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.
The Free Youth Center is a provider of six types of social services at the Center for Street Children. In 2004 such a center was established in the Roma neighborhood of Vidin, which initially worked with the help of various donors, and is currently a state delegated activity. The main goal of the programme is to improve the well-being of disadvantaged or social children.
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,
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Cypris, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands,
Norway, UK, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, USA, Marocco, etc. The organization is an informational point
of EuroDesk for Vidin.
Projects 2023
Name |
Reference number |
Donor |
Prognozed amound |
---|---|---|---|
Centre for Work with Street Children |
N/A |
Bulgarian State |
184 196,25 BGN/year |
InPower - Empowering of Children subjeted to ACEs |
2020-1-FR01-KA201-080418 |
Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership |
207 073.00 EUR |
Civic Monitoring for Improvement the Formulation and Implementation of Local Youth Policies |
BG05SFOP001-2.025-029 |
OP "Good governance" |
51 266.30 BGN |
Administration, civil society and business - partners |
BG05SFOP001-2.025-052 |
OP "Good governance" |
59 276.45 BGN |
Caring for Roma children |
BG05SFPR002-2.003-0011 |
P "Development of Human Resources" |
160 587.00 BGN |