Menschen aus Fyrisgarden
Mittwoch, 23. Mai, von 9:00 bis 19:00 Uhr, Plenarsitzungen, Seminare, Workshops und Studienreisen, einschließlich Mittag- und Abendessen
Donnerstag, 24. Mai, von 9:00 bis 19:00 Uhr, Plenarsitzungen, Seminare, Workshops und Studienreisen, einschließlich Mittag- und Abendessen
Freitag, 25. Mai, von 9:00 bis 22:30 Uhr, Der „Tag der internationalen Forschung“.
13:00 Uhr selbstständig Mittagessen. 19:00 Uhr gemeinsames Abendessen, danach die “Life is a Party!”-Show in Berns
Samstag, 26. Mai, 9:00 bis 13.00 Uhr, IFS-Hauptversammlung, Vorstandstreffen und Mittagessen; Jugendbeteiligung an der “Life is a Party” Schwedischen Jugendkonferenz.
Veranstaltungsorte und Besuche
ABF (Arbeiter-Bildungs-Verein) feiert ebenfalls in diesem Jahr den 100. Geburtstag und ist großzügigerweise Co-Sponsor der Konferenz.
Studienbesuche in Stockholm und Uppsala von Gemeinde- und Nachbarschaftszentren

Willkommen, Jugend!

Die diesjährige IFS-Konferenz findet zeitgleich statt mit dem jährlichen Fritidsforum-Jugend-Festival der Demokratie, auch genannt “Life is a Party”, beginnend ab Freitag, 25. Mai, wo über 600 schwedische Jugendliche ein Wochenende mit Workshops und Gemeinschaft durchführen.
IFS-Delegierte werden an der “Life is a Party”-Veranstaltung am Freitagabend teilnehmen, einer spektakulären Show mit erfolgreichen schwedischen Künstlern, die ihre Karrieren in Nachbarschafshäusern und Jugendzentren begonnen, nebst Jugendlichen von heute. Der spannende Berns-Salonger-Venue, bekannt als “einer der besten Konzertsäle der Stadt” – sorgt für eine fantastische Nacht für die zu erwartenden 1.000 Gäste.
IFS-Organisationen werden ermutigt, junge Mitglieder und Jugendbetreuer (im Alter von 18 bis 26) als Teilnehmer für die gesamte Konferenz zu gewinnen und am Samstag, dem 26. Mai sind IFS-Jugendliche aus der ganzen Welt eingeladen, an den “Life is a Party” Workshops teilzunehmen.

Democracy – Inclusion - Youth (English)

Exchange ideas, research and best practices!

Explore the power of place-based work around the world at the 2012 gathering of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers in Stockholm, Sweden. Neighborhood centers have always been havens of inclusion for youth and other excluded communities, providing a home base for people to participate fully in the civic realm. Join us as we explore how the community meeting place plays a central role in supporting grass roots efforts for global change.

While “DIY” stands for “Do It Yourself,” and neighborhood houses certainly support individual empowerment, skill-building and activation, our work also brings people together to build bridges across tremendous divides. At no time has this work been more important.

We will also examine the concept of “DIY” for our own institutions. How can settlement houses continue to adapt through social enterprises, community asset-building, and social media? Are we stronger when we “do it ourselves?”

During four intensive days, we will exchange ideas, research and best practices, and connect our work at home to each other and the larger world. In addition, we will celebrate 100 years of the settlement house movement in Sweden, as we learn proven methods and cutting edge strategies for the next 100 years.

Join us in Stockholm!
Michael H. Zisser, Chair, IFS
Donald Forssten, Chair, Fritidsforum

Exciting topics for everyone!

· Social Media for Democratic and Institutional Strength
· Building Democracy and Community Capacity
· The Peaceful School and Community
· Starting a Settlement House
· Local Sustainability and Development
· Working with All Ages
· Inclusion and Building Bridges in a Divided World
· From Settlement House to Social Enterprise
· Research on Leisure and The Significance of the “Meeting Place”
· A World Movement: IFS and the United Nations

Registration opens December 1, 2011 and closes April 25, 2012. Conference rates will be available by November 1st on the IFS website >
Register by March 30, 2012 for the early bird rate.

