Goodbye? Not… See you later!

Goodbye? Not... See you later!
Today I feel very grateful because the team from the Association For Social Cooperatives, was able to make a space in their tight work schedule to share with me a moment where we could express our gratitude by almost a year since we started this EVS project together and all the things that we have learned ...

Poland EVS experience

Poland EVS experience
WHY POLAND? If you get to Poland and especially you are from warmer countries, most of the people will make you this question a million times! Why Poland? You can always respond like me, why not? In my case, when I started to think about do EVS, I didn’t think very much about the country ...

EVS MidTerm

EVS MidTerm
Like we began our EVS experience with the “On-Arrival Training”, we ended up with a “Mid Term Training”. A time and a place to share among volunteers, our experiences, opinions, feelings, future perspectives… Volunteers from Spain, France, Germany, Georgia, Albania and the Czech Republic were hosted in the city chosen for staying, Torun. What it meant to me ...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
Poznan has been my host city in these almost nine months as volunteer at the Association For Social Cooperatives… During this time, I have been enjoying the spring, with the sunny days and cold air caresses; the summer in the Warta river with the company of friends and music; the reddish brown, green and gold yellow ...

10 Innovative Solutions – Conference

10 Innovative Solutions - Conference
Yesterday took place in Urząd Marszałkowski (Marshal Office), Poznan, the conference “10 innovative solutions for social cooperatives” carried out by Association For Social Cooperatives. The presentation of  the 10 cooperatives established in 6 provinces in poland, that have implemented and tested the 10 innovative solutions created by hand of Association For Social Cooperatives. A two-year project called the “The ...

Meet our Association!

Meet our Association!
Stowarzyszenie Na Rzecz Spółdzielni Socjalnych  – (Association For Social Cooperatives) presents their new video-presentation!     Also you can watch in Youtube, enjoy and share! Follow @Associated Coops

On-Arrivial Traning. Warszawa

On-Arrivial Traning. Warszawa
Warszawa is the city chosen to pass the first of the two Trainings that each volunteer is invited to attend to during our EVS. Different nationalities, different cities of destination in Poland, different languages… but approximately the same time of being newcomers in this new country. This training offered us the opportunity to reflect, answer to questions, ...

A Canarian EVS in Poznan! 5

A Canarian EVS in Poznan!
Yes, I am the new EVS! My name is Esther, and I come from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, (Spain). I am here to continue during one year, this work as part of European Voluntary Service (EVS) in Stowarzyszenie Na Rzecz Spółdzielni Socjalnych (Association for Social Cooperatives). Laia, my predecessor, has left an emptiness among her friends, ...

Poznanianka, a cooperative that copes with the rent debt

Poznanianka, a cooperative that copes with the rent debt
In Ogrody, where many trams begin and finish their rides, there are some people waiting while time goes by slowly. Some of them hate waiting so much that would give those useless minutes to the Death as a present. Others are late; they will wait anyway. A vast green area takes place around Ogrody station, which gives ...

Coming soon: social revitalization in Grudziądz

Coming soon: social revitalization in Grudziądz
In Grudziądz, a small city between Toruń and Gdańsk, people from different associations and points of view are trying to carry out a social revitalization of the old town. The idea of Rewilalizacja społeczna grudziądzkiej Starówki -a nine months project promoted by Caritas- is to build up a social centre which will respond to the needs of social ...