Up-to-date conference plans, travel information, fees and hotel prices at www.ifsnetwork.org!

Conference Hotels

Hotel Oden is walking distance or one subway stop away from the conference location at Sveavagen. IFS group price Reference number is G:305 136; book rooms by April 2, 2012 for group rates, which include breakfast (see conference rates at www.ifsnetwork.org).

Karlbergsvagen 24
www.hoteloden.se

Hostel and Hotel Fridhemsplan is three subway stops from the conference location. Breakfast buffet is extra $11 per day. Discounts for groups of 10 or more with a purchase of international membership (see the Fridhemsplan website for these details).

S:t Eriksgatan 20
www.fridhemsplan.se

Best Western Kom Hotel is walk distance from the conference location at Sveavägen.
IFS group price Reference number is 455711.
4 bedsroom
3 bedsroom
2 bedsroom

Döbelnsgatan 17
www.komhotel.se

Schedule

Tuesday, May 22 beginning at 4:00 pm / 16.00, Registration, dinner and the “Love Party” performance by young people from Fyrisgarden

Wednesday, May 23 9:00 am to 7:00 pm / 19.00, Plenary sessions, seminars, workshops and study visits, lunch and dinner included

Thursday, May 24 9:00 am to 7:00 pm / 19.00, Plenary sessions, seminars, workshops and study visits, lunch and dinner included

Friday May 25 9:00 am to 10:30 pm / 20.30, The day of international research day.
13:00 Lunch on your own. 19:00 Dinner together before the “Life is a Party!” show at Berns

Saturday, May 26 9:00 am to 1:00 pm / 13.00, IFS General Meeting, Board Meeting and lunch; Youth participation in “Life is a Party” Swedish Youth Conference.

Venues and Visits

ABF (Workers Educational Association) is also celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and is generously co-sponsoring this conference.

Study visits to Stockholm and Uppsala community and Neighbourhood Centres

Welcome Youth!

This year’s IFS conference coincides with the Fritidsforum annual youth festival of democracy, called “Life is a Party,” starting Friday, May 25th, where over 600 Swedish youth will begin a weekend of workshops and community.

IFS delegates will join with “Life is a Party” on Friday evening for a spectacular show featuring successful Swedish artists who started out in local settlement houses and youth clubs, alongside the youth of today. The exciting Berns Salonger venue – known as “one of the best concert venues in town” – will ensure a fabulous night for the anticipated 1,000 guests.

IFS organizations are strongly encouraged to bring youth members and youth workers (ages 18 – 26) to the entire conference week, and on Saturday, May 26th IFS youth from around the world will be invited to join the “Life is a Party” workshops, as well.

Democracy – Inclusion - Youth

Delta tillsammans med oss i Stockholm!

Avsikten med konferensen är att öka medvetenheten om uppväxtmiljöer och mötesplatsers betydelse som en viktig del av samhällets sociala, kulturella och demokratiska infrastruktur för alla åldrar men i synnerhet för unga människor.
Temat för konferensen är ungas inkludering och egenorganisering under rubriken ”Democracy –Inclusion –Youth.”

Under fem dagar utbyts erfarenheter och idéer mellan aktörer inom ideell sektor, intresseorganisationer och nonprofit-företag.

Teman är D.I.Y (Do it Yourself), områdesarbete samt aktuell internationell och svensk forskning om fritiden och mötesplatsens betydelse. Därtill kommer en mångfald av studiebesök på verksamhetsställen i Stockholm och Uppsala.
Arrangemanget avslutas på Berns salonger fredagen den 25 maj. På scen blandar vi framgångsrika artister som startade sin karriär på fritidsgård, ungdomsgård eller liknande mötesplatser med dagens ”gårdsungdomar”.
Fredagskvällen är också starten för den årliga ungdomsfestivalen ”Livet är en fest” med omkring 600 deltagare som Fritidsforum årligen genomför. I år tillsammans med Lidingö kommun.
Med de internationella gästerna och våra svenska deltagare räknar vi att bli ca 1000 personer denna kväll. Konferensen äger rum i ABF huset på Sveavägen
Den svenska settlementrörelsen firar liksom ABF 100 år 2012 vilket uppmärksammas under konferensen.

Tid 22-26 maj 2012
Plats ABF-huset, Stockholm. Sveavägen 41

Huvudarrangörer Fritidsforum och IFS – The International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres
Registrering öppnar 1 december 2011 och stänger 25 april 2012
Anmälan Till anmälan >
Kostnad 3500 SEK vid anmälan före 30 mars. Då ingår kaffe, lunch (ej fredag) samt middagar
Kontakt Ewa Melin Larsson [ewa.melin@fritidsforum.se]

Workshops/seminarier

1. Sociala medier för demokratisk och institutionell styrka.(Social Media for Democratic and Institutional Strength)
2. Att bygga demokrati och områdeskapacitet (Building Democracy and Community Capacity)
3. Att starta ett Settlement House (Starting a Settlement House)
4. Lokal hållbarhet och utveckling (Local Sustainability and Development)
5. Arbeta med alla åldrar (Working with All Ages)
6. Inkludera och bygga broar i en splittrad värld (Inclusion and Building Bridges in a Divided World)
7. Praktiska demokratiska metoder (Practical democratic methods)
8. Nya visioner för områdesarbete. (New visions for Community Work)
9. Ungdomsutbyte (Youth exchange)
10. Hur bygger vi ett starkare IFS? (How to built a stronger IFS)
11. Från Settlement House till Socialt företagande (From Settlement House to Social Enterprise)
12. Toynbee Hall i förhållande till 100 år av settlementrörelsen i Sverige (Toynbee Hall in relation to 100 years of settlement in Sweden)
13. Aktuell forskning om fritid och “mötesplatsen” betydelse (Research on Leisure and the Significance of the”Meeting Place”)
14. En världsrörelse: IFS och Förenade Nationerna. (A World Movement: IFS and the United Nations)

Program

Tisdag 22 maj
16.00 – 18.00 Registrering
18.00 – 19.00 Middag
19.15 – 20.45 Öppningstal och underhållning

Onsdag 23 maj
9.00–19.00
Tema: D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself)
Öppna föreläsningar, seminarier, workshops och studiebesök i Stockholm och Uppsala. Lunch, kaffe och middag ingår

Torsdag 24 maj
9.00–19.00
Tema: Områdesarbete
Öppna föreläsningar, seminarier, workshops och studiebesök i Stockholm och Uppsala. Lunch, kaffe och middag ingår

Fredag 25 maj
Tema: Forskning och Utveckling
9.00–21.30
Fokus på svensk och internationell forskning
13.00 Lunch på egen hand
17.00 Gemensam avslutningsmiddag
19.00 Show på Berns Stor avslutning på konferensen och start på ”Livet är en fest”

Ungdomar!

Arrangemanget avslutas på Berns salonger fredagen den 25 maj. På scen blandar vi framgångsrika artister som startade sin karriär på fritidsgård, ungdomsgård eller liknande mötesplatser tillsammans med dagens ”gårdsungdomar” Fredagskvällen är också starten för den årliga ungdomsfestivalen ”Livet är en fest” med omkring 600 deltagare som Fritidsforum arrangerar tillsammans med Lidingö kommun. Med de internationella gästerna och våra svenska deltagare räknar vi att bli ca 1000 personer denna kväll. IFS organisationer uppmuntrar starkt unga medlemmar och ungdomsledare (åldrarna 18 – 26) att delta i konferensveckan!

Konferenshotell

Hotel Oden på gångavstånd/en tunnelbanestation från ABF-huset på Sveavägen 41. Boka före 2 april för att få nedanstående priser. Ange referensnummer G: 305 136
Anmälan till info@hoteloden.se eller på +46-8-4579700, fax; +46-8-4579701
Vardagar från söndag t.o.m. torsdag.
Enkelrum/kombirum: 1092: – rum/natt
Dubbelrum: 1356: – rum/natt
Weekend från fredag t.o.m. lördag. Enkelrum/kombirum: 740: – rum/natt
Dubbelrum: 956: – rum/natt
Karlbergsvägen 24

Hotell och vandrarhem Fridhemsplan tre tunnelbanestationer från ABF-huset.. Frukostbuffé 70 kronor extra. Rabatter för grupper på 10 eller mer vid köp av ett svenskt eller internationellt medlemskap (se Fridhemsplan hemsida för dessa uppgifter samt aktuella rumspriser).
S: t Eriksgatan 20

Best Western Kom Hotel gångavstånd från ABF-huset.
Vid bokning ange referensnummer är 455.711.
De har bra priser på
4-bäddsrum/3-bäddsrum samt några 2-bäddsrum
Döbelnsgatan 17

Fritidsforum - a brief History

The members of Fritidsforum are a motley crew with varying aims, activities and leaders. You can find neighbourhood centres with many employees alongside new community associations, which are run wholly on a voluntary basis. However, most of the members are municipal youth centres which concentrate their efforts on youth activities. The purpose of these guidelines is to clarify Fritidsforum’s view of good activities at the centres, and thereby state the demands that ought to be made on the association members. Hopefully, these guidelines will give valuable support when developing and improving the activities.

1. BASIC VIEW

Fritidsforum, with its associated neighbourhood, youth, and community centres etc, is an important part of society’s social, cultural, and democratic infrastructure. Historically and ideologically the association has its roots in the neighbourhood centre movement of “aid to self-help”-tradition. That means local self-organization, the liberation of people’s resources and a strong belief in meetings between people.

2. GOALS

The basic view and overall goals that Fritidsforum stand for is directed towards an all encompassing view on people and the local community. It is important to note the fact that a centre activity can be well-defined when it comes to target group and type of activity, without coming into conflict with the basic view and the overall goals. One demand/condition is however that the definition is made consciously with knowledge of the local community and life situation of the people involved. The overall goals of the association are to increase the possibilites of the weaker groups of people in society to voice their interests, and to strengthen bonds of friendship between people in general.

2:1 Fritidsforum’s goal is

• to achieve a spirit of fellowship and solidarity between people with differing views, age and background.
• to strive for peace and international co-operation.
• to strive for the development of self-confidence and self-esteem of the individual. Special consideration is to be taken concerning the needs of children and youths.
• to especially support socially (or in other ways) neglected groups to fulfill their possibilities in life.
• to stimulate active and creative engagement in a constructive public debate, and thereby work for increased and deepened democracy.
• to influence and create a sense of responsibility for the activities through democratic forms of organisation.

2:2 Access to good meeting-places

Every municipality and housing area ought to have access to open and carefully designed meeting-places. The state and municipalities should be responsible for the basic economical and material requirements. The location and design of the centre should make it available and attractive to everybody, as well as be able to facilitate different activities. The premises ought to be well equipped, fresh and welcoming, as well as a stimulus for people to do cooperative work concerning common affairs.

2:3 A good centre has clearly defined goals

One demand of a good centre activity is that it’s goals are clearly defined. The goals express the desires of the people concerned, and therefore can’t be formulated along any particular, centrally designed guidelines. The centre activity ought also to be beneficial in the development of ones personality, the formation of opinions, and social change, even if locally based people decide what goals to strive for. However, the goals cannot be in conflict with the basic view and overall goals of Fritidsforum. The goals should also be decided upon democratically and open to evaluation; which means that they should be unambiguous, defined in time, and measurable. Elected representatives, leaders, visitors, and residents in the area, should be well aquainted with the centre’s goals and activities. The goals ought to be open to continual discussion, and to be followed up in, for example, annual reports and evaluations, preferably with the advantage of professional evaluators.

3. DEMOCRACY

Democracy is a form for influence and decision-making. Democracy also involves a view on society, a view on humanity, and a process which constantly has to be deepened and renewed. Important democratic principles are that every human being is equal and that decisions are made at the lowest possible level. Fritidsforum is an organisation similar to a popular movement. All members share the same rights, influence and responsibility. At the meeting of representatives every representative holds the same right to vote. For the association in its entirety to function democratically, the local members also have to be organised democratically.

3:1 Committed elected representatives

A good centre is run by representatives who are elected locally. The representatives are responsible for the overall goals and priorities of the centre. They should be able to involve the parties concerned in a continual dialogue concerning goals, methods, and activities. Employees should have regulated participation in decision-making.

3:2 Democratic organisation

The centre’s elected representatives and staff should ensure that all participators have a good possibility for influence and responsibility over the centre’s activities. All the people in the area are considered to be participators. They should, in a democratic manner, be represented on the board of the centre, or in a similar decision-making body. The management should give priority to work with groups who find it difficult to voice their opinions, and who are unused to asserting their interests. That is often the case with young people with a weak foothold in society.

4. METHODS

To reach the goals set up for the activities awareness and a knowledge of different methods is required. Fritidsforum’s member centres have three main functions: The first is to be an open meeting-place for people with different cultural backgrounds, and different ways of life. Pedagogically this purpose corresponds especially to the “open activity”. The second is to be supportive of people’s self-organisation. This purpose usually calls for a pedagogy called “community work”. The third main function is “public education”. The aim of this task is to increase people’s ability for critical thinking and independent action.

4:1 Open activity

The open activity should facilitate informal and everyday meetings between people with different cultural backgrounds, and different ways of life. Different minority groups should have a respected space. The pedagogy of the “open activity” should be formulated with respect to the groups who are unaccustomed to organising themselves. Children and young people in particular should be given help by the staff of the centre to formulate their goals and to accomplish their possibilities in life.

4:2 Community work

The centre should be so firmly established in the area as to be open for the needs and initiatives found among the people living in the vicinity. To accomplish this function some kind of visiting activity, and social mobilisation, is often called for to strengthen people’s resources. The staff of the centre should also develop the cooperation with different associations and public participants in the area.

4:3 Public education

The staff of the centre also function as public educators. Their task is to promote the personal development, the quality of life, and the readiness to action, of the single individual. The environment of the centre should stimulate people to a critical social debate, and to make them actively contribute to the kind of changes they all agree upon.

5. CONTRIBUTORS

The employees and the voluntary workers should be the bearers of Fritidsforum’s ideas and have a special responsibility to realise and develop the goals of Fritidsforum. Since a prerequisite for centre activities is qualified contributors, it is important to give the contributors priority to education and training.

5:1 The role of the contributor

The contributors at Fritidsforum’s member centres should have education which corresponds to the three main functions: “open activity”, “community work” and “public education”. By taking part in what Fritidsforum has to offer when it comes to education and training, as well as other activities, contributors are able to increase their insight and competence indifferent current issues and ways of working.

Fritidsforum - not simply a forum for recreation

Democracy, solidarity, and compassion are developed through human interaction. It is therefore imperative to ensure that there are possibilities of meeting together, at youth- and community-centres, or the neighborhood center. Society must be built and organized in such a way that the social fabric is strengthened at city-block level. Fritidsforum views the centers not only as institutions for recreation, but would also like them to be at the heart of the effort to improve and influence society around them. In what way is Fritidsforum working for this to become a reality? Let us describe some of our activity:

Open Centers

Every citizen has a right to enjoy meaningful recreation, and access to quality meeting-places.When local authorities shut down youth centers for financial reasons, or remove the foundation of neighborhood, youth, and community centers, a means of promoting communication and understanding, especially between Swedes and immigrants, is lost. Fritidsforum is carrying on a campaign with the purpose of providing decisions-makers, center visitor and leaders with appropriate information. ”Öppna Gårdar”(Open Centers) -campaign has received a considerable response. Fritidsforum demands legislation that guarantees the right to meaningful recreation, and that the government invests more aggressively in the interests of youths.

What about the girls?

Teenage girls are all but forgotten in municipal youth center activity. Girls are perceived as a passive group, difficult to involve in center activities. Boys are easier to involve, and more readily take advantage of the resources made available to them. Therefore boys are favored financially, greater funds being focused on boys (e.g. ice-hockey) than girls (e.g. equestrian sports). Research into recreational habits shows that approximately 10 percent of available resources ought to be redirected in favor of girls activities. Most of what is written or said concerning youth in the news, investigative reports, and research papers is mainly about boys. Boys are seen and heard. They make their presence in the public arena felt in a strong way. Girls, on the other hand, are practically invisible. We are conditioned to this from early childhood. Youth centers have traditionally been based on the needs of boisterous boys, the whole endeavor being shaped by this. This neglect of girls is not a circumstance unique to youth- and community-centers, rather it is evident throughout human society. Fritidsforum endeavors to emphasize activities for girls, and to strengthen center guides in this work. In 1993 the project ”Men tjejerna då?” (What about the girls?) was concluded. The purpose of this project was to give girls increased influence in recreational activity, and to find a method of working which is based on the needs of girls. The project clearly showed that teenage girls are not content with sitting at home, but rather are just as interested in, and in need of, meaningful recreation as boys are. Methods and content needs to be structured and adapted so as to appeal to and reach girls.

International meeting-places

In an ever-changing world it is important that youths have the opportunity to meet with youths from other on countries, on an equal footing. Through our involvement with ECYC, European Confederation Youth Clubs, UFN, Ungdom och Fritid I Norden (Youth and Recreation in the Nordic Countries), as well as IFS, International Federation of Settlements this is made possible. For members, opportunities for youth exchange, visits to other centers, and participation in conferences all over the world, are provided. Youth counselors have the options of language travel and volunteer work abroad. ECYC is a web of 20 000 clubs with about 4 million members. By means of a database it is possible, for example, to quickly research the feasibility of taking the local group of heavy-metal fans to visit a like-minded group at a center in Spain.

Open Centers for everyone

Nothing says that a meeting-place necessarily has to be a youth center. Fritidsforum has many different kinds of members. Youth-, community-, and neighborhood-centers, local associations, music-, and culture-houses, etc. What unites us, among other things, is the desire to provide open activity for people of all ages. Open activity strives to facilitate and provide space for people to meet together. The activity is voluntary and open to everyone. Visitors attend when they wish. Fritidsforum is a forum for the development of new forms of activity in this field.

Community work brings cooperation

A long-range goal is that every neighborhood should have a community center or a flexibly equipped youth center that promotes the development of local cooperation between neighbors and associations. Therefore an important purpose of community work is to improve the possibility for people to start their own associations and collectively take responsibility for the local cultural and recreational activity. Some of the ways in which Fritidsforum promotes community work are educational courses, published materials and editorials. By seminars links can be established between research and practice, contributing to development among members based on knowledge.

About Fritidsforum

The roots of the settlement movement in Sweden go back to the turn of the 19th century. The first neighbourhood center in Sweden, Birkagården in Stockholm, was established in 1912. The founders were inspired by the settlement movement in Great Britain.
The idea of neighbourhood centers was spread over the country and 1937 a national organisation was founded. After the Secon War a lot of youth clubs were established.

Today Fritidsforum is a multipurpose organisation for social, cultural and educational work. The constitution states that the overall aim is to encourage and help, especially young people, to develop their possibilities and capabillities to take part in the society. Fritidsforum works with this aim through developing programs, which promotes good opportunities for public participation.Education and learning are important activities of Fritidsforum. Each year Fritidsforum arranges seminars, courses and meetings for voluntary and professional leaders. The educational activities concern very much different parts and aspects of community work. There is also a long tradition of peace activities.The national headquarter deals with service, rooted in the very basic needs of clubs and neighbourhood centers, together with developing new methods of working.

Fritidsforum also publishes a magazine Fria Tider and is in charge of a publisinghouse. Fritidsforum is a member of UFN, the Nordic youth club organisation, ECYC, European Confederation of Youth Clubs, as well as IFS, International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres.

Internationella samarbetsorganisationer

Fritidsforum är medlem i och samverkar med:

European Confederation of Youth Clubs

ECYC är ett kontaktnät för uppemot 20 000 (ungdoms)klubbar med ca 4 miljoner medlemmar. Via Fritidsforum kan du få hjälp med gårdsutbyte att t ex åka med gårdens hårdrockare till en likasinnad gård i…, varför inte, Spanien. Se möjligheterna!
Arbetar i första hand med att stimulera ungdomar till internationellt utbyte utifrån fritidsgård ex, festivaler, seminarier, gård mot gård utbyten och volontärarbete mm.
Medlemsländer: Österrike, Belgien, Cypern, Danmark, Finland, Frankrike, Tyskland, England, Island, Irland, Norge, Ryssland, Sverige Till ECYC >>>

Ungdom och Fritid i Norden

UFN är ett nordiskt samarbetsparaply som initierar till utbyten mellan fritidsgårdar genom seminarier, festivaler mm
Medlemsländer: Grönland, Färöarna, Island, Norge, Danmark, Sverige och Finland.

International Federations of neighbourhood centers

IFS har medlemsorganisationer över hela världen och spänner verksamhetsmässigt över många sociala och kulturella utvecklingsområden. I Europa så har medlemmarna bildat en Euro-group för sitt samarbete. IFS
Medlemsländer: Sverige, Finland, Danmark, Tyskland, England, Österrike, Rumänien, Bulgarien, Tjeckien, Ungern, Polen, Litauen, Lettland, Estland, Ryssland, Holland, Frankrike, Spanien och Albanien. (Medlemmar även i Mellanöstern, Afrika, Syd- och Nord Amerika. Till IFS >>>

Övrig representation

Fritidsforum är medlem i Svenska FN- förbundet >>>
och i LSU, Landsrådet för Sveriges Ungdomsorganisationer >>>
Fritidsforum deltar också i Nationella kommittén för samordning av internationellt arbete.

Vi hjälper gärna till för att inspirera till internationellt arbete på fritidsgården.

Fritidsforums internationella arbete

Grunden för Fritidsforums internationella arbete finns i stadgans vision, grundsyn och mål. Dessa pekar särskilt på ”att utveckla öppna och demokratiska mötesplatser, där särskilt unga ges möjlighet att utvecklas i ett sammanhang av alla åldrar”.

Det ger Fritidsforum bland annat ansvar för att ungdomars behov av umgänge med andra än sin egen åldersgrupp tillgodoses även i internationella sammanhang. Fritidsforum vill därför lyfta fram såväl rena ungdomsevenemang, som tillfällen och miljöer som är mera brett åldersinriktade.

Det internationella arbetet ska givetvis utgå från medlemmarnas intresse och behov. Fritidsforum ska bevaka hem- och fritidsgårdars intressen genom att delta och vara representerade i olika organisationer och nätverk, som berör det internationella området.

Fritidsforum är fullvärdig medlem i ett antal internationella organisationer. Därigenom tillförsäkras vi ett utbud av aktiviteter som seminarier, konferenser, projekt, läger, festivaler o liknande, men också möjlighet till utveckling av fritids- och hemgårdsverksamhet.